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Win makes centuries special: Dravid
March 20, 2005 18:20 IST
India vice-captain Rahul Dravid [Images] said his centuries in both innings of the second cricket Test are all the more "special" because it helped the team record its first-ever victory against Pakistan at the the Eden Gardens.
"It is hard to compare. I have some special knocks but this is special because the team has won here," Dravid, who scored 110 and 135 in the two innings, said.
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"My first century came playing on the first day of the match but the second came when the team needed it to put up a score and I had to adapt to get the century," he said.Dravid was all praise for rookie wicket-keeper Dinesh Kaarthik, who scored 93 in the second innings, and leg-spinner Anil Kumble [Images], who picked seven wickets in the second.
"The youngster played a great knock. From there on we set up a score from where we could not have lost," Dravid said after India beat Pakistan by 195 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.
On the third and final Test to be played on his home ground in Bangalore, Dravid said, "Hopefully, we have a good result. The job is still not done. The series is still to be won.