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

Fortune favours the brave

Dravid could count himself lucky for Clarke’s mishap

The luck was on the side of the Indians this time around as Dravid survived two close shaves in the pursuit of building the innings. First, at the team’s score of 85/2, he flashed at a wide one outside the off stump from Brett Lee and the edge flew to first slip. Michael Clarke was, however, foxed by the pace of the ball and dropped a sitter.

Later, when he was playing at the score of 67, Mitchell Johnson hurled a fast in-swinging yorker at him that hit Dravid on the foot. The following big appeal from the bowler was, however, turned down by the umpire Billy Bowden. The replays suggested that the ball had struck him bang in front of the wickets. As they say, you got to make the most of the chances and indeed Dravid made that happen.