The Moments Series: The Multan Declaration

AOFNL The Moments Series

Episode 1: The Multan Declaration

Never before or since has a declaration by an Indian captain led to so much discussion, debate, hand wringing and in many cases anguish.

Of course this is about the declaration by Rahul Dravid on March 29 2004 at Multan.

A Sehwag 300 (the first by an Indian) had powered India to a magnificent 675 and set the stage for pushing Pakistan hard in the first test of the series. In addition to the Sehwag masterclass (and was it one) there was some wonderful batting by Sachin, Yuvraj, Inzi, Yousuf and a brilliant 6-fer by Anil Kumble on that road of a pitch as well some excellent bowling by Irfan Pathan. The same test match that also saw the entire of Saqlain Mushtaq's wonderful career.

But even more than 21 years since that game, references to the game would almost surely only focus on a declaration made with about an hour to go on second day of the game.

Was the Indian skipper on the day right in making that call ? A question that continues to unite and divide cricket fans all over the country.

We from the AOFNL team had a wonderful time reliving that moment and once again were left with really no answer to that question.

Take a listen and let us know what you think.

Also available on Apple Podcast and Spotify.

https://all-out-for-no-loss.captivate.fm/episode/that-multan-declaration

AOFNL Team:

• Vasant Kumar
• Vijaykumar Balasubramanian
• Ramakrishnan G Iyer
• Anand Kumar Sankaran