When ‘The Wall’ withstood all English troubles-
It was the 4th test of the England tour of India,2011.
England,batting first had piled a 1st innings score of 591 for 6, and had declared after Ian Bell scored a brilliant double ton.
India, in their 2nd innings,lost stalwarts Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman early.
Sachin Tendulkar did show some resilience with 23 from 34 balls.
But he too departed without much work.
But this man, Rahul Sharad Dravid was still holding forte.
Big names like Suresh Raina and MSD departed without making much harm to the English bowling line-up.
But with Amit Mishra and RP Singh by his side, Rahul Dravid scored one of the most memorabpe innings of his life.
A masterclass knock of 146 runs, facing a vigil of 266 balls. When no batsman scored a 50, he made a brilliant hundred.
Take a bow, Rahul Dravid.
This by far remains the best innings played by him, atleast according to me.
Thanks for the A2A,though, Shraddha Pandey, and please do accept my friend request on Facebook. 😊
Edit 1- User-11900569173965993752 mentions that he opened the innings and carried his bat throughout the innings,becoming the 3rd Indian opener after Viru and Gavaskar to do so.