Sunday, January 3, 2010

Rahul Dravid



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Personal information
Full name Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born 11 January 1973 (age 36)
(1973-01-11) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname The Wall, Jammy
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm off spin
Role Batsman, Wicketkeeper
International information
National side India
Test debut (cap 206) 20 June 1996 v England
Last Test 24 November 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 95) 3 April 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 30 September 2009 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 19
Domestic team information
Years Team
1990 – present Karnataka
2003 Scotland
2000 Kent
2008-present Royal Challengers Bangalore
2009 Canterbury, New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 137 339 265 442
Runs scored 11,256 10,765 21,309 15,041
Batting average 53.60 39.43 56.07 42.48
100s/50s 28/58 12/82 58/111 21/110
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 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/18 2/43 2/16 2/43
Catches/stumpings 186/0 196/14 324/1 230/17
Source: CricketArchive, 21 November 2009

Rahul Sharad Dravid (Kannada: ರಾಹುಲ್ ಶರದ್ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ, Marathi: राहुल शरद द्रविड) About this sound pronunciation (born 11 January 1973) is one of the most experienced cricketers in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007.[1] Dravid was honored as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000.[2] Dravid was also awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004.[3]

Known as the Wall due to his ability to bat for long durations, Dravid holds multiple world cricketing records. He is the second Indian batsman, after Sachin Tendulkar, and the fifth international player to have scored more than 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[4] On 14 February 2007, he became the sixth player in the history of world cricket and the third Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.[5] He is the first and the only batsman to score a century in all ten Test playing nations.[6] With more than 185 catches, Dravid currently holds the world record for the highest number of catches in Test cricket.[7] Dravid has also been involved in more than 80 century partnerships with 18 different partners — a world record.[8]

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