Rahul Dravid

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Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid at GQ Men of the Year 2012 Awards
Personal information
Full name	Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born	11 January 1973 (age 42) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname	The Wall, Jammy, Mr. Dependable
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	Batsman, occasionalwicketkeeper
Website	www.rahuldravid.com
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap 206)	20 June 1996 v England
Last Test	24 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 95)	3 April 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	16 September 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.	19
Only T20I (cap 38)	31 August 2011 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–2012	Karnataka
2000	Kent
2003	Scottish Saltires
2008–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2013	Rajasthan Royals
2014	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 164 344 298 449 Runs scored 13,288 10,889 23,794 15,271 Batting average 52.31 39.16 55.33 42.30 100s/50s 36/63 12/83 68/117 21/112 Top score 270 153 270 153 Balls bowled 120 186 617 477 Wickets 1 4 5 4 Bowling average 39.00 42.50 54.60 105.25 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/18 2/43 2/16 2/43 Catches/stumpings 210/0 196/14 353/1 233/17
Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2012

Rahul Dravid( pronunciation (help·info); born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.^[1][2][3] Born in a Marathi family, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid was named one of the best five cricketers of the year byWisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004.^[4][5] In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to deliver the Bradman Oration in Canberra.^[6]

As of October 2012, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, and is only the second Indian cricketer, after Tendulkar to score 10,000 runs both in Tests and in ODIs.^[7][8] In 2004, after completing his century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the first and the only player till date to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries.^[9] As of October 2012, he holds the record for the most number of catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, with 210.^[10]

In August 2011, after receiving a surprise call in the ODI series against England, Dravid declared his retirement from ODIs as well as Twenty20 International (T20I), and in March 2012, he announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket. He appeared in the 2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan Royals.^[11]

Rahul Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath were honoured during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012.^[12] Dravid has also been honoured with the Padma Bhushan award, India's third highest civilian award.^[13]

In 2014, Rahul Dravid joined the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore as a member of their board of advisors. In collaboration with GoSports Foundation he is mentoring India's future Olympians and Paralympians as part of the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.^[14] Indian badmiton player Prannoy Kumar, Para-swimmer Sharath Gayakwad and young Golfer Chikkarangappa S. was part of the initial group of athletes to be mentored by Rahul Dravid.