Player Discussion : Rahul Dravid : Cracks in the wall?

Author: dips_decemberSubject: Rahul Dravid : Cracks in the wall?Posted: 25 September 2008 at 4:48amRahul Dravid has been one of india's most reliable batsmen for  the last decade or so. He has been nicknamed 'The Wall' for his rock solid technique but his recent records are really worrying and showing signs of rapid decline. Since giving up captaincy his average has dropped drastically to 33 and his overall career average has dropped from 57 to 53. Here are some stats showing that crickas may have developed in the wall..  Surprisingly, ever since Dravid has relinquished Test captaincy in a controversial manner in 2007, his performance has gone from bad to worse. The table below shows that his average has dipped to 34, quite ordinary going by Dravid's high standard over the years. MtsInnsNORunsAvgHS100s50s0sBefore becoming full-time captain9115318787158.3027020385During full-time captaincy stint20365159851.551464100Since relinquishing captaincy1325375434.27111140My question is, what's wrong with the Wall? Surely one cant lose his talent overnight but nothing seems to be going right fo him. Edited by dips_december - Today at 4:49am