Why dravid declared

Science And Future. Human Interest. Social Relevance. Healthy Living. Twitter In , we won our first Test series in West Indies after 35 years under him. The Conversation 0 Start a conversation, not a fire. Post with kindness. Post Comment. Play Quiz. Powered By. But then Sehwag is an exception to everything batting. He launched Saqlain Mushtaq into the stands over mid-wicket for a six, and in doing so became the first and only Indian triple centurion in the history of Indian cricket.

While Sehwag will forever have fond memories of the number six from this game, Tendulkar, till date feels the pinch of the same number; with good reasons.

It was only the second day and there was a lot of time left in the Test. Throughout his career, Tendulkar has been known as a team man and has never really expressed disappointments openly. But this was different, Tendulkar made it apparent to the media that he was upset over the issue. While the amazing run-feast should have been the talking point, the declaration sparked off an unneeded controversy. I was aware that the declaration was just around the corner, but when it came, I was taken by surprise.

The plan was to put them in for an hour or so. We were playing very positively at the time … a run-rate of four-an-over is very good in Test cricket. But when Yuvraj got out, I saw Rahul [Dravid] calling us in.

With Tendulkar clearly stating his disappointment, the murmurs were heard loud now. The fans concluded putting in their own logic. There was another rumour that the declaration was prompted by tour captain Sourav Ganguly, who was not playing the Test due to an injury, but still calling the shots from the dressing room.

Rahul Dravid insisted that there were no problems with Sachin Tendulkar over the controversial decision that left him stranded on in Multan, but admitted that it was a decision that he regrets in retrospect.

But it is no issue in the team. The way you [the media] bring it up all the time. Dravid sent Tendulkar an SMS message on his birthday April 24 , and said that he had only added new facets to his game as a batsman. Sachin is finding new and better ways to score runs. His appetite for runs is growing as he is getting older.

Dravid, who interacted with the media at a function organised by the Indian Women's Press Corps in Delhi, also said that he disliked The Wall sobriquet.