How Rahul Dravid “Torturous” Knock Aided Abhinav Bindra’s Olympic Gold Winning. Dravid batting on 18 during a Test match between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2008. When he play 40 consecutive dot balls to get his next run.
Abhinav Bindra has revealed that a knock from Rahul Dravid played a significant role in his 2008 Olympics season. Which saw the 10-metre air rifle shooter win India’s first-ever individual gold medal in Games history. Bindra also claimed that Dravid’s innings played a significant role in Indian sports history. Dravid batting on 18 during a Test match between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2008 when he played 40 consecutive dot balls to get his next run.
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The crowd at SCG gave Rahul Dravid a standing ovation shortly after he scored his 19th run.
The batter acknowledged it by raising his bat.
“I’d like to discuss one of your innings, which, by the way, played a significant role in my career. It was your most important innings for me because it taught me a lot… “It was the game where you scored one run after 40 consecutive dot balls,” the shooter told Dravid during a “In the Zone” interaction “Abhinav Bindra’s podcast
“The month was January of 2008.” It was the year of the Olympics. I went to Australia for a fitness camp. And at that point in my career, I was struggling a little bit to get my first shot off in competition… because I was really nervous, my heart rate was really high, and I was sometimes impatient and just go after it quickly, which was mostly disastrous for me.
