Former Indian cricket captain and current head coach Rahul Dravid celebrates his 49th birthday today. The era of Rahul Dravid as the wall of the Indian cricket team has continued ever since. A summary of his memorable achievements and cricket journey can be found here.
* Rahul Dravid made his Test debut in 1996 against England at Lord’s. He has scored 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries in 164 Tests played so far. As well as 13,288 runs. Dravid also made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in the same year. He has amassed 10,889 runs in 344 ODIs so far with 12 centuries and 83 fifties.
* Opponents will have a hard time knocking down Rahul Dravid’s wicket in Test matches. He is the master of the best bowlers who can stand like a wall and bat for as many hours as they want. That is why the cricket world calls Dravid ‘The Wall’.
* Dravid took care of the responsibility of leading the Indian team to step down as Ganguly captain. Under his leadership, India have played 79 ODIs and won 42. India had set a world record of 14 consecutive wins, especially when chasing runs.
* In 2005, Dhoni scored 183 runs against Sri Lanka. Dravid sided with it. It was Dravid who made Dhoni the third batsman to play in the middle order. He was the captain in that match.
* In the absence of a full-time wicket-keeper for the Indian team in 2000, Klaus was in charge of wicket-keeping. Dravid, who has been identified with wicketkeeper-batsmen like Bharativ Patel, Dinesh Karthik and Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the Indian team, continued the role.
* He is the highest-scoring player in his 16-year Test career. Has faced 31,258 balls. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar with 29,437 balls. Dravid is also the longest-serving batsman in Test cricket. Has stood on the field for 735 hours, 52 minutes.
* Dravid is not only the best cricketer but also the hockey player. He played in the junior level state hockey tournament for the Karnataka team.
* Announced retirement from Test cricket against Australia on 24 January 2012.
* Dravid coached the Indian Under-19 cricket team and the Indian A team from 2016 to 2019. Became. Dravid was instrumental in producing talented young players and exporting them to the Indian team. The Indian team has a lot of players in batting, bowling and all-rounders because of the strong foundation he has laid. Then in 2019 the BCCI appointed Rahul Dravid as the President of the National Cricket Academy.
* Following the end of the tenure of Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the Indian cricket team, the BCCI appointed Rahul Dravid as the new head coach last November. It is noteworthy that India are now playing in a Test interview with South Africa under Dravid’s coaching.
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