LIVE: Rahul Dravid delivers MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture 2015-16

Former Indian cricketer and the current coach of the Under-19 Team, Rahul Dravid will be delivering the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Lecture 2015 on Tuesday night. According to PTI, the lecture will be attended by all the members of the current Indian team and the visiting South African side. Also in attendance will be the bigwigs of the BCCI, including its President and ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar and Secretary Anurag Thakur. The lecture was started in 2013 to honour the memory of former skipper Pataudi, who passed away in 2011. The inaugural lecture was delivered by Sunil Gavaskar in Chennai. The same year, Anil Kumble delivered this lecture for a second time in Mumbai. VVS Laxman was the speaker for this event in 2014 with Kolkata being the venue. The live streaming of the MAK Pataudi Lecture 2015-16 can be accessed on the official website of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). WATCH LIVE: Rahul Dravid delivers MAK Pataudi Lecture 2015-16

Meanwhile, Dravid on Tuesday picked Glenn McGrath and Muttiah Muralitharan as the toughest bowlers he has faced during his illustrious career in international cricket. Dravid, who earned the sobriquet ‘The Wall’, for his immaculate technique, ended his 16-year career with over 13,000 Test runs and 10889 runs in One-day Internationals. “As far as fast bowler is concerned, Glenn McGrath was the toughest I have faced, I have played him at the peak of his career and he was truly a great bowler. When he was bowling well it was very difficult to judge your off stump,” the 42-year-old Dravid said during an interaction with fans on the social networking site ‘Facebook’. Rahul Dravid answers questions on Twitter with #AskDravid

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He added, “He kept challenging you, kept testing you just around that off stump. He was a very aggressive bowler irrespective of whether he was bowling his first or second over or the 25th over, he was always at you, probing and asking questions,” Dravid, who is coaching the junior India side, said about the Australian pace legend. Dravid felt Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner Muralitharan was the toughest to counter when it came to slow bowlers.