Rahul Dravid

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Rahul Dravid
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Rahul Dravid 2004
Player information
Surname Rahul Sharad Dravid
Nickname The Wall, Jammy, Mr. Dependable
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right handed off spin
Player role Batsman , occasionally wicket-keeper
International games
National team India India
Test debut (cap 207) 20th June 1996 v  EnglandEngland
Last test January 24, 2012 v  AustraliaAustralia
ODI debut (cap 95) April 3, 1996 v  Sri LankaSri Lanka
Last ODI 16th September 2011 v  EnglandEngland
ODI shirt no. 19th
Only T20I (cap 38) 31st August 2011 v  EnglandEngland
National teams
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
Game form test ODI FC LA
Games 164 344 298 449
Runs (total) 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
Highscore 270 153 270 153
Balls 120 186 617 477
Wickets 1 4th 5 4th
Bowling Average 39.00 42.50 54.60 105.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in play 0 0 0 0
Best bowling performance 1/18 2/43 2/16 2/43
Catches / stumpings 210/0 196/14 353/1 233/17
Source: Cricinfo , August 12, 2016

Rahul Sharad Dravid (nickname: "The Wall"), (born January 11, 1973 in Indore , Madhya Pradesh , India ), is an Indian cricketer . A jury from the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000 . In 2004 he was named both Player of the Year and Test Player of the Year by the ICC .

Career

Rahul Dravid made his test debut for India in June 1996 against England in London. He was the third Indian cricketer and the sixth player in the world, after Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar , to score at least 10,000 runs during his testing career. His 10,000. Run he achieved in his 120th test. This was played against South Africa in March 2008 in Chennai . He made his debut for the Indian One-Day International Cricket Team against Sri Lanka on April 3, 1996 in Singapore. He also cracked the 10,000 runs mark at ODIs. He succeeded in this in February 2007 in a match against Sri Lanka. This makes him one of only five cricketers, alongside Jacques Kallis , Brian Lara , Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, who achieved at least 10,000 runs in tests and ODIs. For the Indian team, Dravid took part in three cricket world championships ( 1999 , 2003 and 2007 ). At the 1999 World Cup he was the top scorer of the tournament with 461 runs. In 1999 he managed to set the world record for an ODI partnership twice. The first time in May at the 1999 World Cup against Sri Lanka , when he scored 318 runs with Saurav Ganguly and the second time in November on the New Zealand Tour , when he and Sachin Tendulkar got 331 runs.

Web links

Commons : Rahul Dravid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rahul Dravid. Cricinfo, accessed August 12, 2016 .
  2. ^ Rahul Dravid is the ICC's player of the year. Cricinfo, September 7, 2004, accessed August 12, 2016 .
  3. ^ Siddhartha Vaidyanathan: Dravid joins 10,000-run club. Cricinfo, March 29, 2008, accessed August 12, 2016 .
  4. ^ S Rajesh: Dravid joins the 10,000 club. Cricinfo, February 14, 2007, accessed August 12, 2016 .
  5. ^ ICC World Cup 1999 Batting - Most Runs. Cricinfo, accessed August 12, 2016 .
  6. ↑ This day, that year: Tendulkar 186 *, Dravid 153; 331-run stand ( English ) Times of India. November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dravid, Rahul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dravid, Rahul Sharad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Indore , India