Profile
India has always produced several great batting legends, and Rahul Dravid is a certainty in the top notches of that list. Despite making his debut almost six years after Tendulkar, he did not take time to catch up with the Master Blaster. By the time Dravid was in his early thirties, he was already in the big league alongside the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and other batting greats. He is considered as one of the most technically sound batsmen of the modern era. A classical stroke player who effortlessly blends substance with style, it is a treat to watch him play those pulls and cover drives. Two traits that are associated most with Dravid are his sincerity and humility. As selfless as he is, he donned the keeping gloves for India when they struggled to find the right team combination. Saving Tests and winning them became second nature to Rahul. Unarguably India’s best overseas batsman, Dravid has been the backbone of the Indian batting for almost a decade now. He successfully led his nation to Test series victories in West Indies and England adding to his creditable performances in every country he has toured. ‘The Wall’ shockingly resigned from captaincy in 2007 after a successful England tour.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
| Test |
135 |
235 |
11038 |
27 |
53.07 |
42.03 |
27 |
57 |
| ODI |
339 |
313 |
10765 |
40 |
39.43 |
71.19 |
12 |
82 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
135 |
5 |
120 |
39 |
1 |
1/18 |
/ |
39 |
1.95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODI |
339 |
8 |
186 |
170 |
4 |
2/43 |
/ |
42.5 |
5.48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
185 |
0 |
6 |
| ODI |
195 |
14 |
10 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| Test |
25 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
32 |
| ODI |
79 |
42 |
33 |
0 |
4 |
53.16 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 1996-2009
- ODI:
- 1996-2009
- Test
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- Debut:
- India Vs England at Lord's, London - Jun 20, 1996
- Last played:
- India Vs Sri Lanka at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera - Ahmedabad - Nov 16, 2009
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- India Vs Sri Lanka at The Padang, Singapore - Apr 03, 1996
- Last played:
- India Vs West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Sep 30, 2009
