4 reasons why Rahul Dravid is India's most underrated captain

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Despite being a terrific batsman, Dravid was someone who put the initiative on the bowlers to win matches for the team

The chase masters

Often, either Yuvraj Singh or MS Dhoni or sometimes both played a crucial role in India chasing down big targets under Dravid
Often, either Yuvraj Singh or MS Dhoni or sometimes both played a crucial role in India chasing down big targets under Dravid

For his ability to track down any total in limited-overs cricket, Virat Kohli is labelled as the 'chase master' and rightfully so.

However, even before Kohli announced himself on the international scene, India went through a phase where under Dravid they tracked down targets with great consistency, even sharing at one point a record with the great West Indies side of yesteryear of winning on 14 consecutive occasions, batting second

The Indian teams before that, would often look to bat first, put up a big score and then hope for the bowlers to turn up, but Dravid looked to improve a tendency of Indian teams not chasing too well and succeeded superbly in its execution.

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