Rahul Dravid’s legendary photographs on the big screen during the IND-NED match. After the photographs were aired, Rahul Dravid praised in the dressing room.
On Sunday, November 12, India and the Netherlands will face off in Match 45 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Rohit Sharma, India’s captain, won the toss and chose to bat first. His judgment validate by his hitters, who scored a half-century.
During the 38th over of the innings, the ICC aired the ‘Iconic Images’ of Rahul Dravid. His outstanding run in the 1999 World Cup, which created a funny moment in the Indian dressing room. As soon as the special montage ended, Dravid was displayed on the big screen, and the entire squad congratulated him. Dravid eagerly embraced the adulation, making commentator Harsha Bhogle bust out laughing.
Rahul Dravid’s legendary photographs
Notably, Dravid led the ODI World Cup 1999 run scorers with 461 runs from eight innings at an average of 65.85. In the tournament, he had three fifties and two hundreds against Kenya and Sri Lanka. Dravid contributed to the then-highest ODI partnership of 318 off 269 balls during his 145-ball innings against Sri Lanka.
Returning to the game, openers Rohit Sharma (61 off 54 balls) and Shubman Gill (51 off 32 balls) put up 100 runs for the first wicket in 71 balls. However, the pair were unable to convert their fifties into a large total and were remove, leaving India on 129/2 after 17.4 overs.
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India scored 410/4 in the first innings
Following their dismissals, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer joined forces at the crease and contributed 71 runs for the third wicket to push India over the 200-run mark. Kohli, on the other hand, was bowled out for 51 (56) by Roelof van der Merwe in the 29th over.
KL Rahul (102 off 64 balls) came in at number five and achieved the quickest century by an Indian batsman in World Cup history, achieving the milestone in 62 balls. Shreyas Iyer also reached triple digits, scoring an unbeaten 128* (94) to help India reach 400 runs. In their allocated 50 overs, the Men in Blue concluded their innings on 410/4.
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