Cricket was always a gentleman’s sport. And then came Rahul Dravid to take it to another level. This player has been the definition of finesse, class, and character. His contributions for the future of Indian cricket and more over to the world of cricket is immense, and thus, this indeed made everyone respect him and his efforts.

Dravid, who earned the moniker of ‘The Wall’ for his reliability when it came to saving the Indian team from a precarious situation, has again shown character by rejecting the doctorate offered by Bangalore University. However, he wanted to earn it by doing some actual research on that particular field.

Everyone started talking about it. But to settle the winds of rumors and gossips, Rahul Dravid has come up where he stated the reason for such thinking.

In a recent interview of Rahul Dravid where the reporter asked him about the recent incident, he came up with a brilliant answer. The question was – You say no to an honorary doctorate and are built up to be this pillar of virtue. Did you sit back and wonder why people made such a big deal of it?

The Wall had a brilliant response to this.

He said: “The thing about the doctorate is that my mom did her Ph.D. and earned a doctorate at the age of 55. My wife’s a surgeon who studied seven years to get a degree in surgery. And I’ve always felt that if it were something I wanted, I would like to have earned it.”

He further went ahead and said, “I don’t mean that anyone else should have that feeling and I’m not trying to belittle anyone else. It’s just that I felt that way because of my experiences. And it’s not the first time that people have asked me to become a doctorate. It’s just that it’s happened privately and over an email exchange. And before it’s been announced, I have declined it politely even then. It so happened that this, unfortunately, came out in public.”

He emphasized that everyone has the right to make their decisions. This response proves his humility, his respect for hard work and his stand for righteousness.

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