Rahul Dravid: Who does not know Rahul Dravid? His defense was so solid that even the biggest bowlers found it difficult to penetrate his defence. He won many matches for Team India with his batting and also helped India draw many matches.
There was also a player who was called the next Dravid of Team India, but by conspiring against him, he was not given a consistent opportunity in the team due to which he could never become a big batsman.
Hanuma Vihari was said to be the next Rahul Dravid
This player is none other than Hanuma Vihari, the batsman who plays for Andhra Pradesh in domestic cricket. To make a place in Team India, Hanuma was given opportunities by the team management at different places and he played his role well but after failing in a few innings, he was immediately thrown out of the team.
Vihari was always given a chance in foreign tours where the conditions were not favorable for Indian batsmen, still he performed well there but in India he never got a chance to prove himself in the home conditions. Hanuma opened in India’s historic winning series against Australia in 2018-19 and gave a good start to Team India.
Injured Vihari saved the match with Ashwin
Despite being injured in the 2020-21 series, Vihari, along with Ravichandran Ashwin, had drawn the Test match. However, after that he may not get many opportunities in Team India in which he can prove himself. The team management did not give him a chance because his strike rate was very low.
Vihari’s domestic figures are amazing
If we talk about Hanuma Vihari’s statistics, then Vihari has scored 839 runs in 28 innings of 16 test matches at an average of 33.56. In which 1 century and 5 half-centuries are scored. Whereas in first class, he has scored 9380 runs in 207 innings of 126 matches at an average of 50.97. In which he has scored 24 centuries and 49 half-centuries. In which his highest score is 302*.
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