Mohinder Amarnath,  in his latest column,  has anointed Lokesh Rahul as the next Rahul Dravid. 

He may be right,  he may be wrong. 

Much earlier,  Cheteshwar Pujara was seen as Dravid’s logical successor. 

Then,  it was Ajinkya Rahane. 

Now,  there’s KL. 

It’s not easy to step into the shoes of colossuses.

Ir never is and I’m sure each of the above would rather be recognised for themselves rather than somebody’s clone. 

Besides,  it will take some doing to match Dravid ‘s feats and consistency over a sustained period of time. 

Greatness doesn’t happen overnight. 

In some way,  Dravid seems a little short-changed by these comparisons. 

Is it because his achievements are the result of constant improvement, endeavour,  discipline, technical correctness and correct temperament rather than simply genius, wristiness or off-side godliness? 

No one points to any of the current lot and claim that they’re the next Tendulkar,  Ganguly or Laxman. 

They do draw comparisons between Kohli and Tendulkar sometimes,  but the Indian test skipper has etched out a stellar role for himself. 

Coming back to the question,  is Lokesh the next Dravid? 

He’s the next Rahul,  for sure. 

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