Rahul Dravid answering media on his retirement.

Many players tell that the IPL is the best cricketing tournament in this planet. Many of the cricket spectators tell that it`s almost a heaven when IPL kicks off. The cricket legends tell that the most entertaining cricket league is Indian premier league. But  this year IPL has been famous not only for contest among teams to qualify for playoffs but also controversies which shook every audience of this exceptional carnival. Many of the writers wrote about the darkness of this year`s IPL but I am exploring some good things from this tournament.

This year’s IPL has been great for Indian young cricketers as Ajinkya Rahane from Rajasthan Royals, Mandeep Singh and Parvinder Awana from Kings XI Punjab, Sunil Naraine and Debabrata Das from this year`s champion team Kolkatta Knight Riders and many more but my eye is not on young stars.

Rahul Dravid Plays a cut stroke in IPL 5

One oldie from Bangalore who was once the captain of RCB in the inaugural edition of the Indian premier league and was bought by Rajasthan Royals in the year 2011, when the legendary leg spinner Shane Warne took retirement from IPL5 he became the captain again for an IPL team and we all know him as the wall, Mr. Dependable, Mr. Cool, and for me he is not less than Mr. Cricket. Yes I am talking about the phenomenal 1^st down batsman in the history of Indian test cricket Rahul Sharad Dravid. In the month of march this year he shook the nation by retiring from every format of cricket. But when ipl started he played like a vampire and scored a lot of runs under his belt. He and Rahane made exceptional partnerships to break the spinal cords of other teams. Rahul dravid sailed his team well by winning 5 games out of six. But in that contest to get a spot in the play offs the team lost some important matches. But never the less it finished as under dogs and became the no 6. But for the captain who is the best in behaviour in the history of  Indian cricket  got “The Kingfisher Fair Play Award”.

Dravid celebrating a wicket with teammates in IPL5

Dravid led his team as a tiger, nobody has seen Dravid in that exciting manner when he enjoyed almost every wicket in death overs. Despite of being an ordinary team in the chart dravid and co  played inspiring cricket and beat many strong teams. After the inclusion of Shane Watson the same RR team looked so dangerous. But almost in every game Dravid`s contribution towards team was sky high. Top order failed in several occasions but the master of class Dravid never failed to include his role. He played captains knock in every single match. Many of the experts thought that he will not be a perfect player to invest in this format but the player who is famous for his long innings played exceptionally well and scored 462 runs with a strike rate of 112.6 and made his mark in the orange cap race. 

May be this is the final IPL of Dravid`s career as a player  but The dravid Saga in DLF IPL can not be forgettable. The man with golden personality is already a winner of the hearts of every single Cricket lover. His contributions to BCCI and IPL cannot be  ignored. I bid a grand salute to Rahul Dravid. He will be the face of cricket for me till my last breath.