Here's why I feel that Rahul Sharad Dravid was and will always continue to be a far better test batsman than the so called "God of Cricket" Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar and should therefore always occupy pride of place in the hierarchy of the greatest ever Indian batsmen........
* Neither Rahul Dravid nor his legions of followers have ever made any pompous claims about his being or then having any intentions whatsoever of being the "God of Cricket"........
* Rahul Dravid was the quintessential team player who always put team before self and therefore batted at every position from number 1 to 7 depending on the needs of the team......
* Mr. Dravid was a far more astute captain than his supposedly more illustrious counterpart and his sterling record of having achieved the maximum number of test victories on foreign soil more than justifies this claim.......
* Rahul Sharad Dravid was always an ardent student of the game during a career spanning sixteen years and more and never ever aspired to become a master of the same.......
* He always was and will always be far more technically proficient than a certain Mr. Tendulkar; ask the legions of fast bowlers who were at the receiving end of a bat that they could seldom beat........
* Rahul Dravid was one of those old fashioned batsmen who always believed in batting within his limitations and grounding out the opposition and was never given to unnecessary flamboyance or profligacy of throwing his wicket away with a flashy stroke........
* Rahul Dravid's immeasurable contribution to the plethora of test victories achieved by team India during his illustrious career does certainly warrant him pride of place amongst the echelons of Indian test greats.........
* Calm as the most serene ocean, Rahul Sharad Dravid had an inner core of tensile steel and was a storehouse of cricketing knowledge that any of his younger team mates could delve into........
* His greatest ever achievement was that he was always an object of sheer respect and admiration and never ever aspired to become an object of deification........
* He selflessly donned the big gloves and spent hours honing a craft that did not come to him naturally; Rahul was a more than useful keeper, catch Mr. Tendulkar ever doing the same for the team...........
* Rahul Dravid walked away from it all with his head held high and when the world was till wondering why; while Mr. Tendulkar's antics and pathetic attempts at clinging on to his test place on the basis of past laurels have disillusioned numerous Indian cricket fans like yours truly.......
RAHUL SHARAD DRAVID: TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOR EVERMORE.........
* Neither Rahul Dravid nor his legions of followers have ever made any pompous claims about his being or then having any intentions whatsoever of being the "God of Cricket"........
* Rahul Dravid was the quintessential team player who always put team before self and therefore batted at every position from number 1 to 7 depending on the needs of the team......
* Mr. Dravid was a far more astute captain than his supposedly more illustrious counterpart and his sterling record of having achieved the maximum number of test victories on foreign soil more than justifies this claim.......
* Rahul Sharad Dravid was always an ardent student of the game during a career spanning sixteen years and more and never ever aspired to become a master of the same.......
* He always was and will always be far more technically proficient than a certain Mr. Tendulkar; ask the legions of fast bowlers who were at the receiving end of a bat that they could seldom beat........
* Rahul Dravid was one of those old fashioned batsmen who always believed in batting within his limitations and grounding out the opposition and was never given to unnecessary flamboyance or profligacy of throwing his wicket away with a flashy stroke........
* Rahul Dravid's immeasurable contribution to the plethora of test victories achieved by team India during his illustrious career does certainly warrant him pride of place amongst the echelons of Indian test greats.........
* Calm as the most serene ocean, Rahul Sharad Dravid had an inner core of tensile steel and was a storehouse of cricketing knowledge that any of his younger team mates could delve into........
* His greatest ever achievement was that he was always an object of sheer respect and admiration and never ever aspired to become an object of deification........
* He selflessly donned the big gloves and spent hours honing a craft that did not come to him naturally; Rahul was a more than useful keeper, catch Mr. Tendulkar ever doing the same for the team...........
* Rahul Dravid walked away from it all with his head held high and when the world was till wondering why; while Mr. Tendulkar's antics and pathetic attempts at clinging on to his test place on the basis of past laurels have disillusioned numerous Indian cricket fans like yours truly.......
RAHUL SHARAD DRAVID: TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOR EVERMORE.........
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