Published: Jul 23, 2016, 09:42 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 23, 2016, 09:42 PM (IST)
Shane Warne spoke about his clash with Rahul Dravid during their playing days. Warne who was present at Old Trafford during Day Two of the second Test between England and Pakistan, complimented Joe Root for his second double hundred in the longer format versus Pakistan’s bowling attack, who are coming fresh from their emphatic 75-runs victory over the hosts at Lord’s. England have declared their first innings at 589 for 8 with a double century by Root and a hundred from their Test skipper, Alastair Cook. England are currently trailing the four-Test series 0-1 but will like to win this match and stage a comeback before its too late. ALSO READ: Warne: Root,Kohli, de Villiers and Smith top 4 batsmen
Interacting on Facebook Live, Warne spoke about his rivalry with Team India and how almost every Indian batsmen got the better of him and he went for runs against them, but somehow mentioned that he enjoyed bowling to Dravid and though it was a challenge to outsmart him, but he managed to be successful against him on several occasions. He stated, “I enjoyed bowling to Rahul even though it was tough but enjoyed that contest against him”. READ: Rahul Dravid: IPL has been an educative process for me
He picked up few of the favourite batsmen from every team and mentioned Aravinda de Silva as his best batsman from Sri Lanka. He mentioned the challenge of bowling to Shivnarine Chanderpaul from West Indies, Craig McMillan from New Zealand, Hansie Cronje from South Africa and Inzaman-ul-Haq from Pakistan. He also termed AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Joe Root as his top 4 batsmen from the current crop of players.
