Monday, November 16, 2009

Rahul Dravid steals Sachin Tendulkar limelight

Rahul Dravid celebrates reachign yet added Test milestoneDravid became the fifth-highest separate official in Test history India fable Sachin Tendulkar was overshadowed on period digit of his 20th anniversary Test as Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni stole the show. Tendulkar, who prefabricated his Test entry on 15 November 1989, prefabricated exclusive quaternary in the prototypal innings of the prototypal Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Dravid ended the period undefeated on 177, becoming the fifth-highest separate official in Test story in the process. And Dhoni contributed 110 as the hosts recovered from 32-4 to place 385-6. Left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara grabbed three wickets in his prototypal quaternary overs and Dammika Prasad also chipped in as Sri Lanka did their best to want Tendulkar's party. The 36-year-old was at the crease rather than he would have expected as Welegedara, employed up a order pace, bowled Gautam Gambhir in his second over and trapped Virender Sehwag leg-before in his ordinal to turn India to 27-2. A rueful Sachin Tendulkar walks soured after existence unemployed on MondayTest cricket's all-time leading official managed exclusive quaternary on Monday Tendulkar, the all-time leading separate official in both Test and one-day history, smashed the prototypal ball he visaged to the counterbalance boundary, but lapse digit deliveries after when he was bowled by a jubilant Welegedara. Prasad uprooted VVS Laxman's soured stump sextet balls after that to process India's woes but Dravid then took control, assembling his 27th Test century in the process. Dravid, nicknamed the 'Wall' for his solidity and technical excellence, hit 26 boundaries and a sextet in an unusually aggressive innings. When he reached 105, the 36-year-old surpassed past Australian captain Steve Waugh's account of 10,927 runs to embellish the ordinal highest separate official in Test history, behindhand Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Allan Border. Captain Dhoni played the activity role during a sixth-wicket stand of 224 after left-hander Yuvraj Singh (68) had begun the delivery act by adding 125 for the ordinal inaugural with Dravid. Dhoni lapse to the second newborn ball presently before the close, caught behindhand soured Prasad, leaving Harbhajan Singh to keep Dravid company at stumps on two. Welegedara gave away meet 28 runs in his inaugural speech of heptad overs, but ended the period with figures of 3-75 soured 17 overs. Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8362573.stm --------------- @ Hot Current News Trends | Latest News | Breaking News


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