Shoaib Akhtar sharing funny incident about Rahul Dravid

Shoaib Akhtar always had funny stories to share from his international cricket career. He has played cricket against all the sides in the world. He has a lot of cricketers as his friends. So he knows a lot of things which normal people don’t know about cricketers.

Shoaib shared the latest one about Indian test batsman, the wall of India Rahul Dravid. Shoaib said that he and Rahul Dravid went to Australia once to play World Series. He and Rahul were in the rest of the world team and they played three ODI games against Australia.

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Shoaib said that before the start of the series Rahul came to him and asked him to bowl him in the nets for practice. Shoaib went with him in the nets. Now Rahul Dravid told him to him length balls. Shoaib bowled six length balls to him. After completing the six balls practice spell, Shoaib went to Dravid and told him that he should practice short balls. Shoaib told Dravid that no one in the Australian team will bowl him length balls. There will hardly a few which he will face.

So he should practice short balls which will come near his rib cage. Rahul Dravid replied to Shoaib that already he is low in confidence and Shoaib’s words have not helped him a little bit. When Shoaib narrated this incident every one laughed really loud.

This was pretty hilarious for sure. The Asian players always feel difficulties in facing Australian on Australian tracks. The reason is the bounce. Gabba and Perth offer a lot of bounce. Also MCG and other grounds have got significant bounce and that puts the Asian players in problems. This is the reason that Asian side have hardly won a test series in Australia.

Winning an ODI or a t2 game or even a series is not that tough. Limited overs cricket is far different than the test cricket. Test cricket is a test of your nerves, technique and temperament. You have to be a quality player or a fast learner to adapt into test cricket. There are not many names who are good in all three formats. The rule is simple if your are a good test player then surely you are a good ODI and T20 player. But if you’re a good ODI or t20 player than this does not mean your are a good test player. Shoaib said that the bounce is the major issue in Australia. This bounce is something which only the bowlers can enjoy and no one else.