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Sachin Tendulkar said picking Muttiah Muralitharan’s doosra was easy, reveals Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid believes Ajinkya Rahane must bat at No.5 for India in Tests.

Rahul Dravid was one of India's prolific run scorers for India © Getty Images
Rahul Dravid was one of India’s most prolific run scorers © Getty Images

Rahul Dravid admits that he had a lot of trouble facing Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s doosra but when he asked Sachin Tendulkar as to how to tackle the him, he said that it was easy. Dravid was speaking at the Crickat Club of India (CCI) in Mumbia where he and Ajinkya Rahane were present at former India opener Aakash Chopra’s book launch. Dravid, who has over 25,000 runs in international cricket in a career spanning over 15 years also believes that Rahane must bat at No.5 for India in Tests. Rahane was promoted to No.3 in the recently concluded Test series against Sri Lanka, where he scored a century. READ: Rahul Dravid: Ajinkya Rahane is Indian cricket team’s best batsman

“Rahane is probably the best Indian batsman on the basis of getting runs. All that is important is balance and adjustment. I have seen him improve in all these years at Rajasthan Royals (RR). Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand, he has shown his batting skills ever where in a small span of time. And that shows how quickly he has been adapting different formats and conditions”.  READ: Rahul Dravid says Ajinkya Rahane should bat at No. 5 in Test cricket

Dravid is also the current coach of India A. India A won their first silverware under Dravid when they beat South Africa A in the unofficial Test series at Wayanad. Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel‘s supreme figures of 4 for 0, helped India A win the second and final four-day match by an innings and 81 runs at the Krishnagiri Stadium here on Friday and thus clinch the two-match series 1-0. READ: Rahane confident of Indian batsmen excelling against spin vs SA in Test series

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