Top 5 T20 innings by Rahul Dravid

2. 65 runs off 51 balls (Rajasthan Royals v/s Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2013)

He was slower off the blocks in this knock, but it was all that held the entire batting order together against the Daredevils at the treacherous Ferozeshah Kotla ground in April 2013.

Coming in at the fall of Kusal Perera in the third over, Dravid started off in a rather nervous fashion – he barely managed to control an edge off his first ball that ended up at the third man fence. He milked the singles, kept the scoreboard ticking, and punished the occasional bad delivery; just another regular day at the office.

Dravid also slammed a couple of huge sixes as he infused more aggression into his innings, one of which was actually a dropped chance that ended up in the stands. The second massive hit came off an Irfan Pathan slower ball, before Umesh Yadav removed the veteran batsman, triggering a mini-collapse towards the end of the innings.

An attempted catch off a David Warner top edge resulted in the skipper leaving the field with a back strain, and under Brad Hodge’s sensible command, Rajasthan ended up winning the game by a narrow margin of five runs – Dravid received the Player of the Match award.