By CricketCountry Staff
Rahul Dravid was bowled in both the innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the recently-concluded first Test against Australia. The Indian batsman has been bowled on 51 occasions in Test cricket.
Published: Dec 30, 2011, 08:10 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 30, 2011, 08:10 PM (IST)
Indian batsman Rahul Dravid has been bowled on 51 occasions in Test cricket © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Mumbai: Dec 30, 2011
Indian batting legend Rahul Dravid is close to breaking a record in Test cricket that he will not cherish.
Dravid was bowled in both the innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the recently-concluded first Test against Australia. The Indian batsman has been bowled on 51 occasions in Test cricket.
According to a report in newsbullet.in, former Australian captain Allan Border has been bowled 53 times in Test cricket – the highest by any batsman.
Dravid has been dismissed ‘bowled’ in both innings of a Test match in four Test matches. Following is the list of those four Test matches:
|
Opponent |
Place |
Year |
|
South Africa |
Mumbai |
Feb. 2000 |
|
New Zealand |
Wellington |
Dec. 2002 |
|
Pakistan |
Delhi |
Nov. 2007 |
|
Australia |
Melbourne |
Dec. 2011 |
VVS Laxman has been bowled in both innings of a Test match on five occasions – the most by an Indian batsman. Two other Indian cricketers, besides Dravid, have been bowled in both the innings of a Test on four occasions – Chandu Borde and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar.
The world record for being bowled in both the innings on most occasions is eight, by New Zealand’s John Reid.
