His two dismissals in SCG to Hilfenhaus is evident to support this theory. On both occasions, he played outside the line of the delivery and left a gap between bat and pad. Hilfenhaus who generally bowls away swing, rare to see his action permits an incoming delivery. Laxman’s dismissal in the 2nd innings was a away swing, as Laxman expected the ball to come in.
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is equally bewildered and wonders if Dravid is not going forward enough and with his bat always in front of his pads, it is leaving a big gap for the ball to breach his defence. He is the man who spends more time at the wicket than anyone in the history of the game. “He has 12,752 runs on the cards in 156 test matches”.
Dravid however, is not alarmed at the trend. “I feel I have been batting well. Hopefully in the next couple of tests, I will be able to convert one of these starts. Sometimes you can’t read too much into things. To be fair there have been couple of good balls. It’s not like I have got out, you know, inner-edging”. said Dravid.
With already two matches into the Down-under test series, Dravid’s off-form has been concerning not only to himself but also to all the Indians. Whether or not, we will see a different Dravid in the remaining two matches, only time can tell.
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