Former Team India cricketer Rahul Dravid has been grabbing the headlines for the last couple of days for his antics ever since the Cred ad floored the internet. Cred came up with a commercial where Dravid’s ‘anger issues’ are seen while being stuck in Bengaluru traffic. In the wake of it, former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has revealed that the Wall of Indian cricket, had shown his anger, not only on screen but in real life as well.
In the clip, the 48-year-old can be seen, shouting, breaking glasses, and throwing coffee while stuck inside his career in a traffic jam in Bengaluru. Rahul Dravid’s presence in the 15-second advertisement caught the limelight. Dravid’s on-screen persona was different from the character he has shown over the years.
When Rahul Dravid got angry at MS Dhoni?
Speaking on the same lines, Virender Sehwag recalled an incident when MS Dhoni was a newcomer. During one of India’s tours of Pakistan, Dravid lashed out at Dhoni for getting out to a loose stroke. Sehwag mentioned that the incident caught Dhoni by surprise and the latter became circumspect when he next came in to bat.
“I have seen Rahul Dravid get angry. When we were in Pakistan and MS Dhoni had been a newcomer, he played a shot and got caught at point. Dravid was very angry with MS Dhoni. ‘That’s the way you play? You should finish the game.’ I was myself taken aback by the storm of English from Dravid, I didn’t understand half of it,” Sehwag told on Cricbuzz.
“But when MS Dhoni next came in to bat, I could see he was not hitting shots much. I went and asked him what was wrong. He said he did not want to be scolded by Dravid again. ‘I will finish the game quietly and go back,’ Dhoni said,” he added.
The ad has now gone viral on social media with fans and many experts talking about it and Rahul Dravid’s antics. Meanwhile, the former India cricketer is currently heading the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru and has ensured a fine bench strength for the national side in the last couple of years.