Veteran broadcaster Harsha Bhogle once said this about legendary Indian batter Rahul Dravid — “If you asked Dravid to walk on glass for his team, his only question would be: ‘How many miles?’ That just shows you how great a man he is.”
On Saturday, in Dravid’s hometown and at the stadium that has a massive mural dedicated to the current India men’s team coach at the administrative entrance, another man stepped into this selfless template — Kane Williamson.
Williamson has had a rocky World Cup so far — first struggling with a knee injury and then managing to fracture his thumb on his return to the cricket pitch against Bangladesh. Back in the team after four games, with a solitary win against Afghanistan and three losses to India, Australia and South Africa in the team’s tally, Williamson had his work cut out for him against Pakistan.
