Full Name
Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born
January 11, 1973
Birth Place
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Profession
Cricketer
Nick Name
THE WALL
Family info
Dad’s Name :Sharad Dravid
Mom’s Name :Pushpa Dravid
Brother’s Name :Vijay Dravid
Name of his house
"Srishti"
Education
School St. Joseph’s, Bangalore
College St. Joseph’s, Bangalore
Singers
Chris de Burgh,
Kishore Kumar,
Lata Mangeshkar, Sting
Braveheart, Ghost
Books
Cars
Maruti 800, BMW
Actors
Tom Cruise, Aamir Khan
Actresses
Demi Moore, Michelle Pfieffer
Drinks
Mango Milkshake
Past Time
Listening to old Hindi songs
TV Channel
Discovery
Color
Blue
Cartoon
Character
Superman
Hangouts
Shezan, Paradise Island
TV Ads
"Any one that figures me!!"
Greatest Asset
Concentration
Debut at Lord’s
148 at Johannesburg
Family
Hobbies
Reading,
Listening to music
Goals
Likes to keep them to himself
Dream
Woman Doesn’t remember what I dreams
Coach
Keki Tarapore
Free Time
With family and friends
Hates
Nothing in particular
Career of Rahul Dravid
1973 - born January 11, 1973 in Indore
1984 - attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA’s Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore.
scores his first century in an unofficial match for his school team St.Joseph’s against St.Anthony’s.
scores a double hundred for the Karnataka schools team which he smashed against Kerala.
selected for the under-15 Karnataka team.
senior cricketers and administrators like G.R.Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore felt that it would suit Rahul better if he bid good-bye to the wicket keeping gloves for ever.So Dravid concentrated on his batting from then on.
1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.
1996 - scores double century in the finals of the Ranji Trophy in 1996 against Tamil Nadu.
1996 - selected for India.
1996 - test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar is injured and Navjot Sidhu descides to stay back after fracas with Captain Azharuddin.Scores a brilliant 95.
1997 - Scores his maiden test hundred(148) Vs South Africa, third test, Johannesburg.
1997 - Scores his maiden one day hundred(107) in a losing cause Vs Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai.
1999 - Scores a hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.
1999 - Great World Cup, scores 3 fifties and 2 hundreds scoring 461 runs which was the highest by any batsman from any team.
1999 - In october he signs a deal with English county Kent for the 2000 season.
2001 - Scores 180 while Vangipurappu Laxman makes 281 in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia after following on to end Australia’s 16-Test winning streak.
2004 - Scores career best 270 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.India wins the series.
2005 - Appointed captain of Team India.
2005 - Dravid’s Biography "The Nice Guy Who Finished First" authored by Devendra Prabhudesai released by coach Greg Chappell.
2006 - Dravid scores his first century as the Test captain of the Indian Cricket team in the first test against Pakistan in Lahore.
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