 It is very interesting to watch my son grow: Dravid
6th Mar 2008 20:01 IST
Agencies
It's not Glenn McGrath, Shoaib Akhtar, Courtney Walsh or even Shane Warne whose delivery is more fearsome for the Indian cricket's "Wall", Rahul Dravid, but it is that of his two-year-old son Samit.
Dravid himself told this to BBC's Indian Editor, Sanjeev Srivastava at the popular radio programme "BBC Ek Mulaqat with Rahul" today.
Talking to Srivastava on how he spends time when he is out of the team, the dependable batsman said, "My son asks me new questions. Sometimes I can't answer his questions."
"It is very interesting to watch him grow. He is very fascinating to me. My son chants particular lines from a Hindi movie, which he likes so much. But I can't sing, because I don't know singing," he said when Srivatsava asked him to sing those lines.
His eyes turned flashy when he talked about his tiny tot. Dravid, who had a busy cricketing schedule, said he found solace, at times, spending time with his son as his wife also travelled sometimes along with him.
The man who keeps vigil on a cricket ball and calculates how to send it to the fence or beyond for a six, however, was not lucky enough to get a glimpse of beautiful girls sitting on stands watching the cricket match.
It is not Dravid who is to be blamed for not taking a look at the pretty girls or women, it is the fielding positions he is put in - either behind the wicket as keeper or at slips, Srivastava opined.
Dravid said his teammate Irfan Pathan was lucky as he is always deployed at the boundary line.
“You the interviewer should ask Irfan about these things. I am always placed behind wickets or at slips. How can I react to this query”, Dravid quipped as the audience, including media persons, invited to watch the interview, burst into laughter.
Cricket has become famous in India as it has a vast following and can even be played on streets with any kind of ball and a wooden piece, Dravid said justifying the love people have for the game.
Asked whether he watches cricket matches and comments on strokes or deliveries when he is out of the playing squad, he said: “I do watch TV when Sachin plays. But not the whole time. When I am at home, I spend time with my family”.
“But people have done this game great”, he said.
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