Test Cricket loses a Legend
I have been a massive Sachin Tendulkar fan for the 17th year running - But today as Rahul Dravid announced his retirement and I write this passage, there will be a few instances where I might provide an impression of paying disregard to the Master. Really not my intent, the need for the hour is to put Rahul Dravid in the limelight - He really deserves to be there. So no offences meant to any Sachin fan similar to me. Bowlers around the world be pleased when their run-up finds the rhythm and the release is precisely how they want it to be. Almost all the batsmen attain maximum delight when they middle the first few deliveries they face and when the contact makes the sweetest of sounds. But not many in the history of the men who have played the game, would have derived sheer pride and pleasure in watching the ball pass through, as Rahul Dravid has. He didn’t mind if you were Shoaib Akthar with a run-up twice the length of the pitch, or a Chris Harris delivering dibbly dobblies, bloc