Cricket Australia remembers Rahul Dravid after Steve Smith breaks 38-ball scoring drought

Australia plundered 454 runs in ir first innings of ongoing New Year’s Test against New Zealand at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Marnus Labuschagne slammed his fourth Test century and later converted it into a massive score of 215 to boost  Australian total. Amidst run-fest at SCG, Steve Smith went 38 balls without scoring on Day 1. prolific run-scorer finally nudged a Neil Wagner delivery towards square leg for a quick single to get off mark on his 39th ball.

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Cricket Australia remembers Rahul Dravid after Steve Smith’s dry spell

After scoring his first run, Steve Smith went onto score 63 from 182 balls. However, his patient-filled first run reminded viewers of a similar dry spell by Rahul Dravid 12 years ago. In 2008, India were facing Australia in second Test of 2007-08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy at same ground. Rahul Dravid opened innings alongside Wasim Jaffer and his score was hindered at 18 for an hour.  

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Rahul Dravid reached 18 from 58 balls during his partnership with VVS Laxman. It took him ar 40 deliveries to take his score from 18 to 19 as SCG crowd cheered him sarcastically for his single through extra-cover. During his run-scoring drought, Dravid looked solid in defence as right-hander was eir middling deliveries or leaving m successfully with ease. While comparing Steve Smith’s innings with Rahul Dravid, Cricket Australia took to social media and uploaded a 90-second video commemorating legendary Indian batsman's effort. Check out video posted by Cricket Australia down below.

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