That one incident which made Rahul Dravid the villain of Indian cricket

Rahul Dravid: Former captain and coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid has an image of a very composed person. As a player or a coach, Rahul Dravid has received nothing but praise. There is hardly any cricket fan or critic who would have a negative opinion about Rahul Dravid. But it is said that sometimes in life, such incidents happen to us which become the reason for our disgrace and stay with us for the whole life. One such incident has happened in Rahul's life too which made his image negative.

This incident happened 20 years ago

The one incident due to which you may hear something negative about Rahul Dravid or in fact he is seen as a villain happened 20 years ago and it was done by him. The Indian team was on a tour of Pakistan in 2004. There was a test in Multan from 28 March to 1 April. Batting first, India scored 675 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings. Virender Sehwag played an innings of 309 runs while Sachin Tendulkar returned unbeaten on 194 runs.

One decision costed heavily on the image

You must be wondering why Tendulkar returned unbeaten on 194 despite losing wickets in the first innings. The answer is Rahul Dravid. Actually, Dravid was the captain of India in that match. He declared India's innings and Sachin could not complete his double century. Due to this incident, Rahul had to face a lot of criticism. It was even said about him that he took such a decision to reduce the number of Sachin's double centuries in Tests. This decision had tarnished Dravid's image. Then there were reports of distance between Sachin and Dravid. However, the relationship between the two remained normal. Let us tell you that Sachin has 6 double centuries and Dravid has 5 double centuries in Tests. Apart from this incident, nothing happened in Dravid's entire career that made his image negative.

India won by an innings India won that match by an innings under Dravid's captaincy. Batting first, the Indian team scored 675 runs. In reply, Pakistan's first innings was reduced to 407. While playing follow-on, Pakistan's second innings was reduced to just 216 and India won the match by an innings and 52 runs. Irfan Pathan took 4 wickets in the first innings and Anil Kumble took 6 wickets in the second innings.