A stickler in terms of retaining time, Rahul Dravid was as soon as unusually late to a studying session at a bookstore in Bengaluru. However Dravid settled within the again row with different invitees for your entire period of the occasion with none fuss. He politely declined the organisers’ request to maneuver up the row. Dravid by no means actually wished for the entrance seat or the glare of the world. It is simply not his zone. However on Saturday, no matter the end result, the India head coach should stand in full view of the cricketing world when his aspect takes on South Africa within the T20 World Cup ultimate at Bridgetown, Barbados.

The 51-year-old has already bought a prelude to it because the host broadcasters are operating a #DoItForDravid development on social media.

However it’s as un-Rahul Dravid as something one can ever consider.

For Dravid, successful the World Cup is just not a private glory second however he will surely broaden it out to the crew effort and to Rohit Sharma’s impressed management.

The person himself made it clear, and the phrases mirrored his sagacity.

“I simply need to play good cricket and yeah, doing it for somebody is completely in opposition to who I’m as an individual and what I consider in. So, I do not need to speak about it and talk about it,” Dravid informed Star Sports activities.

He was emphatic whereas slipping in a reminder concerning the ethos which he adopted so diligently through the years.

“I do not actually consider on this ‘Do it for any person’. I like that quote about any person asking any person else, ‘Why do you need to climb Mount Everest?’ and he says ‘I need to climb Mount Everest as a result of it is there’.

“I need to win this World Cup as a result of it is there. It isn’t for anybody, it is not for anyone, it is simply there to win,” Dravid asserted.

Bookmark these sentences as a examine materials for endearing simplicity and selflessness.

If one wants additional validation, there was this one occasion nicely over a decade in the past.

Dravid was in blazing kind throughout India’s tour to England in 2011, rising as their main run-scorer even because the guests sank with no hint within the Checks.

The retirement query was hanging immediately over his head however the Bengaluru man scoffed at it, saying his focus was on the year-end journey to Australia, a rustic the place he made a truckload of runs.

However Dravid was fast to push back any private motivation behind his need to journey to Australia.

“We want a sequence win in Australia. Personally, I assumed I owe it to the crew,” he would say then.

That’s his zone.

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman might immerse of their incandescent shot-making within the consolation that Dravid was there to soak up the blows and strain.

Twelve years down the road, Dravid is in an identical state of affairs and he’s not complaining.

If India elevate the World Cup on the Kensington Oval, a variety of credit score will go to Rohit and his wards, and if they do not bricks will probably be flying within the path of Dravid as nicely.

Mobbed by jubilant crew members and followers or a lonely stroll again, Dravid, relaxation assured, will deal with each with equanimity.

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