Fourteen-year-old Tanay Salil Shah had a question for Rahul Dravid at the Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture yesterday. Correction: He had a &lsquo;question&rsquo; as well as a 'request' for the retired batting stalwart in the Q and A section.
<img title="Tanay Salil Shah gets his photograph shot with Rahul Dravid" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/nov/Tanay1309.jpg" alt="Tanay Salil Shah gets his photograph shot with Rahul Dravid" /> Tanay Salil Shah gets his photograph shot with Rahul Dravid by a relative at CCI yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokate.
Dravid was instant in his reply as to whether he would pose with Tanay for a photograph after the Lecture with words, &ldquo;it will be my pleasure.&rdquo;&nbsp;Then came the question: &ldquo;Which has been your most memorable knock outside the sub-continent given the conditions, bowling attack and state of the match,&rdquo; asked Tanay.
Impressive Dravid was impressed. In a lighter vein, he urged Rajdeep Sardesai to hire the young gun for his television channel. Several in audience wondered which of his several classy, match-winning would he choose &mdash; double century at Adelaide in 2003-04 or the 148 at Leeds the previous year. But Dravid said, &ldquo;the two innings that gave me the most satisfaction was scoring two fifties (81 and 68) against the West Indies in a Test at Kingston, Jamaica in 2006,&rdquo; revealed Dravid.
<img title="Rahul Dravid" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/nov/Kingston1309.jpg" alt="Rahul Dravid" /> Classy: Rahul Dravid during the fourth Test against West Indies at Kingston in Jamaica in July 2006. Pic/AFP.
&ldquo;The series was 0-0 and I was captain. I was feeling the pressure about India needing to win the series. It was a terrible wicket. Scoring those two fifties in real difficult conditions and winning the Test match for India gave me the most satisfaction.&rdquo;
India won that fourth Test by 49 runs and Dravid took home the man-of-the-match and man-of-the-series awards. The 2006 conquest in the Caribbean was India&rsquo;s first triumph in the West Indies after the Ajit Wadekar-led side&rsquo;s win in 1971. By the way, Tanay got his photograph with the Bangalore maestro.

Fourteen-year-old Tanay Salil Shah had a question for Rahul Dravid at the Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture yesterday.

Rahul Dravid reminisces about those two half centuries

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Mid-Day Fast

Home / Sports / Cricket / Article / Rahul Dravid reminisces about those two half centuries

Rahul Dravid reminisces about those two half centuries

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Mid-Day Fast