Rahul Dravid
Full name: Rahul Sharad Dravid
Nickname: The Wall, Jammy, Mr. Dependable, The Great Wall of India
Born: January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Major teams: India, Scotland, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI, Karnataka, Kent
Education: St. Josephs High School
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position: Occasional wicketkeeper
Test debut: England v India at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI debut: India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3, 1996
Ceat Cricketer of the 1999 World Cup
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
ICC Test Player of the Year 2004
ICC Player of the Year 2004
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy 2004
Padma Shri 2004
PROFILE
Nickname: The Wall, Jammy, Mr. Dependable, The Great Wall of India
Born: January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Major teams: India, Scotland, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI, Karnataka, Kent
Education: St. Josephs High School
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position: Occasional wicketkeeper
Test debut: England v India at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI debut: India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3, 1996
Ceat Cricketer of the 1999 World Cup
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
ICC Test Player of the Year 2004
ICC Player of the Year 2004
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy 2004
Padma Shri 2004
PROFILE
Rahul Dravid born in Indore, grew up in Bangalore as his father worked for Kissan, the company known for jams and pickles. This led his friends to call him Jammy. Rahul showed the interest and excelence in batting from a very early age. Dravid first came to prominence whilst attending a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at the clinic [1]. He went on to score a century on debut for his school team and was selected for the U-15 Karnataka cricket team, scoring a double century against the U-15 Kerala cricket team. Along with batting he was keeping wickets but left that on the advice of former cricketers. He then showed his calibre in the Ranji Trophy and Dullep Trophy to be ready to represent India at international level.
The first few matches for him at the international level were not that good and soon he was dropped.He made a strong comeback to the team when he scored 95 against England on his test debut in 1996 and since then there has been no looking back. He became the backbone of the Indian batting line up batting at no.3 position. Beginning with the reputation of being a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, he was dropped from ODIs as he was slow in making runs. Of late, however, Rahul Dravid has defied early perceptions to become the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up in ODIs as well as in Tests.
After taking up the captaincy from Saurav Ganguly in 2004, he took India onto a winning spree. Under his captaincy India won 8 matches in a row and 15 consequetive matches chasing total. Also Rahul Dravid has been appointed to lead India in the cricket world cup 2007. So lets see if he can win India their II World Cup!
The first few matches for him at the international level were not that good and soon he was dropped.He made a strong comeback to the team when he scored 95 against England on his test debut in 1996 and since then there has been no looking back. He became the backbone of the Indian batting line up batting at no.3 position. Beginning with the reputation of being a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, he was dropped from ODIs as he was slow in making runs. Of late, however, Rahul Dravid has defied early perceptions to become the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up in ODIs as well as in Tests.
After taking up the captaincy from Saurav Ganguly in 2004, he took India onto a winning spree. Under his captaincy India won 8 matches in a row and 15 consequetive matches chasing total. Also Rahul Dravid has been appointed to lead India in the cricket world cup 2007. So lets see if he can win India their II World Cup!
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