Rahul Dravid finally got his name on the Lord's Honours Board. What he missed out on his test debut, he accomplished it by scoring a century in Lords on his last England tour. A poetic end to the illustrious journey of one of the finest gentlemen of the game. Inspired an entire generation.
My favorite cricketer of all time. Im a 90s guy when sachin fanfare was at peak but i always silently prayed for dravid to score whenever he turned up to bat.. Anyways, to Cyrus point of dravid being not so flamboyant hence people dont appreciate him much perhaps, i think its a wrong notion. It is upto us- the people, the media specially to highlight it and celebrate it. A person's job is to do his job well and he did bloody well ! And regarding Joy's point of 1 bad game vs ban in wc20007 as a glitch, i fail to understand why we still game vs ban as the reason of our exit..our destiny was in our hand, we knew we had to beat SL to qualify but we choked. It was not like we lost to Ban and we exited. And even in game vs SL, sachin scored a duck, dravid top scored with 60 something. Thats why i always admired dravid. Whenever a crunch game or india struggling he would perform. And sachin would often disappoint in those kind of big matches
Dravid as a captain won test series in England, West Indies & Pakistan (captain for 2 test). Record 17 consecutive ODI wins. Very underrated as a Captain.
@@Reverse_sweep63 LOL bro, I checked your TH-cam playlist & you have 13 dedicated videos on Mahendra Singh Dhoni. You are fan boy of MSD. By your logic then MSD also didn't win anything right?? The team won right??
@@prakir3590: You're talking to a Tuktuk Dhobi fan? According to his fans, Tuktuk Dhobi won 3 ICC trophies, never the team. But if it's any other Indian captain, then the team won, not only the captain! Hypocrisy at its peak.
Once John Wright mentioned somewhere that he told this to Rahul Dravid after his 602 runs in 4 test matches against England in 2002 [ 2 centuries 115 (Nottingham),148 (Leeds) and a 217 (Oval) ] "Dear Rahul, If someone asks for your resume, just pull out a white sheet of paper and write down this double hundred on it. Every International dressing room will invite you to be their No #3 ". If this was a TV interview Rahul Dravid would have told, well, Sachin also scored 409 runs in the series and not to forget Micheal Vaughan scored 615 runs. That is the class of the Man! Happy Birthday Jam! You made cricket watchable for a generation! More than your cricket, your gameplay was inspiration for our lives. Grinding it out in a competitive world yet not taking short cuts.
I think JB is not giving him enough credit. The funny thing about him not having a signature shot is because he played every shot with not just competence, but with amazing flair and technical nous. He had a gorgeous cover drive, and lofted extra cover drive, perfect on drive, very stylish late cut and back foot punch, an underrated pull shot, beautiful flicks of the pad, and the shot that made him one of the greatest batters, the perfect front foot defense. The fact that he chose not to exhibit the more attacking shots with greater frequency was because he played the conditions and had patience to wait for the perfect ball to play those shots. Look at highlights of his innings and you will see how stylish a player he was once conditions were in his favor.
For me , all time favorite & best batsman in cricket is my dear Sir Rahul the great legend. The way he gets on building the innings, playing & leaving the new ball, fascinate to be watched. The way he waits for playing the shots are amazing. His technique, temperment & shot selection makes me love for him. He is a complete team batsman which made me admire him always..
Rahul Dravid, the unsung hero of Indian cricket who played in the shadows of Tendulkar and Ganguly. My all time favourite batsman. Still remember that match in England where he opened the batting, remained not out, India were following on and he came out to open again. He missed out getting his name in 1996 on the Honour's Board but did so on that 2012 tour. Rahul Dravid, the nice guy who finished first.
Decent captain. He is still the last test captain to win a series in England. He won a test series in West Indies (2006) after 1971. 1st test win of India in South African soil was under him. Record of 17 odi matches chasing and winning them. Took the rajasthan royals into the top 4 and also the final of Champions league T20. Only blot in his captaincy, unfortunately was the 2007 ODI world cup which people remember, forgetting everything else.
@@GRVish there was no revolt, no one underperformed on purpose. Yes, there was animosity with Chappel, but Sachin and Ganguly wanted to perform just like any other else if not more. It just didn't happen. Watched the match against Bangladesh live, after the loss there were cameras focusing on everyone's face. Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, all were barely able to hold tears. With modern cameras, im sure we would've spotted tears
Dravid also won test series in Pak as a captain in 2004. Dravid captained in the first 2 test and Ganguly in the last test. This series should be credited under Dravid and not Ganguly.
@@prakir3590 my memory about that test series is a little blurred, wasn't the tests were drawn? Pitches were flat. Apologise if im thinking about a different series
@arkzbh Ind vs Pak 2003 test series which was played in Pakistan. Ganguly was injured for the first 2 test and Dravid captained India. Its the famous series in which Dravid had declared when Sachin was battling at 194* in the first test & Dravid scored his personal best of 270 runs in the 3 test ensuring India wins the test series. Sunil Gavaskar had rightly said in one was of interviews tht in Dravid captaincy India won most overseas series win.
His innings in West Indies, just before the world cup in 2007 had some brilliant knocks, involved so much patience, and great technique. I remember he scored almost all of the team's runs and probably double the opposition himself I think. Against Lara too. Would love to watch such games nowadays.
This podcast on Rahul Dravid really gave me goosebumps!! Nice guys do finish first!! Maybe RR will win the IPL the next few years. With an explosive Sanju and Yashaswi at the top and with Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel it is very much possible. Fingers crossed for their bowling strength.
Thanks Sir. I always rated Dravid over Sachin. There was always that perception that Dravid played for the team. Couldn't say the same about the other.
A trip down the memory lane for 90s cricket fans! Thank you for this podcast :) A welcome change from the BGT hype and hoopla! Joy Bhattacharya is a treat to the ears. Talking about Rahul Dravid is so special, that even Cyrus decided to wear a formal shirt! Such is the class of the man! Happy Birthday to a stalwart of Indian Cricket.
Rahul Dravid was a showrunner and it's always important to be a showrunner then being a show itself. In modern day cricket everyone wants to be the show which cost us NZ series at home and BGT
Though some of these facts are well known, it still evokes so much interest the way it is discussed. Worthy of a legend who was under patronized and under glorified
cricket and talk about crikcters is not just about cricket ....we take life inspiration from their mentality and mindset ....rahul dravid has inspired so many millenials on how to deal with life
Can't really accept that Pujara is a successor to Rahul Dravid. Pujara is a bits and pieces batter with an awkward technique and gets bogged down more often than not, but Dravid exhibited amazing flair with his batting. He cuts, he pulls, he drives, he sweeps, he flicks, he plays the on-drive with a slight roll of the wrists. His backfoot defense is world class. On a pitch where there is bit of extra bounce or when a bowler steams at him back of the length he hops and knocks off the sting by getting on top of the ball which no batman plays these days.
True gentleman, their was an photo in the newspaper about a book signing event during the inauguration of a book shop,Dravid stood in a que like the rest with his young sons in toe to get his turn,no show, no tantrums ! What a role model,worth emulating.
At the Mecca of cricket - the Lords, it is said that 'when a great batsman walks to his crease the spectators stand up, but when a great human walks in and walks out the spectators stand' such is Rahul Dravid's class. What a man,what a player! Dravid, these guys are discussing you!
Poise elegance grit determination and million such words put together cannot match what Dravid did on that 22 yard pitch for years and years … glad to have met the legend once 😊
I see a lot of people making All Time Test 11's and not including Rahul Dravid. I mean they should go and play ping pong 🏓... Thanks guys to bring this out.🎉
🥲🥲Goosebumps...😪😪This iron man deserves every glory...I am feeling obsessed with this podcast.Every word is like so so precious....honey to my ears..Waited decades to hear someone appreciate him.Birth of Rahul Sir is one of a Big Boon for India....❤️❤️❤️Countless Reasons To Celebrate Him 🎉🎉🎉Radiant Birthday Rahul Sir...The Man Who has committed himself to the cricket..🎂🎂🎂🌟🌟🌟
let me tell u one thing abt rahul that he is and he always will be the last of the star for indian cricket. people will come and go may score more runs but nobody will match the rahul dravid ever . number will never put the real pic of rahul contribution to indian team.he is the real saviour what u called and if i can say one thing and that is he is the hanuman of indian cricket.
I once asked a friend, which cricketer shree had crush on. I was expecting yuvi, dhoni, kohli types name. What threw me off was when she named Rahul Dravid. I had to remind myself that before the hero era, there was the gentleman era of Rahul Dravid.
I really like the term Second fiddle. I also believe it's takes for a larger and secure man to do that. No 2 don't get the credit they deserve but they are the wind that help No 1 fly.
Agree with everything said about Dravid,. He was India's best match winner during his time, at least in test matches. Point about Viv Richards was, he had a good technique, he just did not bother to deploy it because he still thought he was the king of all he surveyed. That may have caused his downfall sometimes. He was not getting the big runs but kept getting lots of 70s and 80s even in his very last series. Sehwag had a smartness about him that kept him in good stead. He was dropped now and then towards the end of his career and may not have been motivated enough to play tightly.
The Taunton innings Joy was talking about, Murali actually dropped a sitter of Sourav in long on and threw at non strikers end and got Dravid run out.. He started the counter attack against vaas, murali, but evantually had to Sourav's day!!
Remember the match where Sourav and Rahul made a 318 run partnership in the 99 World Cup against Sri Lanka? That was the first match where Rahul Dravid kept wickets for India.
When you said Sachin, Lara and Ponting were the best of their generation.. What were Sangakara and Khallis? Gilli Danda players? 😂 Dude, Sangakara is the best of'em all, I'm an Indian, but a cricket lover
Rahul Dravid finally got his name on the Lord's Honours Board. What he missed out on his test debut, he accomplished it by scoring a century in Lords on his last England tour. A poetic end to the illustrious journey of one of the finest gentlemen of the game. Inspired an entire generation.
My favorite cricketer of all time. Im a 90s guy when sachin fanfare was at peak but i always silently prayed for dravid to score whenever he turned up to bat..
Anyways, to Cyrus point of dravid being not so flamboyant hence people dont appreciate him much perhaps, i think its a wrong notion. It is upto us- the people, the media specially to highlight it and celebrate it. A person's job is to do his job well and he did bloody well ! And regarding Joy's point of 1 bad game vs ban in wc20007 as a glitch, i fail to understand why we still game vs ban as the reason of our exit..our destiny was in our hand, we knew we had to beat SL to qualify but we choked. It was not like we lost to Ban and we exited. And even in game vs SL, sachin scored a duck, dravid top scored with 60 something. Thats why i always admired dravid. Whenever a crunch game or india struggling he would perform. And sachin would often disappoint in those kind of big matches
Dravid as a captain won test series in England, West Indies & Pakistan (captain for 2 test). Record 17 consecutive ODI wins. Very underrated as a Captain.
India's first ever test win in SA also under his captaincy
2007 wc ne sab khrab kr diya nhi to dravid aage bhi odi cap hota
One loss to Bangladesh entire captaincy achievement went for a toss
@@Reverse_sweep63 LOL bro, I checked your TH-cam playlist & you have 13 dedicated videos on Mahendra Singh Dhoni. You are fan boy of MSD. By your logic then MSD also didn't win anything right?? The team won right??
@@prakir3590: You're talking to a Tuktuk Dhobi fan? According to his fans, Tuktuk Dhobi won 3 ICC trophies, never the team. But if it's any other Indian captain, then the team won, not only the captain! Hypocrisy at its peak.
Once John Wright mentioned somewhere that he told this to Rahul Dravid after his 602 runs in 4 test matches against England in 2002
[ 2 centuries 115 (Nottingham),148 (Leeds) and a 217 (Oval) ]
"Dear Rahul, If someone asks for your resume, just pull out a white sheet of paper and write down this double hundred on it. Every International dressing room will invite you to be their No #3 ".
If this was a TV interview Rahul Dravid would have told, well, Sachin also scored 409 runs in the series and not to forget Micheal Vaughan scored 615 runs.
That is the class of the Man!
Happy Birthday Jam! You made cricket watchable for a generation!
More than your cricket, your gameplay was inspiration for our lives. Grinding it out in a competitive world yet not taking short cuts.
I think JB is not giving him enough credit. The funny thing about him not having a signature shot is because he played every shot with not just competence, but with amazing flair and technical nous. He had a gorgeous cover drive, and lofted extra cover drive, perfect on drive, very stylish late cut and back foot punch, an underrated pull shot, beautiful flicks of the pad, and the shot that made him one of the greatest batters, the perfect front foot defense. The fact that he chose not to exhibit the more attacking shots with greater frequency was because he played the conditions and had patience to wait for the perfect ball to play those shots. Look at highlights of his innings and you will see how stylish a player he was once conditions were in his favor.
Best thing i found on internet, dravid should be discussed more. Thank you idfc
Who is this guy Rahul Dravid. Why so much hype. Is he better than kl Rahul
@@chocosquirrel3319: KL Rahul doesn't even come near Rahul Dravid's one single strand of hair !!
For me , all time favorite & best batsman in cricket is my dear Sir Rahul the great legend. The way he gets on building the innings, playing & leaving the new ball, fascinate to be watched. The way he waits for playing the shots are amazing. His technique, temperment & shot selection makes me love for him. He is a complete team batsman which made me admire him always..
Rahul Dravid, the unsung hero of Indian cricket who played in the shadows of Tendulkar and Ganguly. My all time favourite batsman. Still remember that match in England where he opened the batting, remained not out, India were following on and he came out to open again. He missed out getting his name in 1996 on the Honour's Board but did so on that 2012 tour. Rahul Dravid, the nice guy who finished first.
Decent captain.
He is still the last test captain to win a series in England.
He won a test series in West Indies (2006) after 1971.
1st test win of India in South African soil was under him.
Record of 17 odi matches chasing and winning them.
Took the rajasthan royals into the top 4 and also the final of Champions league T20.
Only blot in his captaincy, unfortunately was the 2007 ODI world cup which people remember, forgetting everything else.
The blot on captaincy occured because Greg Chappell was coach and people like Tendulkar and Ganguly revolted. It had nothing to do with Dravid.
@@GRVish there was no revolt, no one underperformed on purpose. Yes, there was animosity with Chappel, but Sachin and Ganguly wanted to perform just like any other else if not more. It just didn't happen. Watched the match against Bangladesh live, after the loss there were cameras focusing on everyone's face. Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, all were barely able to hold tears. With modern cameras, im sure we would've spotted tears
Dravid also won test series in Pak as a captain in 2004. Dravid captained in the first 2 test and Ganguly in the last test. This series should be credited under Dravid and not Ganguly.
@@prakir3590 my memory about that test series is a little blurred, wasn't the tests were drawn? Pitches were flat. Apologise if im thinking about a different series
@arkzbh Ind vs Pak 2003 test series which was played in Pakistan. Ganguly was injured for the first 2 test and Dravid captained India.
Its the famous series in which Dravid had declared when Sachin was battling at 194* in the first test & Dravid scored his personal best of 270 runs in the 3 test ensuring India wins the test series. Sunil Gavaskar had rightly said in one was of interviews tht in Dravid captaincy India won most overseas series win.
His innings in West Indies, just before the world cup in 2007 had some brilliant knocks, involved so much patience, and great technique. I remember he scored almost all of the team's runs and probably double the opposition himself I think. Against Lara too. Would love to watch such games nowadays.
This podcast on Rahul Dravid really gave me goosebumps!! Nice guys do finish first!! Maybe RR will win the IPL the next few years. With an explosive Sanju and Yashaswi at the top and with Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel it is very much possible. Fingers crossed for their bowling strength.
He was India's 5/1 man for most of his career...that defines his achievements
You always get a smile on your face when someone starts describing Rahul Dravid.
Everyone's favourite Rahul Dravid 💙
Joy speaks so well. That line on her mother being an architecture and who better can construct Dravid better was so pure and special ❤❤❤❤
Thanks Sir. I always rated Dravid over Sachin. There was always that perception that Dravid played for the team. Couldn't say the same about the other.
The Wall
Rahul Dravid Sir
The Legend
Karnataka 🙏🙏
Dravid was the Heimdal of Indian cricket. He was a shield for the other Gods.
A trip down the memory lane for 90s cricket fans! Thank you for this podcast :)
A welcome change from the BGT hype and hoopla! Joy Bhattacharya is a treat to the ears. Talking about Rahul Dravid is so special, that even Cyrus decided to wear a formal shirt! Such is the class of the man! Happy Birthday to a stalwart of Indian Cricket.
Rahul Dravid is synonymous to Decency. A wolf who played for the pack.
Rahul Dravid was a showrunner and it's always important to be a showrunner then being a show itself. In modern day cricket everyone wants to be the show which cost us NZ series at home and BGT
Though some of these facts are well known, it still evokes so much interest the way it is discussed. Worthy of a legend who was under patronized and under glorified
cricket and talk about crikcters is not just about cricket ....we take life inspiration from their mentality and mindset ....rahul dravid has inspired so many millenials on how to deal with life
You needed a sane person like Dravid at the moment to groom the new boys.
I liked Rahul Dravid's straight drive. I replicated the same style in our para cricket and surprisingly the strength of the stroke used to increased.
Can't really accept that Pujara is a successor to Rahul Dravid. Pujara is a bits and pieces batter with an awkward technique and gets bogged down more often than not, but Dravid exhibited amazing flair with his batting. He cuts, he pulls, he drives, he sweeps, he flicks, he plays the on-drive with a slight roll of the wrists. His backfoot defense is world class. On a pitch where there is bit of extra bounce or when a bowler steams at him back of the length he hops and knocks off the sting by getting on top of the ball which no batman plays these days.
True gentleman, their was an photo in the newspaper about a book signing event during the inauguration of a book shop,Dravid stood in a que like the rest with his young sons in toe to get his turn,no show, no tantrums !
What a role model,worth emulating.
At the Mecca of cricket - the Lords, it is said that 'when a great batsman walks to his crease the spectators stand up, but when a great human walks in and walks out the spectators stand' such is Rahul Dravid's class. What a man,what a player! Dravid, these guys are discussing you!
He is the selfless goat
Dravid is just absolute love❤❤❤❤
Who is this guy Rahul Dravid. why everyone calling him best.
Kolhi n kl are the best of all time in test.
@chocosquirrel3319 lol
@@Abhishek-gr7rp wats there to laugh. I saw his ipl stats they are 🤡
@@chocosquirrel3319 no reply on such idiotic comment. Get well soon❤❤
@@Abhishek-gr7rp u got nothing to say coz u got owned.
Thanks for this Podcast. Loved it.
What an episode for a cricket lover! Loved it to the core🚀
The Rahul Dravid cover drive was a signature! ❤
Poise elegance grit determination and million such words put together cannot match what Dravid did on that 22 yard pitch for years and years … glad to have met the legend once 😊
A superb guy of Cricket , Joy Bhattacharya
Unsung hero RD ❤❤❤❤, he's legend
I see a lot of people making All Time Test 11's and not including Rahul Dravid. I mean they should go and play ping pong 🏓... Thanks guys to bring this out.🎉
It is my Dada..❤
🥲🥲Goosebumps...😪😪This iron man deserves every glory...I am feeling obsessed with this podcast.Every word is like so so precious....honey to my ears..Waited decades to hear someone appreciate him.Birth of Rahul Sir is one of a Big Boon for India....❤️❤️❤️Countless Reasons To Celebrate Him 🎉🎉🎉Radiant Birthday Rahul Sir...The Man Who has committed himself to the cricket..🎂🎂🎂🌟🌟🌟
"If you want to see aggression, look into Dravid's eyes" - Matthew Hayden
Loved the way he says SHAURAV.... It sounds sweet
I see Joy and Cyrus I click❤🎉
I couldn’t click any faster as soon as I saw Cyrus and Joy together discussing cricket ❤
RD is gem of india❤❤
let me tell u one thing abt rahul that he is and he always will be the last of the star for indian cricket. people will come and go may score more runs but nobody will match the rahul dravid ever . number will never put the real pic of rahul contribution to indian team.he is the real saviour what u called and if i can say one thing and that is he is the hanuman of indian cricket.
Stats tells only half story ... The bowlers and the conditions then❤❤wowww
Rahul Dravid is the only Indian batsman of his generation to score an overseas century in all Test playing nations. Even SRT was not able to do it.
2007 England tour was a golden line of Dravid's life
I once asked a friend, which cricketer shree had crush on. I was expecting yuvi, dhoni, kohli types name.
What threw me off was when she named Rahul Dravid.
I had to remind myself that before the hero era, there was the gentleman era of Rahul Dravid.
Rahul sir ... ❤❤❤❤
Dravid born in indore . ❤
A small factual error. Dravid actually actively kept wickets for India in 2003, it was still Nayan Mongia in 1999.
I really like the term Second fiddle. I also believe it's takes for a larger and secure man to do that. No 2 don't get the credit they deserve but they are the wind that help No 1 fly.
One of the best episodes!!!
Dravid had a great cover drive like Lara his great back lift
Agree with everything said about Dravid,. He was India's best match winner during his time, at least in test matches.
Point about Viv Richards was, he had a good technique, he just did not bother to deploy it because he still thought he was the king of all he surveyed. That may have caused his downfall sometimes. He was not getting the big runs but kept getting lots of 70s and 80s even in his very last series.
Sehwag had a smartness about him that kept him in good stead. He was dropped now and then towards the end of his career and may not have been motivated enough to play tightly.
The Taunton innings Joy was talking about, Murali actually dropped a sitter of Sourav in long on and threw at non strikers end and got Dravid run out.. He started the counter attack against vaas, murali, but evantually had to Sourav's day!!
Happy Birthday Rahul Dravid, 11th Jan
The Bank is such a great name
My fav innings of Dravid is 233 vs Australia over adeilade
One more is from Kolkata where India were following on and this innings got overshadowed due to Laxman's innings.
India won under Dravid Captaincy, 17 ODIs continuously and Chappel was the Coach.
Great episode
Then and Now: Today's cricketers are brought up on a diet of T20. Rishab Pant is a classic example.
So lovely❤❤❤
Dravid back foot square cut, a Mysore Pak
❤ from dravid fan
In 1 day 57k views ... Whoop great 👌
Cyrus in a shirt? Now I've seen everything
And also in pants
RD ❤❤❤
Sachin comes from a edicated family as well. His father was a literary great!!
Wonderful chat ! keep this going :)
If Sachin was our Generations Luffy, Naruto and Ichigo, then Dravid was Zorro, Might Guy and Zaraki Kenpachi. He always come through.
Never knew saurav was called shorav😅 great Podcast though
Yeah ❤❤❤❤
On ground strokes, Rishabh Pant with more ground strokes would have given oppositions more nightmares...
Joy is a great match for Cyrus's restless host energy (I mean it in a positive way).
Dude it was 2003 wc in which he played keeper batter
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1:11 except sachin tendulkar at 194 Not Out
when innings was declared 😅
India should have a separate test team.
One editing mistake.. when they are Headingley Leeds match the scorecard shown is that of Eden gardens .. please change it to the headingley scorecard
Don't mind a part 2 on the legend.
🔥🔥
cyrus, please let the guest speak!
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16:52 with sachin i think it was against kenya
25 minutes went real fast
The bank sponsorship has forced Cyrus into a shirt 😂
Cyrus is clearly not used to wearing full sleeve shirts and full pants 🤣 Looks so weird to not see him in tshirt, shorts and chappals🤣
Cyrus .. please stop interrupting Joy.
You shut up
Can notice that in first five minutes already
I agree
To the core a marathi family as usual the host and the guest both will have difficulty in admitting it.
How can Joy get the fact wrong? Dravid was keeper in 2003 World Cup
Remember the match where Sourav and Rahul made a 318 run partnership in the 99 World Cup against Sri Lanka? That was the first match where Rahul Dravid kept wickets for India.
Technical???? What about Abishek
But Dravid never knew what is off when his brain was half the weight during IPL and ICT coaching 😊😅
should hv mentioned th bakra episode. true gentleman Or was it fixed ?
But that tour to Pakistan who stranded Sachin at 194* 😊😊
Not many Parsi coaches around I guess.
Ohh so Cyrus does have shoes and pants.
When you said Sachin, Lara and Ponting were the best of their generation..
What were Sangakara and Khallis?
Gilli Danda players? 😂
Dude, Sangakara is the best of'em all, I'm an Indian, but a cricket lover
Who is Shourav? 😂😂
Why u have to interrupt so much Cyrus.. it's very irritating