Rahul Dravid Profile
Batsman, Captain
Born January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
The 'Wall' and Captain
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Test debut: England v India at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI debut: India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3, 1996
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
ICC Test Player of the Year 2004
ICC Player of the Year 2004
- Best Test batting score of 270 was made against Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2003-2004
- Best Test bowling figures of 1 for 18 came against West Indies, St. John's, 2001-2002
- Best ODI batting score of 153 was made against New Zealand, Hyderabad, 1999-2000
- Best ODI bowling figures of 2 for 43 came against South Africa, Kochi, 1999-2000
- Appointed Captain of the Indian national cricket team in November 2005. In 2004, Dravid was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
- He has been nicknamed "The Wall".
- After a whole total of eight wins under Dravid, the cricket team tied the previous record of most consecutive wins for an Indian team Under Dravids captaincy the Indian team has jumped from the 7th position in the ICC rankings to the 3rd position (as of 04/16/06).
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