When Rahul Dravid retired from Test cricket in 2012 after the twin disasters in England and Australia, he left an Indian team that wasn’t short on quality. But overseas, it lacked the spine to put up a fight when put in a tight corner.
A decade later, as coach, he has taken over a side that probably doesn’t have the flair in batting of the team that he played for. But it more than makes up for it with an incredible amount of steel that has brought India on the doorstep of conquering the final frontier, South Africa, after conquering England and Australia.
The Monday fare at Wanderers was all about that grit and fight that has brought India so far. They lost their captain and best batsman Virat Kohli to upper back spasms in the morning, the pitch was the heady cocktail of seam and bounce, and the total contribution of Nos. 3, 4 and 5 — considered the backbone of a batting unit — made a cumulative contribution of 23.
This story is from the January 04, 2022 edition of The Times of India Mumbai.
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