Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid
Dravid in 2024
Personal information
Full name
Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born (1973-01-11) 11 January 1973 (age 51)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname
  • The Wall
  • The Great Wall
  • Jammy
  • Mr. Dependable[1]
  • Indiranagar ka Gunda[2]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
RoleBatsman, Part-time wicket-keeper
Websitewww.rahuldravid.com
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 207)20 June 1996 v England
Last Test24 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 95)3 April 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI16 September 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.19 (previously 5)
Only T20I (cap 38)31 August 2011 v England
T20I shirt no.19
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1990–2012Karnataka
2000Kent
2003Scottish Saltires
2008–2010Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2013Rajasthan Royals
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2015–2021India U-19
2015–2021India A
2021–2024India
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
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2003 South Africa–Zimbabwe–Kenya
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2002 Sri Lanka
Runner-up 2000 Kenya
ACC Asia Cup
Runner-up 1997 Sri Lanka
Runner-up 2004 Sri Lanka
Representing  India (as head coach)
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2023 India
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2024 West Indies–United States
ICC World Test Championship
Runner-up 2021–23
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 2023 Pakistan–Sri Lanka
Representing  India (as head coach)
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Winner 2018 New Zealand
Runner-up 2016 Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 January 2012

Rahul Sharad Dravid (/ˌrɑːhʊl drəvɪd/ ⓘ; born 11 January 1973) is a former cricket player, ex-captain and ex-coach of the Indian national cricket team.[3] Known for his outstanding batting technique,[4] Dravid scored 24,177 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[5][6][7] He is colloquially known as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall.[8] He won the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy as a member of the Indian team and guided the Indian team to victory in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup as the head coach.

Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), and the head coach of the India Under-19 and India A teams. Under his tutelage, the Under-19 team finished as runners-up at the 2016 U-19 Cricket World Cup and won the 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Under his coaching, Indian cricket team finished as runners-up at the 2023 Cricket World Cup and 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and were semifinalist at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Born in a Marathi family and raised 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. 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.[9][10] In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to deliver the Bradman Oration in Canberra.[11]

As of January 2022, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis.[12] In 2004, upon scoring a century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the first player to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries (now 12).[13] As of October 2012, he holds the record for the most catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, at 210.[14] Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out for a golden duck in the 286 Test innings that he has played during his career. He has faced 31,258 balls, which is the largest number of balls faced by any player in test cricket. He has also spent 44,152 minutes at the crease, which is the highest time spent on the crease by any player in test cricket.[15] Dravid and Tendulkar hold the highest scoring partnership in Test cricket history, having scored 6,920 runs combined while batting together for India.[16]

In August 2011, after receiving a surprise recall during 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 at the 2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan Royals.[17]

Rahul Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath, were honoured during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012.[18] Dravid has also been awarded the Padma Shri (2004) and the Padma Bhushan (2013), India's fourth and third highest civilian awards respectively.[19][20]

In 2014, Rahul Dravid joined the GoSports Foundation 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 Program.[21] Indian badmintonist Prannoy Kumar, para-swimmer Sharath Gayakwad and golfer S. Chikkarangappa were part of the initial group of athletes that were mentored by Rahul Dravid. In July 2018, Dravid became the fifth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.[22]

  1. ^ Jammy: Advertisers' Mr Dependable. The Hindu Businessline. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Viral video 'Indiranagar ka gunda' Rahul Dravid's raw emotions on field after India's win against SA in T20 World Cup". mint. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Rahul Dravid's enduring legacy as coach: From handling smooth transition to shepherding Team India to T20 World Cup triumph". The Indian Express. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Extravagantly sound". ESPNcricinfo. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Is Rahul Dravid the greatest middle-order batsman of all time?". BBC. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012.
  6. ^ "The greatness of Rahul Dravid". BBC. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012.
  7. ^ "The best No. 3 batsman in the world". Rediff.com. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  8. ^ "9 Instances That Prove 'The Wall' Rahul Dravid is a National Treasure". News18.com. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Cricketer of the Year, 2000 – Rahul Dravid". ESPNcricinfo. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  10. ^ "ICC Awards: Look no further Dravid". Espnstar.com. 5 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  11. ^ "Dravid, gentleman and thinking cricketer: Report". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Leading test match run-scorers in international cricket as of January 2022". Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  13. ^ "They came, they played, they conquered". Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Indian Dravid claims Test catch record". CNN. 6 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  15. ^ "This day that year: Rahul Dravid faced his first ball in Test on June 22, 1996". Indiatoday.in. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Records | Test matches | Partnership records | Highest overall partnership runs by a pair". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Rahul Dravid announces retirement from international cricket". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  18. ^ "Bradman Awards honour for Dravid, McGrath". Wisden India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  19. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Padma Vibhushan for Yash Pal, Roddam, S.H. Raza, Mohapatra". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  21. ^ "Rahul Dravid to mentor India's potential Olympians & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014.
  22. ^ "Ponting, Dravid, Claire Taylor inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. 2 July 2018.