Rahul Dravid's dedication as a player was never in doubt. However, the Wall could overdo it at times.
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On the nights before a match, guests at the hotel would complain strange noises coming from his room. It was later revealed that he was practicing some shots to get the feel ahead of the match.
PTI
In a recent interview, Dravid revealed how some people actually apologised for interrupting his practice as they did not want him to fail!
AFP
When he got married, his wife Vijeta used to think her husband was sleepwalking. Well, we can't blame her for that. By Dravid's own admission, if he did not swing the bat, sleep would never come.
So that's the Wall for you. It was perfection to the end or else getting any rest was out of the question. Little wonder then that the man massed over 10,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs.