Thursday, September 4, 2008

Rahul Dravid

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.

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