Rahul Dravid Records

Rahul Dravid born on 11th January, 1973 in Indore, Madya Pradesh he scored 82 runs in the debut match in 1991 for Karnatka. On 3rd Aprilm 1996, he scored 3 runs in an Indian win- in his ODI Debut against Sri Land and his Test debut was against England and he scored 95 runs at Lord’s on June 1996.

He became only the second batsman after Don Bradman to score double hundreds in three successive series. They are in 2003-04 -222 runs against New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 233 agsinst Australia at Adelaide, and 270 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.

India's Great Wall Rahul Dravid in Test Cricket

It is very disheartening that Indian Cricket Team got completely drubbed in the recent England Test Series in the form of 4-nil. The only satisfying aspect is the excellent performance by the ever-reliable Mr.Dravid the wall of Indian Cricket. But for him all others failed miserably especially Suresh Raina, Gambhir, Shewag, VVS Laxman and to certain extent the great Tendulkar. We hope atleast restore some pride in the oncoming one day series.

Dravid overtakes Lara to become the third highest run getter

Rahul Dravid "The Wall" from India played really well over the years and now he has overtaken the legendary Brain Lara to become the third highest run getter in the Test history. Dravid has been phenomenal over the years and has continued his good form even after his late 30's. Dravid though is still a threat to teams his form and consistent run has diminished over time.

The former Indian captain is just one catch away from becoming the first player in cricket history to have pouched 200 catches. Dravid surpassed the feat of Brain Lara's 11,953 runs. Now Dravid is behind Sachin who leads the list with 14,366 runs and Ricky Ponting who is 12,332 runs.

Dravid ready for SriLanka challenge

Rahul Dravid feels that he is completely fit and has completly recovered from the injury and his ready to face Srilanka. Dravid feels that Mendis will not be a threat to India this time since most of the Indian batsman have found a way to tackle him. Dravid said that he is very happy to be a part of the squad again. Dravid also felt that India should do really well to hold on to their No1 status in the Test rankings.

Dravid felt that SriLanka would be a tough team to face and India needs to do well to retain the No1 spot.Dravid is very happy that the team management has given importance to Test Matches and as a result of which Indian are set to play 11 Test matches in the next 6 months.

Rahul Dravid injury - Fractured jaw bone

Rahul Dravid after playing a scintillating innings and scoring a ton was injured on Day 2 in the Test Match against Bangladesh.The injured Dravid was taken and admitted in the hospital.Doctors told that it is a fracture which is more than just a sprain and Dravid is getting better now.

Rahul Dravid is injury makes him certainly out of this test which means India are short of one more batsman and Yuvraj Singh has also minor injury worries.Yuvraj is suffering a minor hand injury.

Rahul Dravid dropped for ODI's against Australia

Indian’s former captain Rahul Dravid has been dropped for the home series against Australia despite of some good performances with the bat in the Champions trophy.
Rahul Dravid played some sheet anchor roles in the recent Champions Trophy but he has been dropped for the first two matches against Australians.

Dravid should not have been dropped and according to me his presence in the team he is a boost especially with the amount of experience that Dravid carries behind him. Virat Kohli has been preferred instead of him. Sudeep Tyagi of Tamil Nadu gets a chance to play for the National side. Ishant Sharma has retained his place despite so many failures. Yusuf Pathan has been dropped from the squad due to his failure in the Champions Trophy.