‘Might not like me…’: Rahul Dravid on about a Touching point about Virat Kohli’s batting

Rahul Dravid was the perfect example of a textbook hitter, be it his shots, his stance, the way he left the ball- everything was magnificent. Dravid could bat and face the mightiest of pacers in all five days of a Test match, hardly breaking a sweat.

Because of his great batting expertise, one should listen when he explains. During his growing times, Rahul Dravid had Sunil Gavaskar as his role model, as he was a legend of his time and a technically different batter. Gavaskar was comparatively short in height. Dravid even pointed how short batters were more natural in their game, and even touched something about batting star Virat Kohli.

“Gavaskar was a beautifully balanced player. I always remember, he always seemed to. There was a stillness when he stood, which is what I admired. I was always slightly taller, so I didn’t copy anything. I just stood in a way that made me feel uncomfortable. Tendulkar again was very balanced. Shorter people have the advantage of looking more balanced because the centre of gravity is lower. That’s what they say,” Dravid said on the Haal Chaal Aur Sawaal Podcast with Ashish Kaushik.

“A lot of great batters over the years have been shorter people. Look at Gavaskar, or Tendulkar or a [Brian] Lara or a [Ricky] Ponting… going back to [Donald] Bradman. Kohli is short-ish. Virat Kohli might not like me calling him shortish, though,” he added.