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When two giants of Test cricket go up
against each other, be rest assured that the battle will be really closely
contested. Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar have been retried for years from
Test cricket, but their fans still have memories of the duo batting, fresh in
their mind. Wisden India recently put out a Facebook poll on the greatest
Indian Test batsman.
The polls started with 16 batsmen from
varying eras. It came down to the semi-finals with former Rajasthan Royals
skipper, Dravid up against the Little Master Sunil Gavaskar, while Tendulkar
was up against Virat Kohli. It all came down to the back-bone of the Indian
cricket team in the late 90s, and 2000s – Dravid vs Tendulkar.
In the final, Tendulkar fans got off the
blocks early, emulating their idol’s batting talents. Dravid was trailing at
42% a couple of days before the poll was to end. However, the Wall fans turned
up at the right time and got him into the lead towards the close of play. The
Royals legend finished with 52% of the 11,400 votes cast. There was a battle
for the third place as well. Gavaskar secured the spot after another closely
fought vote-battle.
Tendulkar and Dravid have both played
several remarkable knocks for Team India over the years. The former holds the
record for the most runs in Test cricket, with 15,921 runs. Dravid is fourth on
the list with 13,288 runs. Both had pretty similar averages in the format as
well. Reminiscing them face some tough opponents in Tests makes us want to go
back and watch some of those epic knocks around the world. We recommend the
same to you as well.
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