Rahul Dravid Biography

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Rahul Dravid's Biography A man who scored
tirelessly for India and kept his country above
all personal achievements, Rahul Dravid is
regarded as The Wall of Indian cricket. One who
has faced the most number of deliveries in Test
Cricket, Rahul Dravid is, undoubtedly, one of
the greatest Indian batsmen ever to play the
game. Dravid is one of the few Indian batsmen who
have scored a century in all test playing
nations. In his illustrious career, he has scored
nearly 25,000 international runs. Facing the
new-ball with ease and thereby soaking all the
pressure was Dravids biggest strength. Rahul
Dravid was as a good a batsman in sub-continent
conditions as overseas. Rahul Dravid's Personal
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Rahul Dravid Age Rahul Dravid is currently 47
years old. He made his international debut at 23
years of age and played for 15 years at the
highest level. He played his last Test match on
24th January 2012. Rahul Dravid Birthday
Hailing from Karnataka, Rahul Dravid was born on
11th January 1973. This year marked Rahul
Dravids 47th birthday. Rahul Dravid Height
Standing at 511 inches, Rahul Dravid was one of
the fittest cricketers in Indian cricket during
his time. Dravids adequate height always helped
him in playing tall bowlers comfortably. Rahul
Dravid Education Rahul Dravid completed his
education from St. Josephs Boys High School,
Karnataka. He did his graduation from St.
Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore
University, Karnataka. Rahul Dravid's Family
Information
Rahul Dravid was born on 11th January 1973 in a
Marathi Family. His father, Sharad Dravid worked
in a company that makes jams and preserves, while
his mother, Pushpa worked as a professor of
architecture at the University Visvesaraya
College of Engineering, Bangalore.
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Rahul Dravid is married to Vijeta Pendharkar, a
surgeon from Nagpur. The duo has two children.
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Dravid's Career Stats
Domestic Cricket Rahul Dravid made his Ranji
Trophy debut in February 1991. He exhibited a
stellar performance in the 1991-91 season,
scoring 380 runs at an average of 63.30. The
excellent performance meant he was selected for
the South Zone Cricket Team in Duleep Trophy.
Dravid performed consistently in the first-
class cricket for the next few years however,
what caught everyones attention was his
performance for the India-A team against
England-A in 1994-95. As a result, on 20th June
1996, he made his international debut against
England. International Cricket Rahul Dravids
first step in international cricket was during
the India-England Test series in 1996. He made
his Test debut on 20th June 1996 against England
and exhibited his class in only his first innings
of his international career. Coming in a
difficult period, Dravid struck a well compiled
95 before getting out of Lewis. His knock made
sure India register a substantial lead in the
first innings.
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He made his One-Day International debut on 3rd
April 1996 against Sri Lanka. He didnt take too
long to become a mainstay in the Indian team
across formats. In his illustrious career, Rahul
Dravid has not only scored in sub-continent
conditions but was also a rock-solid player in
overseas as well. In his illustrious career,
Rahul Dravid has scored nearly 25,000
international runs. To know about his journey
from his junior cricket days to international
cricket Click Here Rahul Dravid Awards
Achievements

• Achievements
• Dravid was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award
  in 1999 for his precious contributions towards In
  dian cricket.
• Dravid was honoured with the Man of the
  Tournament award in the 1999 World Cup.
• He was also been rewarded with the ICC Player of
  the year award in 2004 (also

known
as Sir received the
Garfields sobers Padma Shri Award in
trophy). 2004.
4. Dravid
5. He was also been named as the captain of the
ICC test cricket team of the year.
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• 6. Along with late Dev Anand, he was honoured
  with NDTV Indian of the year Lifetime
  achievement award in 2011.
• Records
• Rahul Dravid holds the record for the highest
  numbers of balls faced along with the longest
  time spent on the pitch as a batsman. In his
  career, he has faced 31,258 deliveries
  and spent 44,152 minutes
  on the crease.
• Rahul is among the few Indians to have
  scored a century against all the Test-
• playing nations.
• Rahul Dravid is the only player to score more
  than 10,000 runs at number three position in
  Test cricket. He has scored in total 10524 runs
  in the 219 test innings, studded with
  28 centuries and
  50 half-centuries.
• Dravid also holds the record for the highest
  number of partnership runs i.e. 32,039 and also
  holds the record for the most number of runs
  shared with Sachin Tendulkar in a partnership of
  6920 runs which included 20-century stands as
  well.
• Rahul Dravid holds the record for taking the most
  number of catches in international cricket. He
  has 210 catches to his name in international
  cricket.
• Rahul Dravid's Lesser Known Facts
• 1. Dravids father used to work in a jam factory
  and that was the same company (Kissan) which
  went on to hire Dravid as their brand ambassador
  whilst giving him

the name 2. He is the only Indian to score 4 conse
cutive
Jammy. hundreds.

• He is the only non-Australian player to address
  the Bradman oration on December 14, 2012, at the
  war memorial in Canberra.
• He was recognized as the sexiest personality in
  sports in India by an online survey
• in 2004-05 where Yuvraj Singh and Sania Mirza
  were other players in contention.
• Whilst he has always been recognized as a
  seasoned player for India, not many people know
  that he got a passion for hockey and also
  featured for his team in junior
  state hockey before heading towards cricket.
• It was once been said by the great Aussie bowler
  Glenn McGrath, If theres any
• player who can feature in the great Australian
  team of the 90s, its Rahul Dravid.
• He also holds a record for being the only player
  to stay not out for 120 innings even without
  scoring a single run in the process.
• Rahul Dravid's Controversies

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• When Rahul Dravid declared the innings with
  Sachin batting on 194 Unarguably, this is the
  biggest controversy in Rahul Dravids career. The
  Multan Test in 2004 is famous for Virender
  Sehwags 309. However, what followed after that
  knock in that test became a huge controversy.
  Post Sehwags heroics, Sachin Tendulkar got hold
  of the innings and smashed Pakistan to all parts,
  taking India past 600-run mark. Sachin Tendulkar
  was batting at 194 and Yuvraj Singh fell in the
  form of the fifth wicket. To everyone surprise,
  stand-in captain Rahul Dravid declared the
  innings, leading to a huge controversy. By his
  own admission, Rahul Dravid has been questioned
  his decision to declare for more than 1000 times
  in his career.
• Ball-Tampering in 2004 Rahul Dravid was accused
  of ball-tampering during the Australia series in
  2003. In the game against Zimbabwe, Rahul Dravid
  was caught
• on TV, rubbing a cough lozenge on the shiny side
  of the white ball. But with the evidence on
  camera going against, Lloyd decided to take
  action against Dravid under clause 2.10 of the
  ICCs code of conduct. The coach John Wright,
  however, had backed him later
  stating that it was unintentional
  from Dravid.
• Greg Chappel Controversy Although Dravid hasnt
  been someone who has been
• involved in many controversies during his career,
  it was one of those rare events when Greg
  Chappell was been slammed by Sachin Tendulkar for
  being a Ring Master in the team and Dravid
  maintained his silence over the whole issue.
• Rahul Dravid's Net Worth

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1. Rahul Dravids
net worth is estimated to be around 23 million.

• Dravid reportedly earned around 5 crores per
  annum in the last 2 years of his stint
  as the head coach of the India A and India Under-1
  9 teams.
• Having become the head of NCA, he draws a much hig
  her check.
• Dravid boasts of some good luxury cars like Benz,
  BMW, and an Audi which are worth 6 crores in tota
  l.
• The current value of his luxury house in Indira
  Nagar Bengaluru is estimated to
• be around 4.2 crores.
• A lot of his income comprises of brand
  endorsements which include big brands like
  Reebok, Pepsi, Kissan, Castrol, Hutch, Karnataka
  Tourism, Max Life, Bank of Baroda etc.
• Rahul Dravid's Social Media
• While his compatriots like Sachin Tendulkar,
  Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman are on all social
  media, Rahul Dravid prefers to stay out of it.
  Rahul Dravid isnt very active on social media
  platforms. He has a Facebook account that has
  more than 1 million followers but doesnt post a
  lot of stuff there.
• Click Here to know some of his lesser-known
  social media activities and why he is not on
  social media.
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