Top 10 batsmen against spin bowling in the last four decades

#7 – Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid often turned to his immense reservoir of patience

Possessing seemingly endless powers of concentration, Dravid‘s sheer determination to overcome difficult situations is an example to modern-day batsmen on approaching the purest form of the game.

If one were to rewind the clock, VVS Laxman’s heroic 281 against the Aussies at Eden Gardens would not have been possible without the phlegmatic defiance of Dravid at the other end. Now, a man who holds the record for facing the most deliveries in Tests has to be equally proficient against both pace and spin.

Labeled by Harsha Bhogle as ‘the wolf who lived for the pack’, his career is besotted with numerous high-impact knocks in treacherous pitches. Perhaps, the only weakness lay in Sri Lanka where he averaged 33.10 from 12 matches with only one century and four fifties.