Rahul Dravid vs Brett Lee is a rivalry that has not been talked about enough because all the limelight was given to Sachin Tendulkar vs Brett Lee. Rahul Dravid was also someone who had a great rivalry against Brett Lee whenever they played. It was the fastest bowler in the world against the most determined batter in the world. They have played against each other in both Test and ODI Cricket. They always brought out the best in each other and Brett Lee has dismissed the wall on quite a few occasions
Rahul Dravid
After Sachin Tendulkar, it has been Rahul Dravid who has been the best batter for India. He has played for India for 16+ years. He has played 164 Test Matches for India. He has scored 13288 Runs at a very good average of 52.31. He has made 36 Hundreds in Test Cricket as well as 5 Double Hundreds. Among the many Rahul Dravid records, one that stands out is his unmatched feat of being the only batter in Test cricket history to have faced more than 30,000 deliveries. He has also played in 344 ODIs for India. He is one of the only few Indian batters to hit 10,000+ runs in both Test and ODI Cricket. He has made 10889 runs in ODI Cricket at an average of 39.17 with 12 hundreds to his name. He has made a total of 24100+ runs in international cricket and 48 hundreds. Take a look here at Rahul Dravid best test innings
Brett Lee
Brett Lee is one of the fastest bowlers to ever play the sport of cricket. He has terrified the best batters in the world. He has played 76 Test Matches for Australia in which he has taken 310 Wickets at an average of 30.82. He has taken 10 Five Wicket Hauls in Test Cricket. Brett Lee has won many Test Matches for Australia. He has also played in 221 ODI Matches for Australia. He has taken 380 ODI wickets which is one of the most by an Australian fast bowler. He has a very good average of 23.36. He has taken 9 Five Wicket Hauls In ODI Cricket. He has taken 690 international wickets for Australia. Here are Best Bowling performances of Brett Lee
Head to Head
Brett Lee has bowled 389 balls to Rahul Dravid In Test Cricket. Rahul Dravid has scored 152 Runs against him and Brett Lee has dismissed Rahul Dravid 5 times in Test Cricket.
In ODI Cricket, Brett Lee has bowled 104 balls to Rahul Dravid in which he has made 49 runs while being dismissed 5 times
Memorable Encounters
In 2008, Rahul Dravid made a brilliant 93 I’m the 3rd Test and Brett Lee was not able to dismiss him. In the second innings of the Test Match Brett Lee got out Rahul Dravid for 3 runs.
In the 2nd Test of the 2008 series that was held in India, Rahul Dravid made a well made 50 but was dismissed bowled by Brett Lee. This was a memorable contest.
During the 2007 ODI Series Brett Lee bowled 4 balls out which he got Rahul Dravid out twice. That was the time when he dominated Rahul Dravid.
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