SK Flashback: Rahul Dravid's 93 at Perth on January 16th, 2008

Fearsome bowling line up greets India

India had the tough task of fending off the best

It was the WACA where the opposition batting had been known to surrender against the pace and bounce of the pitch and to make matters worst, India hadn’t had a great record on that ground either. The Australian bowling line-up was comprised of four fast bowlers viz. Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark and Shaun Tait.

It was as deadly as it could get as the fastest bowlers in the world were on the show together.

The opening partnership of Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag added 57 runs for the first wicket before Sehwag was picked up by Johnson. Then walked in Rahul Dravid at number 3, the man Indian needed the most at that stage.

He made a cautious start and played in his typical manner. The ball was fairly new and the pitch was playing all the tricks. He shouldered arms to plenty of balls and started constructing a quintessential Dravid innings.