Rahul Dravid

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rahul Dravid
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 11, 1973(1973-01-11)
Age	51
Birthplace	Indore
Country	India
Birth City	Madhya Pradesh
Horoscope	Capricorn

Rahul Dravid Biography

Rahul Dravid is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on January 11, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Former Indian captain, who played more than 13,000 Test matches and over 10,000 ODI runs during his career. He was the first player to win the ICC Test Player and Player of Year awards in 2004.

He retired second to Sachin Tulkar with 13,288 Test runs. Later, he was passed by Ricky Ponting as well as Jacques Kallis. The latter retired with 13,289 runs.

Rahul Sharad Dravid (/ˌ r ə h uː l d r ə v ɪ d / ( listen ) ; born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team. He is the Director of Cricket Operations at National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru, India. He also monitors the progress of India A and India under-19 cricket teams. Before this he was Head Coach for the India Under-19 and India A teams from 2016 to 2019. Under his coaching, under-19 team was runners up at 2016 u-19 Cricket World Cup and were winners at 2018 u-19 Cricket World Cup. In 2019, BCCI appointed Dravid as Head of NCA. Known for his sound batting technique, Dravid has scored nearly 25,000 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is colloquially known as Dependable or Mr. Dependable, and often referred to as The Great Wall or The Wall by Indian cricket followers.

After earning a draw in the first of the four-match Test series in Australia, Indians found themselves reeling at 85/4 in the Second Test at Adelaide after Australia had piled 556 runs in the first innings when Laxman joined Dravid in the middle. They batted for 93.5 overs bringing about their second 300-run partnership adding 303 runs together before Laxman perished for 148 runs. However, Dravid continued to complete his second double hundred of the season. He was the last man out for 233 runs as India conceded a marginal first innings lead of 33 runs to Australia. India bowled Australia out for paltry score of 196 riding on Agarkar’s six-wicket haul, and were set a target of 230 runs to win the match. Dravid helped India tread through a tricky chase with an unbeaten fifty as India registered their first test victory in Australia since 1980/81 to go up 1–0 in the series. This was the first time that Australians were 0-1 down in a home series since 1994. Dravid won the man of the match award for his efforts. Dravid registered a score of ninety each in the next two tests as Australia leveled the series 1–1. Dravid top scored for India in the series with 619 runs at an average of 123.80 and was awarded player of the series for his efforts.

With Vijeta Pendharkar, he has two children, Samit & Anvay.

Rahul Dravid Net Worth

Rahul Dravid is one of the richest Cricket Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rahul Dravid 's net worth $40 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1990, he played his first domestic professional cricket match with Karnataka. In 1996, he made his Test and International debuts.

At the time of his retirement, he held the record for the most Test cricket catches made by a non-wicket keeper, with 210.

Dravid and Laxman played out the remaining time on the third day and whole of the fourth day, denying Australia any wicket on Day 4. Dravid, angered by the flak that the Indian team had been receiving lately in the media coverage, celebrated his hundred in an uncharacteristic fashion brandishing his bat at the press box. Eventually, Laxman got out on the fifth morning bringing the 376-runs partnership to an end. Dravid soon perished getting run out for 180 while trying to force the pace. Ganguly declared the innings at 657/7, setting Australia a target of 384 runs with 75 overs left in the match. An inspired team India bowled superbly to dismiss Australia for 212 in 68.3 overs. India won the match by 171 runs. This was only the third instance of a team winning a Test after following-on and India became the 2nd team to do so.

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Who is Rahul Dravid Dating?

According to our records, Rahul Dravid married to Vijeta Pendharkar. As of December 1, 2023, Rahul Dravid’s is not dating anyone.

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However, Dravid’s achievements in the ODIs were dwarfed by his failures in the shorter format of the game. 14 runs from two games in the 1996 Pepsi Sharjah Cup; 20 runs from two innings in the Singer World Series; 65 runs from four innings in the 1997 ‘Friendship’ Cup; 88 runs from four games in the 1998 Coca-Cola Triangular Series including a 22-ball five runs and a 21-ball one run innings, both coming against Bangladesh; 32 runs from four games in the 1998 ‘Friendship’ Cup; a slew of such poor performances often forced him to the sidelines of the India ODI squad. By the end of 1998, Dravid had scored 1709 runs in 65 ODIs at a humble average of 31.64 with a poor strike rate of 63.48.

Facts & Trivia

Rahul Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Rahul Dravid celebrates birthday on January 11 of every year.

In a stark contrast to his Test career, Dravid had to struggle a lot to make a mark in the ODIs. Between his ODI debut in April 1996 and the end of 1998 calendar year, Dravid regularly found himself in and out of the ODI team.

What is so special about Rahul Dravid?

Known for his sound batting technique , Dravid scored 24,177 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is colloquially known as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall.

Why did Rahul Dravid retire?

The Bengalurean himself revealed he wanted to hang up his boots after the end of India’s 2011 tour to England and had even wanted his wife and kids to be there with him. However, his personal good run in what was one of India’s most humiliating whitewashes in England had forced him to change his decision on retirement.

Why Dravid is called The Wall?

Former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid was nicknamed ‘The Wall’ during his career. He once revealed that this nickname of his came from a newspaper headline after one of his “long, typically maybe boring innings”.

Is Dravid better than Sachin?

In overall Test wins, Dravid scores 65.78 runs an innings while Tendulkar isn’t too far back at 61.94. If you take their overall overseas Test record, Dravid has scored 7,690 runs in 94 matches at 53.03 with Tendulkar managing a marginally better average of 54.75 while gathering 8,705 runs in 106 Tests.

Why did Dravid not play in World Cup 2011?

One of them was a match saving one and the other helped in piling up a big score in front of the Lankans. He did well against the Bangladeshi minnows but unfortunately injured hs jaw and had to be dropped from the squad for sometime.