THE GR8 WALL OF INDIAN CRICKET TEAM

The gr8 wall of the Indian Cricket Team, is known as - none other than - RAHUL DRAVID.

Rahul Dravid has been through three different phases of indian Cricket -

1] Under Mohammad Azharuddin (in a team that just didn;t know how to lose at home but lost almost everything in abroad)

2] Under Sachin Tendulkar (when the team seemed to lack the ability to win)

3] Under Sourav Ganguly (as Vice-captain in a team that started to rediscover the winning formula.

Now, as a skipper, Dravid wants to establish as his legacy a team that can win, not just every once in a blue moon but as consistently as the Australians.
 
FULL NAME : RAHUL SHARATH DRAVID

DATE OF BIRTH : 11TH JANUARY, 1973

PLACE OF BIRTH : INDORE

ODI DEBUT : VS SRILANKA AT SINGAPORE (SINGER CUP) IN 1996

TEST DEBUT : VS ENGLAND AT LORDS (2ND TEST) IN 1996

AN INSPIRATION :

# Started playing Cricket at an early age of 12.

# Made his Ranji debut (for Karnataka) against Maharshtra in 1991.

# Started his ODI career against Sri Lanka in the Singer Cup in 1996 at Singapore.

# Followed it up with a Test debut against England at Lords on June 20-24, 1996.

# Played a role to VVS Laxman's classy 281 against Australia at Kolkata in 2001, making a patient 180 in the process.

# Has represented Kent in the English County Championships.

# First batsman to be involved in 300 runs partnership along with Sourav Ganguly in the World Cup 1999 match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.

# Took his sole Test wicket (Ridley Jacobs) in the fourth Test against West Indies during 2001-2002 series.

# Is the first batsman in the history of Test Cricket to score a hundred in all the Test playing countries, reaching the landmark with his 18th Century against Bangladesh on the first day of the 2nd Test at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on 17th December, 2004.

# Was appointed Captain of the ODI side in October last year and began impressivelywith a thumping 6-1 hammering of Sri lanka in a home series. In between, took charge of the Test sie as well.

# Led India to a historic series win in the West Indies, the first since 1970-71.
 

hrishikesh_desai

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Hey Rahul,

you are right mate... Dravid is creating his own legecy.. but i think he can do without all the politics around him.... i really think Greg Chapell is doing a great job and he should be supported undoubtedly...... what say?

Cheers :tea:
 
gaurav200x said:
I guess Rahul Parab is a big fan of Rahul Dravid... :)

ya, gaurav, i'm gr8 fan of the gr8 wall of indian cricket team - RAHUL DRAVID !!!

After all, recently, under his captaincy, India won the series in West Indies after almost 35 years !!!!!! [so much gap !!! :)]

Now, in ODI's , he's coming as opener (with Sachin - v/s Sri Lanka) to stay on crease for maximum amount of time (atmost 50 total owers). He can handle ne situation, he's of MASTERMIND, and his game ALWAYZ was, is & will be - VERY FABULOUS, in this context, concentration, temparament, & talent are the features of Dravid's batting as well as captaincy .
 
• His father Sharad worked in Kissan Jams, and therefore his nickname is Jammy.
• He did his schooling at St. Josephs Boys High School in his hometown Banglore and later went to St. Joseph’s College of Commerce.
• He was coached by a former cricketer-turned-coach Keki Tarapore, who spotted him while he was attending a summer coaching camp at KSCA’s Chinnaswamy Stadium, Banglore.
• He once became a ‘BAKRA’ in MTV’s programme by the same name.
• He married to Vijecta Pendharkar, a doctor from Nagpur, on zMay 4, 2003.
• He has a son named Samit (born on October 11, 2005), who shares his birthday with no one else but the Big B (Amitabh Bachchan).
• He took time to meet his grandmnother while at Indore during the one-day series against England earlier this year.
• He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2004.
• “The Nice Guy Who Finsihed First”, a biography by Devendra Prabhudesai, was released by Greg Chappel last year.
• He is the contention for the Khel Ratna award.

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