Rahul
Dravid, born on 11 January 1973, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, is a former
Indian cricketer and current Team India head coach. If
cricket is considered to be the ‘gentlemen’s game’, former India cricketer
Rahul Dravid, for sure, does justice to the moniker. A perfect combination of
composure, class and technique, Dravid has undoubtedly defined an entire era of
Indian cricket. Dravid had an
illustrious international career, scoring 13,288 Test runs and 10,889 runs in
ODI cricket.
As of
January 2022, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after
Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis. In 2004, upon scoring a
century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the first player to score a
century in all the ten Test-playing countries (now 12). As of October 2012, he
holds the record for the most catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in
Test cricket, at 210. Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out
for a Golden duck in the 286 Test innings that he has played during
his career. He has faced 31,258 balls, which is the largest number of balls
faced by any player in test cricket. He has also spent 44,152 minutes at the
crease, which is the highest time spent on the crease by any player in test
cricket. Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are currently the highest scoring
partnership in Test cricket history, having scored 6,920 runs combined while
batting together for India.
The Indian cricket legend has the
distinction of being bestowed with the Arjuna Award for his achievements
in cricket in 1998, Padma Shri – India’s fourth highest civilian award
in 2004, and Padma Bhushan – India’s third highest civilian award in
2013.
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