It’s been over a week since Rahul Dravid hung up his boots. Yet, tributes to his illustrious career are still pouring in, and so they will be for some time to come. Greats often leave behind such legacies—of tales and memories, unforgettable and eternal. I’ve read over a dozen by now, written a few too. [...]

Once the groundwork—which included speaking to coaches and senior pros, watching and analyzing videos of Australian bowlers, delineating my role and warming up mentally—was laid, I looked all set to board the flight to Melbourne, via Adelaide. If the first phase of research (which I dwelled upon in Part I of this three part series) [...]