India, Aug. 28 -- Rahul Dravid may not have been a basher of the ball, but when it comes to listing some of India's most technically sound batters, the Wall is right up there. Dravid's technique was hard to penetrate. Even the mightiest of pacers would admit that bowling to him was tougher than even Sachin Tendulkar. Ask Shoaib Akhtar. He would grind the ball and tire the bowler until the moment he felt it was time to perhaps switch gears a little bit. Dravid was straight out of a coaching manual. The cover drive, the leave, the stance, the bat lift. Everything was just trademark and beautiful to the eye. If Dravid could stop the ball dead in its tracks with his firm defence, he could caress the ball through his silken wrists on either si...