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Rahul Dravid - Wikipedia

Rahul Dravid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rahul Dravid ( pronunciation ; 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 and brought up in Bangalore, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented Karnataka 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 by Wisden 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 Bran 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] Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out for a Golden duck in the 286 Test innings which he has played. 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 Bran Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012.[12] Dravid has also been honoured with the Pa Shri and the Pa Bhushan award, India's fourth and third highest civilian awards respectively.[13][14] In 2014, Rahul Dravid ed the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore as a member of their board of advisors. In collaboration with GoSports Foundation he is mentoring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dravid

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid at GQ Men of the Year 2012 Awards Personal information Full name

Rahul Sharad Dravid

Born

11 January 1973 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, occasional wicketkeeper, Coach

Website

www.rahuldravid.com (http://www.rahuld ravid.com) International information

National side Test debut

India 20 June 1996 v England

(cap 207)

Last Test

24 January 2012 v Australia

ODI debut

3 April 1996 v Sri Lanka

(cap 95)

Last ODI

16 September 2011 v England

ODI shirt no.

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