One surely expected better from the redoubtable Rahul Dravid; visuals of Rahul Dravid using sweetened saliva to polish the ball surely left me flabbergasted and had my jaw dropping in consternation. Well though the jury is still out on the efficacy of the measure, most experts are of the informed opinion that sweetened saliva, especially saliva that is sweetened with either a lozenge or mint does certainly aid in making one side of the cricket ball that much heavier and also accelerates the process of initiating reverse swing (wherein the ball swings towards the shinier side as opposed to conventional swing where the ball swings away from the shinier side). Intentional or not, whatever Mr.Dravid did earlier tonight was definitely not in the letter and spirit of this glorious game of cricket and has certainly resulted in the respect,awe and admiration that I had for this cricketing icon dropping by more than a notch or two; come on Rahul, you can certainly do a lot better......
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