Rahul Dravid voted India's greatest Test batsman ahead of Sachin Tendulkar by Wisden poll

In a big achievement former India No 3 Rahul Dravid went past Sachin Tendulkar as the finest Indian batsman ...

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: June 24, 2020 02:39 PM2020-06-24T14:39:50+5:302020-06-24T14:40:19+5:30

Rahul Dravid voted India's greatest Test batsman ahead of Sachin Tendulkar by Wisden poll | Rahul Dravid voted India's greatest Test batsman ahead of Sachin Tendulkar by Wisden poll

Rahul Dravid voted India's greatest Test batsman ahead of Sachin Tendulkar by Wisden poll

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In a big achievement former India No 3 Rahul Dravid went past Sachin Tendulkar as the finest Indian batsman in Test cricket in the last 50 years. A total of 11,400 fans took part in the poll that saw David ending up with 52% votes while Tendulkar got 48%. The likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli were also included in the poll in the earlier stages. 

While Tendulkar saw off Kohli, Dravid got the better of Gavskar to find a place in the final.A third-place playoff was also held between Kohli and Gavaskar where the latter restricted the former at the No. 4 spot to claim. Each of Gavaskar, Kohli, Dravid and Tendulkar have their special place in the longest format of the game. While Tendulkar is the batsman with the most number of runs (15,921) to his name, Dravid occupies 4th spot with 13288 runs.

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