‘People don’t even know my identify’: Rahul Dravid recollects humorous incident after first century at school cricket

India coach Rahul Dravid was the visitor in Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra’s “In the Zone” podcast not too long ago, the place he shared a by no means earlier than heard anecdote from his faculty life.

Bindra requested Dravid concerning the time when he scored a century at school cricket and his identify was printed within the newspaper however the paper obtained his identify incorrect and known as him Rahul David.

“The editor obviously thought that there was a spelling mistake and there could be no one as Dravid. So, it had to be David, right?” Dravid stated.

“Because it’s much more frequent identify. So, I believe it was lesson for me as properly to understand that whereas I is likely to be actually glad and enthusiastic about scoring a 100 at school cricket however I’m nonetheless not well-known. And individuals don’t even know my identify.

They can’t even belief my identify to be proper and have to vary it,” Dravid added.

Rahul ‘David’ recounts an important lesson he learnt after scoring his 1st century at school cricket. Tune in to my podcast ‘In the Zone’ to dissect the thoughts of THE gentleman from the gentleman’s recreation.@under25universe https://t.co/A9iUknxEMu #InTheZoneWithAB #Under25Original pic.twitter.com/v2CAvNAPRB

— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) July 25, 2022

Just a few years in the past, Dravid had shared how he derived inspiration from Bindra when he clinched victory within the Olympics and the way that ‘emboldened’ him to ‘give that one last push’ together with his profession.

“In 2008, I was in the middle of a lean patch. The runs had dried up and I was on the wrong side of the 30s. That isn’t a good territory in Indian cricket. I needed to pick myself up, I wanted to. I knew I had at least a couple of years of cricket left in me. Around this time, I watched with glee as Abhinav Bindra shot his way towards an Olympic gold in Beijing. I still remember the adrenaline rush that I felt at that time. Reading Abhinav’s autobiography was fascinating for me. I think his story must be read by anyone on the quest for excellence,” Dravid had stated.

“Abhinav’s achievement emboldened me to give it that last push with my own career to dig deep again and to do whatever it took, as difficult as it might seem. His no-shortcuts, no-excuses approach is something we can all aspire for, in whatever tasks big or small that we undertake,” he added.