India's 2007 World Cup captain Rahul Dravid has called for patience while dealing with the struggles of attacking opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan.


Rahul Dravid during a promotional event at a city hotel yesterday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi 

The southpaw is enduring a terrible run of scores in the ongoing tri-series in which he has managed just 11 runs. Dhawan didn't have a memorable Test series either — 167 runs over six innings in three Tests.