Former India captain Rahul Dravid delivered the 6th Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture—"Cricket's Great Oral Tradition"—at Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai on September 12. This is the full text of his lecture
It is an honour to be delivering the Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture this evening in front of an audience with a deep love and great knowledge of cricket. Much like the late Dilip Sardesai. It was because of this deep love and knowledge of the game that he also had a complete fearlessness—about protecting the game and when needed, calling it like he saw it. I have heard a story about how he once stood alongside the sightscreen of the Brabourne Stadium not so far from here during a match and shouted, "Lagori" every time a bowler with a not-so-great action, sent down a ball. Lagori, as everyone will know, is the childhood game of seven stones in which throwing is an essential skill environment. If he's watching cricket from up there these days, no doubt he is shouting 'Lagori' very often. Let's hope the game is listening.