Rahul Dravid

01 / 23

Rahul Dravid during a press conference to announce the 'National Geographic Junior Hunt 2' competition winner in New Delhi. (AFP Photo/Manpreet Romana)

02 / 23

Rahul Dravid poses for the photographers. (Photo/Prasad Kumar) (BCCL)

03 / 23

Dravid often kept wickets for India in ODIs. Seen here, Dravid gesturing during the man of the match ceremony after loosing their match to Sri lanka at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, in Trinidad and Tobago, March 23, 2007. (Photo/Prakash Singh)

04 / 23

Rahul Dravid's international debut against Sri Lank in the Singer Cup in Singapore (1996) is hardly worth mentioning. He was dropped from the team until he was picked for the tour of England. (Photo/Uma Kadam)

05 / 23

Dravid then made his second coming in the second test against England along with Sourav Ganguly, scoring 95. He held his position on Manjrekar's return for the third test, scoring 84. Seen here, Dravid watching Dhoni batting during a practice match between India and India A at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on July 19, 2006. (Photo/K. Sunil Prasad)

06 / 23

Dravid had a moderate home series against Australia and South Africa, but proved his mettle on the 1996-97 tour of South Africa. He batted at third position and scored his maiden century(148) in the third test in Johannesburg and got awarded his first man of the match award. Seen here, Dravid displaying a Citizen watch during a press conference to declare him as the brand ambassador for Citizen watches in New Delhi. (Photo/Amit Kumar)

07 / 23

Dravid also did well against arch rivals Pakistan, scoring his first half-century(90) against the team in the Sahara Cup in 1996. Seen here, Dravid at Taj Lands End. (Photo/Nilesh Wairkar)

08 / 23

In the 18 months ending in mid-1998, Dravid played in an away series against the West Indies, home and away series against Sri Lanka and a home series against Australia, he scored consistently, with 964 runs at an average of 56.7. Seen here, Dravid boarding the waiting vans for the fitness camp taking place outside the Bangalore. (Photo/Syed Asif)

09 / 23

Dravid soon began to be known for his stamina, hold on his wicket and consistency. He became the third Indian batsman after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to score centuries in both innings of a match during the 1999 New Year's Test match against New Zealand with 190 and 103* to force a draw, batting for a total of 653 minutes. Seen Here, Dravid holding a cricket bat at a press conference organised for the Hutch Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi. (Photo/Sanjiv Rastogi)

10 / 23

Dravid was not a hitter like Sachin and Saurav. He had a moderate subcontinental season in early 1999, scoring 269 runs at 38.42 with one century before scoring 239 at 39.8 including a century against New Zealand in late 1999. Seen here, Dravid arriving at hotel Mount View in Chandigarh. (Photo/S Chandan)

Sports

Rahul Dravid

Related Galleries

Cookies on the Navbharat Times Website

Sports

Rahul Dravid

Related Galleries