5 pre-match rituals of great cricketers

#3 Rahul Dravid

Dravid was not above a few pre-match rituals of his own

Indian batting legend Rahul Dravid was not someone you would really associate with 'rituals' of any sort. However, Dravid was not above a few pre-match rituals of his own and former Indian cricketer and team-mate of the great man revealed a few of those in an article he wrote a few years ago.

For Dravid, the ritual was rather mundane and he tried to act as normal as he could. He usually enjoyed a hearty breakfast and contrary to other cricketers' habits, he actually read the papers before the day's play. However, Dravid did surprise everybody by going to watch a movie ahead of the final day's play at Adelaide in 2003. He played a monumental knock the next day and won India the Test.