4 underrated innings of Rahul Dravid

#4 128 vs Pakistan, 1st Test, Lahore 2006

This innings of Dravid was highly overshadowed by Sehwag’s onslaught. The rain-curtailed match was a high scoring affair which ultimately ended in a draw. Almost 2 days were spoilt by rain. 4 batsmen from Pakistan went on to hit a century while Sehwag outscored with his knock of 254 which came in just 247 balls. Although Dravid’s innings of 128 might be viewed as just another century with the match already seeing 4 tons, Dravid’s innings was really a splendid one.

Pakistan declared at 679-7 as they battled for nearly 3 days. Their innings saw 4 centuries from Younis Khan, Mohammed Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, and Kamran Akmal. Younis Khan was unfortunate as he missed his double century by just 1 run. The reply from India was no less daunting as Sehwag and Dravid outplayed Pakistan with their commanding stroke plays. The only wicket to fall was Sehwag's who scored a mammoth 254 runs which contained 47 fours and a single six.

Though Dravid’s knock was a calm and composed one like always, his innings was really a treat to our eyes. Dravid’s 128 came in 233 balls with 19 of them rolling across the rope.