Today was the end of the first test match on the 'Indian tour down-under'. As always the Aussies proved that they are the best team in the cricket world and nobody was going to displace them. They beat the Indians by 337 runs, a margin you wouldn't expect given the Indians batting line up.
It was sad to see a side that has most of the world's top batsman collapse like a pack of cards. the thing that really struck me was Dravid's game.
Rahul Dravid (or The Wall) is one of the most senior player on the Indian team at the age of 35. he was also the former captain of the team before he 'passed' the baton to M.S.Dhoni. What I could never understand was what was happening to this man? He's a man who bats carefully but with such class and flourish of the bat but in both innings of this test Dravid seemed to be in a shell. Normally batting at no.3, when made to open, he looked like a fish out of the water. and the joy of playing cricket, was never on his face throughout the game. it looked like he was there in alot of 'pain'. he has an average of 55.45 but in these 2 innings he scored mere 5 from 66 balls in the 1st innings and 16 from 144 balls in the 2nd innings. I just hope for India's sakes at least that Dravid's game improves in the Sydney game.
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