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

An uncharacteristic shot leads to Dravid’s downfall

Dravid fell prey to an unlikely source

The first day’s play was nearing the stumps and Dravid was closing in on a century. The fast bowlers had worn out of all the bowling earlier and as a result, Symonds was into the attack. The order of the day would have been to play out the remaining few overs and come back next day to extend the innings.

But Dravid did something that was never expected of him at that stage. Looking for a big shot, he tried to slog a ball over long on and the extra bounce induced a top edge. Ricky Ponting at extra cover took an easy catch and Dravid was left fuming at the mistake. He departed for 93 and was most disappointed after losing his wicket at such a crucial juncture of the game. His was the 5^th wicket to fall in the innings at the score of 278 and soon the remaining wickets fell too and India were dismissed for 330.