Sachin Tendulkar may be the more complete batsman, VVS Laxman is certainly more stylish and of course the blitzkrieg that is Virender Sehwag is far more devastating, but Rahul Dravid’s knack of getting runs when his country really needs them arguably makes him even more important to India than this trio of batting geniuses.
Without Dravid’s batting masterclass, India would be staring defeat in the face at Sabina Park, which even given that they are not at full strength would be a touch embarrassing for the world’s number one Test side.
The next highest score after Dravid’s 112 was number ten Amit Mishra’s 28. How Darren Sammy must be ruing dropping Dravid when he had scored just 6.
Dravid has built a reputation as a man for a crisis and Jamaica 2011 will go down alongside Johannesburg 1997, Kolkata 2001, Headingley 2002, Adelaide 2003 and Rawalpindi 2004 as one of his best knocks.
Criticism has mounted against Dravid in recent years – especially from some rather hard to please Indian fans, and in truth Dravid has looked a batsman in decline (albeit one that is descending from a peak loftier than most).
Yesterday’s hundred was his first hundred overseas since Dhaka 2007 and his first outside the subcontinent since Gros Inslet 2006. . His average since that last hundred in the Caribbean is just 42.
But if you asked Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower whether they would rather see Dravid or one of India’s immensely talented youngsters striding out at number three in the forthcoming Test series in England, it is certain that they would take the younger man every time.
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