| Names |
RAHUL
Sharad DRAVID |
| Date of
Birth |
January 11, 1973
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. |
| Identity |
Former Indian
Cricketer |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- April 03, 1996: He made his
ODI match debut on this day; against Sri Lanka.
- June 20, 1996: He made his
test match debut on this day; against England.
- 2000: He was named one of
the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers'
Almanac in 2000.
- 2004: He received the
Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at
the inaugural ICC awards ceremony.
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- April 2009: He became the
only cricketer to score a century in all ten Test-playing
countries.
- August 31, 2011: On this
day, he played the only T20I match; against Egland.
- September 16, 2011: He
played his last ODI match on this day; against England.
- December 2011: He became
the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman
Oration in Canberra.
- January 24, 2012: He played
his last test match on this day; against Australia.
- October 2012: He holds the
record for the most number of catches taken by a player in
Test cricket, with 210.
- 2012: He appeared in the
2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan
Royals.
- November 01, 2012: Rahul
Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath were honoured during the
seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on this
day.
|
| Special
Achievements / Events |
- He was also the captain of the national Test and One Day
International cricket teams.
- Born in a Marathi family, he started playing cricket at
the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the
under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels.
- Popularly nicknamed "The Wall", he has been described as
one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.
- Wisden ranked him the third greatest Test batsman of all
time, after Don Bradman and Tendulkar.
- He is the third-highest run scorer in Test cricket,
after Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, and the third
Indian cricketer to exceed 10,000 runs both in Tests and in
ODIs.
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