Wicketkeeper,opener,middleorder batsman ,slip fielder,vice captain,captain are the few roles this person has enacted consisitenly in his cricketing career.
Refering back to an ininings versus bangladesh scoring seven of 37 deliveries and all the shots played were good to land beyond boundaries but could only find the fielders.This is one of the many such countless knocks wherein one just felt to ease the man out in the middle by going to him and getting him back to the dressing room though the grit,stubborness of staying at the wicket is unparalled earning him a deserving nickname "WALL".
Just felt sometimes had this person applied the same level of effort and concentration he applied to his batting ,in some other prefession is would have been the owner of 2 virgin islands.
Facts as I always say are boring ,whether it is 2nd fastest fifty,the highest no. of Test catches, or 10 thousand 20 thousand or 25 thousand runs,you will always be remembered for your qualities you have given back to your profession.And definetely you have left a legacy each one of us in the world would cherish to acheive.
Just the way you left today with dignity, spirit and grace.
Take a bow to an INDIAN CRICKETING LEGEND RAHUL DRAVID.
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