Dravid creates new Indian record

Rahul Dravid on Thursday moved past Sunil Gavaskar's record for the number of catches taken by an Indian other than the wicketkeeper.

Rahul Dravid on Thursday moved past former skipper Sunil Gavaskar's record for the number of catches taken by an Indian fielder other than the wicketkeeper.

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Dravid, who fields in the slips, took a catch at first slip when opener Justin Langer edged new ball bowler Zaheer Khan in the seventh over of Australian innings, which started immediately after lunch in reply to the home team's paltry score of 104 all out in 41.3 overs.

It was Dravid's 109th catch in his 82nd Test and it helped him surge past Gavaskar's mark of 108 from 125 Tests that the Bangalore player had caught up with in the Australian first innings in the third Test at Nagpur.