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Rahul Dravid is an Indian cricketer, a member of the Indian cricket team since 1996.

Name: Rahul Dravid

DOB: 11th January, 1973

Category: Sports

Country: India

Rightly known as the wall of Indian cricket, is a classic cricketer. Born on 11 January 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He started playing cricket at an early age of 12.

He played for the state in under-15, under-17 & under-19 cricket tournaments.

He made his Ranji debut against Maharashtra on 1991. Started his international cricketing vs Sri Lanka at Singapore, Singer Cup, 1995/96.

His test debut was against England at Lord's on Jun 20-24, 1996.

He was named "The Wall". He grew steadily in to a technically sound batsman. He is now one of the best and most valuable cricketer in India.

A great team player. Playing even the odd role of wicket keeping.

On his credit he has as an impressive statistics of 7800+ test runs, 8400+ one day runs, 150+ catches. This suave and dignified player was at last rewarded on Oct 2005 as the captain of Indian cricket team.

Family: Father - Sharad Dravid, Mother - Pushpa Dravid, Wife - Vijeta Pendharkar, Brother - Vijay Dravid.


TimeLine

1973 - Born 11 January 11, in Indore 1984 - Attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA's Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore.

scores his first century in an unofficial match for his school team St.Joseph's against St. Anthony's. Scores a double hundred for the Karnataka schools team which he smashed against Kerala. Selected for the under-15 Karnataka team.

Stops keeping wickets on advice from Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore. 1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.

1996 - Double century in Ranji finals, vs. Tamil Nadu. 1996 - Test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar was injured and Navjot Singh Sidhu flew back home after a fracas with captain Azharuddin. Makes 95.

1997 - Maiden Test hundred (148), vs. South Africa, third Test, Johannesburg. 1997 - First one day hundred (107), vs. Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai. 1999 - Hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.

1999 - Makes 461 runs, including three 50s and two 100s in World Cup. 1999 - Signs up with Kent for the 2000 English county season.

2001 - Scores 180, while V. V. S. Laxman makes 281, in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia at Eden Gardens, ending 16 Test-winning streak by Australia.

2004 - Career best 270 against Pakistan, at Rawalpindi. 2005 - Succeeds Sourav Ganguly as Test and ODI captain.

2005 - The Nice Guy Who Finished First by Devendra Prabhudesai, released by coach Greg Chappell. 2006 - Scores first century as captain, at Lahore, vs. Pakistan.

Career highlights

Tests

Test Debut: vs England, Lord's, 1996

Dravid's best Test batting score of 270 was made against Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2003-2004 His best Test bowling figures of 1 for 18 came against West Indies, St. John's, 2001-2002 He is only the third Indian to score over 8,000 test runs, following Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.

One-day internationals

ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1995-1996

Dravid's best ODI batting score of 153 was made against New Zealand, Hyderabad, 1999-2000 His best ODI bowling figures of 2 for 43 came against South Africa, Kochi, 1999-2000

Awards

1999 - Ceat Cricketer of the 1999 World Cup
2000 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
2004 - Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
2004 - Padma Shri
2004 - ICC Player of The Year
2004 - ICC Test Player of The Year