Watch: Rahul Dravid loses his cool in a rare instance

Watch: Rahul Dravid loses his cool in a rare instance: All these years Rahul Sharad Dravid has been a name synonymous with patience and tranquillity. And pretty much for the right reasons. He has been a figure of serenity and diligence on and off the field. From piling up huge scores displaying exemplary concentration to calming down the individual at the other end he has been unperturbed. And thus what we are about to see next is a rare instance.

The usually cool Rahul is seen being involved in an altercation with Shoaib Akhtar during an India-Pakistan Match in the Champions Trophy 2004. Akhtar, the fastest bowler till date in world cricket was a victim of short temper and over the top aggression. Shoaib had many severe arguments with the batsmen of his time and even got physical on occasions only for the umpires and the skipper to calm him down. This was nothing surprising from a fiery fast bowler.

But the ‘Wall of India’, Dravid  was never an aggressive kind of player. And therefore this footage is not common. Dravid hit one through the covers against a slow ball from Shoaib and ran the first run quickly so that he may get the second as well.

Dravid almost collided with Shoaib as the pacer tried to deliberately come in his way. Fortunately there was nothing of that sort and Rahul completed two runs safely. When Dravid came back to the batting crease, Shoaib pointed out to watch his steps and the right-hander had to come down towards the pacer to answer him. He was understandably unhappy by Shoaib not allowing him a fair opportunity of completing the run by coming in the line of running.

The two players came face to face and exchanged a few words before the umpires, Inzamam and Shoaib Malik stepped in and ensured it didn’t get ugly. Shoaib was taken away by Inzamam while Malik padded back to Dravid as well. It was one of the very few moments in the whole career of Rahul Dravid when he was seen reacting angrily towards a bowler.

Watch: Rahul Dravid loses his cool in a rare instance

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