Bengaluru, Aug 17: His father could hold the Indian innings for days. He could deny the opposition a sure victory by forcing a draw with his never say no batting approach. He could help his team bat around him and chase seemingly stiff targets with ease.
Rightly he was called 'The Wall' of Indian cricket. His batting records were enviable. He kept wickets for helping the team get a better balance. He held some unbelievable catches at slips. He bowed well too in the limited opportunities he got.
After retirement from international cricket as a player, former Team captain Rahul Dravid did a commendable job at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), here. Though he never won a World Cup as a player, but as Coach that dream too was fulfilled.
Dravid won twin World Cups as a Coach. He guided Prithvi Shaw led team to lift the Under 19 World Cup crown in 2018. Recently, he was the Head Coach of Team India, when Rohit Sharma & Co lifted the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 trophy.
Rahul Dravid gave up Team India's coaching job after the World Cup victory, but his son Samit is sweating hard on cricket fields and perhaps trying to replicate great deeds of his legendary father.
Though Rahul Dravid was not a regular big hitter of the cricket ball and rather preferred to play traditional and copy book shots, often scoring tall scores on the board.. But his son Samit seems to enjoy big hits. On Friday, he hit a huge six during a Maharaja Trophy T20 match in Bengaluru.
In the Maharaja Trophy, Samit plays for Mysuru Warriors. He played a pull shot off Bengaluru Blasters pacer G Naveen for a six over midwicket, which reminded fans and commentators of his father.
But Samit hasn't set the stage on fire in Maharaja Trophy so far, scoring seven in both games in his debut T20 tournament. But he is highly rated due to his strong performances in age-group cricket, it is learnt.
