Rahul Dravid has been the cornerstone around which some of India’s famous overseas Test wins were scored during Saurav Ganguly’s reign as the captain. Alongwith Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, he was the most prolific no. 3 batsman of the past decade or so and in the Indian context, one of the dependable batsman of all time. His game has always revolved around a watertight technique; no wonder then that he earned the nickname, ‘Wall’ as bowlers around the world found it tough to get past his defences, especially in Test cricket.
Dravid made his Test debut against the English at Lords on the tour of 1996. While Ganguly who also made his Test debut in that very game went on to score a glorious 100, Dravid fell short of the landmark by 5 runs. His 1st century eventually came against the Proteas at the Wanderers on the tour of 1996-97 and for his contribution of 148 and 81 in the two innings, he was also declared the ‘Man of the Match’. The highlight of Dravid’s career has been his batting on overseas tours; be it his 148 on a seaming 1st day pitch at Leeds, or his gritty 233 against the Aussies at Adelaide, or his other magnificent double hundreds against England at the Oval or versus Pakistan at Rawalpindi, they’ve all come at crucial junctures, most of which resulted in significant Indian victories. He enjoyed a golden period of batting during the season of 2003-04 as a result of which he picked up 2 trophies at the inaugural ICC awards; Best Test Player of the Year and the most important of them all, ‘Best Cricketer of the Year’. ‘Jammy’, as he’s known to his close friends has also gone past the 10,000 run mark in Tests making him only the 3rd Indian batsman to do so, after Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid 93 3rd Test Australia vs India Perth 2008 Day 1
Wasim Akram vs Rahul Dravid Ball of Century CRICKET
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