Rahul Dravid Profile

Full Name: Rahul Sharad Dravid

Born: January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Major teams: India, Scotland, ICC Apple XI, Karnataka, Kent

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm off break






Achievements:

* Longest band of after Tests back admission (94)

* Greatest amount of innings back admission afore getting absolved for a duck

* The best career analysis boilerplate a part of the abreast analysis batsmen (58.55)

* Involved in the able affiliation (331 runs) in the history of ODI candid forth with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand

* ICC Amateur of the Year 2004.

Rahul Sharad Dravid, about accepted as Rahul Dravid is an Indian Candid amateur and has been the Captain of the aggregation for some time. Owing to his continued and abiding innings at the crease, Dravid is sometimes referred to as “The Wall” by Indian media and fans. Apart from Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid is the alone Indian batsman who has denticulate over 10,000 runs in Analysis Cricket, and the 6th batsman in the apple to accept denticulate 10,000 runs in One Day International (ODI) Cricket, although 2 added Indian batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly had able the accomplishment afore him.

Dravid aswell has affective the better amount of catches in the history of Analysis Candid with a absolute of 182 catches, and has partnered in 72 centuries with 18 altered batsmen which is in itself a apple record.

Early Life

Rahul Dravid was built-in on the 11th of January 1973 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh and was brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka. He advised at St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bangalore and St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore.

Dravid had amorphous arena Candid at absolutely an aboriginal age, and fabricated a abode for himself in the State Candid aggregation at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels. In the year 1991 he fabricated his admission in Ranji Trophy while arena adjoin Maharashtra. He denticulate 82 runs in the match, which was eventually resulted in a draw. In the year 1991-12 he aswell represented South Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

Test and ODI Debut

Rahul fabricated his admission in One Day International (ODI) Candid with an ODI bout amid India and Sri Lanka, played at Singapore on 3rd of April, 1996. He denticulate just 3 runs in the match. His admission in the Analysis Candid was fabricated on the June 20th, 1996 with a Analysis bout adjoin England, and he denticulate 95 runs in the match.

Remarkable Achievements

He got his aboriginal Man of the Bout accolade in a Analysis bout adjoin South Africa in the year 1996-97. He denticulate 148 and 81 runs, which were top account in both the innings respectively. Also, in the New Year Analysis bout played adjoin New Zealand in the year 1999, he denticulate 190 and 103 (Not Out) runs respectively, accomplishing the attenuate accomplishment of scoring a aeon anniversary in both the innings of a Analysis match. Till then, this accomplishment had been able by alone 2 Indians, viz. Sunil Gavaskar and Vijay Hazare.

In the year 2001, Dravid delivered his best achievement in affiliation with V.V.S. Laxman in a Analysis bout adjoin Australia. The brace calm added 376 runs for the 6th wicket, out of which 180 were denticulate by Dravid while 281 were denticulate by Laxman.

Dravid denticulate 4 after centuries adjoin England ( 3 centuries) and West Indies (1 century) in the year 2002. In the year 2003-2004, he raked in 3 bifold centuries adjoin New Zealand, Australia and Pakistan. He aswell got India its aboriginal Analysis bout achievement over Pakistan in Pakistan itself in the year 2003-2004. In the final bout of the Analysis Series getting played at Rawalpindi, Dravid added 270 runs to the total, authoritative India arrive aloft Pakistan in the country itself for the aboriginal time.

Rahul Dravid fabricated the able absolute account in the ICC Apple Cup Candid 1999, with 461 runs. He was the Captain of the Indian aggregation during ICC Apple Cup Candid 2007, although his achievement like added teammates in this clash didn’t accommodated the expectations of the nation. Personally, Dravid denticulate 14 runs adjoin Bangladesh, 7 not out adjoin Bermuda and 60 adjoin Sri Lanka in the tournament.

He was aswell the Captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore aggregation in the IPL Twenty-20 Clash 2008, although in the 2009 he was replaced by Kevin Pietersen.

Dravid denticulate 314 runs in the Analysis Series adjoin New Zealand played in the year 2008-09.

Overall Performance

In his all-embracing Analysis Candid career, Rahul Dravid has played 134 Analysis matches till April 2009. In these matches, he has denticulate 10823 runs with an boilerplate of 52.53 runs and the able account of 270 runs. While in ODI Cricket, he has played 333 ODI matches till April 2009 and has denticulate 10585 runs with an boilerplate of 39.49 runs. His able ODI account is 153 runs.