Sir Don Bradman Oration by Rahul Dravid

Sir Don Bradman Oration by Rahul Dravid

 

 

Sir Donald Bradman(1908-2001), one among the greatest Aussie players who is well known for his highest batting average of 99.94 in the Test cricket has almost played two decades of cricket in the era of 1928-1948. During his cricketing era he has scored 29 centuries of them 10 went on to double centuries and 2 went on to triple centuries. He is one of most respected batsman of all time who has earned a huge number of fans even in India. It won't be a surprise for us, as we all know that our Indian fans always respects the spirit and the quality of the game despite whatever team is playing.

Click here for Don Bradman's India connection (Source : Rediff)

Cricket Australia have started an event named 'Sir Donald Bradman Oration' in the year 2000 to honour the contributions of Sir Don Bradman to this game. The inaugural oration was delivered by John Howard the Honourable Prime Minister of Australia. Then the 9th Oration was delivered by none other than our 'Mr.Dependable- Rahul Dravid' . He became the first non-Australian player and the first ever Indian cricketer to deliver the Sir Don Bradman Oration on 14th December,2011 at the Australian war memorial, Canberra. In his terrific and admirable speech he has mentioned the values of Sir Don Bradman, the bond between India and Australia, the tradition and background of Indian cricket and some of his views on the future of the game.

Among all those mentions, I loved the part where Dravid narrated a story from his under19 match. That was a perfect example to describe the spirit of Cricket in India. Then he went on to describe the background, hardwork and dedication that his fellow Indian cricketers have implemented towards the game. Overall it was one of Dravid's exemplary speech that I have came through. I hope that every cricket fan likes it.

Here's the link of video of his speech : Sir Don Bradman Oration by Rahul Dravid
Video Courtsey :- Youtube & cricket.com.au