Rahul Dravid was always a calming influence and a rock in the middle. His defence was a ‘Wall’ that hardly anyone could breach.
AP
We have always cherished Dravid as a batsman who was supremely apt and copybook. A player who made cricketing shots look more classy and was an example of great perseverance, humility and grace.
While he was simply outstanding with the bat, he was equally astute and safe with his hands. For the record, he also has the most catches in Test crciket. That is right. One part of his cricketing career we hardly talk about.
AFP
It was very obvious Rahul Dravid had the temperament, technique and desire to stand at first slip. His strengths: great concentration, the most beautiful soft hands and a naturally great technique. It all worked wonderfully during his playing days.
Contrary to what some critics felt, Rahul was a natural slip fielder. He could not have kept wicket at the 2003 World Cup without having such good hands. All the great slip catchers have this softness in the way they catch and Rahul was the same. Their hands almost hang from their shoulders.
BCCI
We hardly saw Rahul Dravid drop a catch. He was always safe as houses and an edge toward him meant curtains for the batsmen.
In 164 Test matches, Rahul Dravid took an astonishing 210 catches. The record that stands till date. Pending the fact that no active player is close to this feat, the record will take a very long time to break if ever it gets broken in the entire lifetime of cricket.