Rahul Dravid, a former Indian Test captain suffered a quite unusual dismissal in a Test match between England and India in 2011 at Edgbaston. Later in the second innings, the right hander was adjudged caught-behind against James Anderson by the umpire Simon Taufel and the Australian opted not to challenge the decision on field.
Nevertheless, it was later discovered that the noise was actually the ball striking his shoelace before entering gloveman Matt Prior’s hands behind the wickets, not Dravid nicking the ball to the keeper.
“My first instinct was that I had not hit it. But there was a loud noise, and I couldn’t figure out where it had come from. So I asked my partner and he said there was a big noise.”
Rahul Dravid
“As soon as I got back to the dressing room I told the guys I had to see the replay. I could never have imagined it was a shoelace.”
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid was disappointed by the dismissal, stating that India could have fought better with the bat if he had batted for a longer period of time alongside Sachin Tendulkar at the other end.
“It was disappointing because I’ve been batting well and if I had batted longer with Sachin, who played well in that innings, and if we had seen off Anderson’s spell before lunch, we could have at least put up a bigger fight.”
Rahul Dravid
England Humble India in 2011 to Clinch Series and Claim Test Top Spot
Rahul Dravid had a fantastic tour to England in 2011, reaching three centuries in four Tests. But in the third Test at Edgbaston, he and the other hitters failed to provide the goods.
In addition to becoming the top-ranked Test team in the world, England won the match by an innings and 242 runs, giving them a 3-0 lead in the four-match series.
