Goodbye Mr. Rahul Dravid "The Wall"

Popularly hailed as "The Wall of Indian cricket", Dravid is regarded by many to be one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. Dravid holds multiple cricketing records. He is the second Indian batsman, after Sachin Tendulkar, and the third international player to reach 12,000 runs in Test cricket. On 14 February 2007, he became the sixth player overall and the third Indian (after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly), to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket in cricketing history. He is the first and only batsman to score a century in all ten Test playing nations. With more than 200 catches, Dravid currently holds the world record for the most number of catches in Test cricket. Dravid has also been involved in more than 80 century partnerships with 18 different partners and has been involved in 19 century partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar – a world record. On 24 November 2011, He became the second international player to reach 13,000 runs in Test Cricket only after Sachin Tendulkar.
On 14 December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.Dravid has been bowled 55 times in Test cricket, going past Allan Border's previous record of 53. On 09 March 2012, Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from the International Cricket. Dravid made the announcement with the BCCI president, N Srinivasan and formwer captain Anil Kumble at a press conference in Bangalore.
On 14 December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.Dravid has been bowled 55 times in Test cricket, going past Allan Border's previous record of 53. On 09 March 2012, Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from the International Cricket. Dravid made the announcement with the BCCI president, N Srinivasan and formwer captain Anil Kumble at a press conference in Bangalore.
Life and Family

Dravid started playing cricket at the age of 12, and represented the state at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 level. Rahul's talents were first spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. He went on to score a century on debut for his school team. Along with the batting, he was keeping wickets. However, he later stopped keeping wickets on advice from former Test players Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and Tarapore.
He was selected to make his Ranji Trophy debut in February 1991 against Maharashtra in Pune (while still attending college at St. Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore), alongside future Indian teammates Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, scoring 82 in a drawn match after batting in the No. 7 position. His first full season was in 1991–92, when he scored two centuries to finish with 380 runs at an average of 63.3, and was selected for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy. On 4 May 2003, he married Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur. They have two children, Samit (born 2005) and Anvay (born 2009).
Teams : -International
* India (current)
* ACC Asian XI
* ICC World XI
* MCC
Indian first-class
* Karnataka
* South Zone
Indian Premier League
* Royal Challengers Bangalore
* Rajasthan Royals
English county
* Kent
* Scotland
Rahul Dravid Stats – Batting And Fielding :
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | Balls Faced | Strike Rate | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | ||
Tests | 163 | 284 | 32 | 13262 | 270 | 52.62 | 31178 | 42.53 | 36 | 63 | 1652 | 21 | 210 | 0 | |
ODIs | 344 | 318 | 40 | 10889 | 153 | 39.16 | 15284 | 71.24 | 12 | 83 | 950 | 42 | 196 | 14 | |
T20I | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 31.00 | 21 | 147.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
First-class | 297 | 495 | 67 | 23768 | 270 | 55.53 | 68 | 117 | 353 | 1 | |||||
List A | 449 | 416 | 55 | 15271 | 153 | 42.30 | 21 | 112 | 233 | 17 | |||||
Twenty20 | 69 | 62 | 6 | 1605 | 75* | 28.66 | 1369 | 117.23 | 0 | 7 | 178 | 25 | 14 | 0 |
Rahul Dravid Statistics – Bowling :
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
Tests | 163 | 5 | 120 | 39 | 1 | 1/18 | 1/18 | 39.00 | 1.95 | 120.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 344 | 8 | 186 | 170 | 4 | 2/43 | 2/43 | 42.50 | 5.48 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
First-class | 297 | 617 | 273 | 5 | 2/16 | 54.60 | 2.65 | 123.4 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 449 | 477 | 421 | 4 | 2/43 | 2/43 | 105.25 | 5.29 | 119.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Twenty20 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rahul Dravid Career :
Test debut | England v India at Lord's, Jun 20-24, 1996 |
Last Test | Australia Vs India at Perth, January 13-17, 2012 |
ODI debut | India v Sri Lanka at Singapore , Apr 3, 1996 |
Last ODI | India v England at Cardiff, Sep 16, 2011 Scorecard |
T20I Debut | India v England at Lord's, Sep 11, 2011 |
First-class debut | 1990/91 |
Last First-class | Australia Vs India at Perth, January 13-17, 2012 |
List A debut | 1992/93 |
Last List A | India v England at Cardiff, Sep 16, 2011 |
Twenty20 debut | Karnataka v Gujarat at Mumbai (BS), Apr 17, 2007 |
Last Twenty20 | England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011 |
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