Rahul Dravid or Rahul Sharad Dravid is a former international cricketer from India who played for the Indian national Cricket team during 1996-2012. One of the most dedicated team players, Dravid would bowl when required, keep wickets when the team required him to. One of the technically most equipped batters of all time, he would be given a nickname “the Wall” for his dependability.
By the time he would end his career he would be among the leading scorers of the game in One dayers and test cricket. Post retirement, Rahul Dravid would take up coaching and train some of the future stars of Indian cricket, even coached the U19 team of India and would run National Cricket Academy as their head of cricket.
Personal
| FULL NAME | Rahul Sharad Dravid |
| COUNTRY | India |
| GENDER | Male |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| NICKNAME | Jammy, Mr. Dependable, The Great Wall, The Wall |
| FATHER’S NAME | Sharad Dravid |
| MOTHER’S NAME | Pushpa Dravid |
| SPOUSE’S NAME | Vijeta Pendharkar Dravid |
| CHILDREN”S NAME | Samit Dravid, Anvay Dravid |
| PROFILE TYPE | Sportsperson, Coach |
Social
Sport Profile
| SPORT | Cricket |
| DISCIPLINE | Men’s Cricket |
| ACTIVE/RETIRED | Retired |
| ROLE | Batsman |
| LEVEL | National, International |
| TEAMS | India, Kent, Karnataka, Scottish Saltires, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals, ICC World XI, Marylebone Cricket Club, and Canterbury |
Career
1. Debut Test Match: vs England at Lord’s Cricket Ground on June 20, 1996
2. Last Test Match: vs Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on January 24, 2012
3. Debut ODI Match: vs Sri Lanka at The Padang, Singapore on April 3, 1996
4. Last ODI: vs England at Sophia Gardens on September 16, 2011
5. Only T20I Match: vs England at Old Trafford Stadium on August 31, 2011
6. Debut IPL Match: vs Kolkata Knight Riders at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 28, 2008
7. Last IPL Match: vs Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens on May 24, 2013
8. Rahul Dravid has scored 13288 runs in 164 matches in 16 years of Test career at an average of 52.31 including 36 hundreds and 63 fifties. He bowled in 5 test innings and has one wicket to his credit. He has 210 catches and 8 run outs.
9. Rahul Dravid has scored 10889 runs in 344 matches in 15 years of ODI career at an average of 39.16 and strike rate of 71.23 including 12 hundreds and 83 fifties. He bowled in 8 ODI matches and has 4 wickets to his credit. He has 196 catches, 14 stumpings and 14 run outs.
10. Rahul Dravid has scored 2174 runs in 89 matches in 6 years of IPL career at an average of 28.23 and strike rate of 115.52 including 11 fifties.
Achievements/Records
1. Rahul Dravid was honored with Arjuna Award, by the Government of India, in 1998
2. Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year in 2000
3. ICC Test Player of The Year & ICC Cricketer of The Year in 2004.
4. Rahul Dravid was honored with Padma Shri award in 2004.
5. Don Bradman Award in 2012 (shared with Glenn McGrath)
6. Rahul Dravid was honored with Padma Bhushan award in 2013.
7. Rahul Dravid was included in ICC Hall of Fame in 2018
8. Dravid has never got out on a first ball duck (golden duck) in test cricket.
9. Rahul held the record for the most catches by a non wicketkeeper in test cricket (210).
10. Dravid has 126 partnerships of 50 plus runs and 88 partnerships of 100 plus runs in Test Cricket.
11. Rahul was the first batter to score 10000 runs at number 3 in test cricket.
12. Dravid was the first cricketer to score a century in all 10 test playing nations.
13. Rahul is the first cricketer to score 4 centuries in consecutive innings in test cricket.
References:
1. First 6 Indian Test Century Makers at Leeds!
2. First 10 Indian Test Century Makers at Lords!
3. Know the Top 5 Run-getters in ICC Champions Trophy 2000
4. Top 10 Leading Run-scorers in Test Cricket
5. Top 5 Scorers of Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2001
6. 5 Batsmen Who Have Ruled India v Australia in Test Cricket
7. 5 Top Scorers of Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2003-04
8. Lead Scorers of Border Gavaskar Trophy in 1997-98
9. 1995 to Now: Players Who Won The Border Gavaskar Trophy For Their Team!
10. 5 Leading Partnerships of ICC World Cup Cricket 1999
11. 5 Lead Scorers at the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
12. Know the Journey of Royal Challengers In IPL 2008
13. Top 10 of The Highest ODI Partnership For Third Wicket
14. Batting Pairs with Top 10 Highest ODI partnership for the second wicket
15. Genius Cricketers with Top 10 Highest Partnerships in ODIs
16. Cricketers Who Have Hit the Most Fours in International Cricket
17. Cricketers Who Scored the Most International Fifties
18. Cricketers Who Scored the Most International Hundreds
Business/Post Retirement
| OCCUPATION | Former Cricketer, Coach, Commentator, Speaker |
| OCCUPATION | Head of Cricket: National Cricket Academy, Former Indian Men’s Team Coach, Former U 19 Team Coach |