It's a proud day for Indian cricket as Rahul Dravid takes up position as the worlds foremost catcher, overtaking Mark Waugh, with 182 catches.
On the occassion, this is what Mark Waugh had to say.......
Dravid is not a natural catcher: Mark Waugh
Sydney: Australian Mark Waugh, whose record of catches has been broken by Rahul Dravid, feels the Indian is not a natural catcher but he makes up for it with his high level of concentration.
Dravid has edged level with Waugh on 181 catches. He has taken the vast majority of his catches from spinners - 99 from Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh alone - a feat that Waugh rates highly because there is often less time to react.
"You might only get one ball in the field all day and you've got to catch it an inch off the ground. That's a concentration thing, switching on and off between deliveries," Waugh was quoted as saying in Sydney Morning Herald.
"Dravid is good but he's got a funny style. He's not a natural catcher but he's got great concentration and he's in the right place at the right time," Waugh said, while predicting Ricky Ponting, who has racked up 148 catches in 131 Tests, would one day dislodge the Indian.
Do we see sour grapes? why is it that an Australian cannot see a cricketer from another nation upstaging them. A while ago, there was this issue, with Muralitharan & Warne.
Though Ponting might catch up with Dravid, there is Greame Smith, of SA, lurking in the shadows and is not far behind Ponting....... So the Aussies can stop squealing.
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