‘Rahul Dravid was scoring 100 after 100’: Nitish Rana reveals he broke down in his room as clashes became unavoidable
GH News April 03, 2025 11:06 AM

New Delhi: Nitish Rana a Rajasthan Royals batsman grew up in a family intensely passionate about cricket where each member favored a different member of Indias famed batting trio: Sachin Tendulkar Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. This led to frequent disagreements with Rana a left-handed batter who admired Ganguly often becoming upset when his preferred players performance paled in comparison to the others. His emotional response included retreating to his room and crying.
Dad was a huge Sachin Tendulkar fan. I loved Sourav Ganguly and my brother liked Rahul Dravid sir. So in our house whenever India played fights were inevitable. Someone or the other out of the three of us had to get upset or angry. Because it was very rare that all three of them scored together. What used to happen with me was because Rahul sir was going through a career peak I and my brother had a lot of fights. We could obviously say nothing to our father Rana said on a FanCode podcast.
Things like Your player did not score runs mine did. I would get very agitated and cry in my room thinking How did Sourav Ganguly get. Not today I needed to show my brother. On the other hand Rahul Dravid would score 100s after 100s. So my childhood memories are these My first Indian tour was with Rahul sir. If I look at this connecting it to my childhood its a great achievement. Where I would be fighting regarding him as a child to playing under him. These things are very close to my heart.
Rahul Dravids exceptional performance between 2002 and 2004 is highlighted featuring three consecutive centuries during Indias 2002 England tour followed by another century against New Zealand. His strong showing continued in the 2003-2004 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia where he amassed 619 runs including a score of 233 in Adelaide. This period culminated with a career-high 270 runs in a Test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
While Sachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid frequently partnered successfully in pairs simultaneous high scores from all three were uncommon. Their combined dominance was most notably displayed in the 2002 Headingley Test against England where Tendulkar (193) Dravid (148) and Ganguly (128) all scored centuries securing India a resounding innings and 46-run victory.