Legendary Australian batter Matthew Hayden has given his praises to Rahul Dravid, and commented about his ability to make his way through challenges easily throughout his career. Dravid, known for his calm behaviour on the field, was often referred to as ‘Mr. Cool’ of Indian team.
Recently, Rahul was given the honor of the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the Ceat Cricket Rating Awards. Matthew Hayden was then invite to speak about Dravid at the same event.
Hayden recalled the iconic partnerships of Dravid with Laxman at Eden Gardens, and also highlighted how both of them completely overpowered the plans of Michael Slater and the Australian team.
“Sadly, from an Australian cricket point of view, it was the incredible partnership that he had up at Eden Gardens. There was nothing more sacred but that partnership with VVS Laxman. We walked onto the bus that day up in Kolkata and there was a fresh box of Cuban cigars and Michael Slater said we’ll be smoking these at the end of the day and we’ll have retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” Hayden said.
