India misses Dravid at Nagpur

Not because Indian middle order failed at Vadodara or not because some of the players are injured but because of tradition India will miss the service of The Wall Rahul Dravid at Nagpur when they will play against Australia on Wednesday in the second ODI of the series. Since his debut Rahul Dravid never miss any match here in his in-laws city.
Rahul Dravid made his test debut in 1996 and played his first test at Nagpur in 1997-98 against Sri Lanka in which he scored 92 runs. Since then Nagpur hosted 5 test matches and Dravid played in all of them with an impressive average of 64.71. He has scored 453 runs with one hundred and 3 fifties.
Nagpur’s VCA stadium witnessed 6 ODI matches since Dravid made his international entry and The Bangalorian played all those six ODIs and scored 392 runs @98.00 and with the strike rate of 115.29. He has scored 116 against Sri Lanka in March 1999 and then 4 consecutive half centuries before out for only 7 against Australia on 14 October two years back.
Here is the detailed performance of Rahul Dravid at Nagpur.

In One Day International

116 Vs Sri Lanka 22 March 1999 (India won)
79 Vs South Africa 19 March 2000 (India lost)
51 Vs West Indies 9 November 2002 (India lost)
85* Vs Sri Lanka 20 October 2005 (India won)
54* Vs West Indies 21 January 2007 (India won)
7 Vs Australia 14 October 2007 (India lost)

6 Match, 6 Innings, 2 Not out, 392 Runs, 98.00 Average, 116 Highest, ONE hundred, 2 half centuries, 115.29 Strike rate.

In Test matches

92 Vs Sri Lanka 1997-98 (Drawn)
162 Vs Zimbabwe 2000-01 (Drawn)
65 Vs Zimbabwe 2001-02 (India won)
21 & 2 Vs Australia 2004-05 (India lost)
40 & 71 Vs England 2005-06 (Drawn)

5 Match, 7 Innings, 0 Not out, 453 Runs, 64.71 Average, 162 Highest, ONE hundred, 3 Half Centuries.