Rahul Dravid the man and the only man who was able to put fight against the England in the ongoing tour. In the four test matches he scored 3 centuries. He is the highest scorer for
INDIA in the series. Let see Rahul Dravid performance in the England series.
1st Match
1st inning
Runs- 103* balls- 220 4's- 15 strike rate- 46.81
2nd inning
Runs- 36 balls- 93 4's- 5 strike rate- 38.70
2nd Match
1st inning
Runs- 117 balls- 235 4's- 15 strike rate- 49.78
2nd inning
Runs- 6 balls- 12 4's- 1 strike rate- 50.00
3rd Match
1st inning
Runs- 22 balls- 68 4's-3 strike rate-
32.35
2nd inning
Runs- 18 balls-39 4's-3 strike rate- 46.15
4th Match
1st inning
Runs- 146* balls- 266 4's- 20 strike rate- 54.88
2nd inning
Runs- 13 balls- 32 4's-2 strike rate- 40.62
* indicate not out
Thus in the 8 innings of 4 matches Rahul Dravid made total of 461 runs at an average of 76.83.
He played 2nd and 4th test in both innings as an opener. In the 1st test he open the inning in the 2nd inning while in 3rd test he came in the first down in both the innings.
At lord's in first test it was his
first century at mecca of cricket. Due to his Continuous two centuries he was
dramatically selected in INDIAN ODI squard and there after he announced his
retirement from ODI's and T20.