Rahul Dravid Biography

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Rahul Sharad Dravid (born 11 January 1973) is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. Rahul Dravid was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Rahul Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000. Rahul Dravid was also awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004. Rahul Dravid also holds the record of having taken the most number of catches in Test cricket. On August 7, 2011 after getting a surprise call to play in ODI series against England he declared his retirement from One Day Internationals and T20.

Rahul Dravid Personal Information Full Name : Rahul Sharad Dravid Nickname(s) : Jammie, The Wall, Mr. Dependable Date of Birth : 11, Jan, 1973 Birth Place : Indore Sun Sign : Capricorn School and College : St.Joseph's, Bangalore

Family : Dad : Sharad Dravid (Worked for Kissan Jam) Mom : Pushpa Dravid (Prof. for architecture in College) Brother : Vijay Dravid (Engineer, Plays cricket) Wife : Vijeta Pendharkar Son : Anvay Name of his home : Srishti Favorite color : Blue Career : Indian Cricket Player (Batsman, occasional bowler and wicketkeeper) Deputy General Manager (In marketing division of India Cements Ltd.) First unofficial century : In school vs. St Anthony's when he was 10 years old. Batting Style : Right handed Bowling Style : Right arm off break Cricket Gurus : G R Vishwanath, K K Tarapore, Roger Binny and Brijesh Patel ODI Debut : Vs. Sri Lanka at Singapore, on 3/4/96 Test Debut : India v England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1996 Memorable matches : Debut at Lords and the match in which he scored 148 at Johannesburg (3rd Test) Worst match : Third Test against West Indies at Barbados Major Teams : India, Kent, karnataka Assets : Technical proficiency, stylish strokes, consistency, good temperament and concentration Cricket coach : Keki Tarapore Cricketing heroes : G.R. Viswanath, Sunil Gavaskar,Kapil dev & Martin Crowe Favorite batsman : Sachin Tendulkar Bowlers he finds difficult to face : Javagal Srinath and Allan Donald Favorite/Least favorite ground : Favorite : Lord's and Chinnaswamy Stadium Least Favorite : None Greatest influences : Coach Keki Tarapore and his parents Complaint about cricket : Not much space between matches on tour to see touring country. Changes to improve the game : Space out tours and play a World Championship of Test Cricket. Other sportspersons admired : Pete Sampras (Tennis), Prakash Padukone (Badminton) and V.Anand (Chess) Hobbies : Reading books and listening to music Books- Author Richard Bach and Thrillers and philosophical books Music-Songs by Sting, Chris de Burgh, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar Favorite artistes : Actor : Tom Cruise, Aamir Khan Actresses : Manisha Koirala, Demi Moore, Michelle Pfieffer Favorite films : Braveheart, Ghost Favorite channel : Discovery Favorite cartoon : Superman Favorite food/drink : Food : Homemade Indian food, chicken and fish Drink : Mango milkshake ,Pepsi Favorite restaurant/holiday place/hotel : Restaurant : Shezaan, Karavalli, Paradise Island Holiday Place : Any forest resort Hotel : Sandton Sun in Johannesburg Favorite car : Maruti 800, BMW Favorite ad : Anything that figures him Dream Woman : He never remembers what he dreams Nightmare : Get up and forget to play Cricket Embarrassing moment : Once he got out in a junior match and started crying in the dressing room and his friends started laughing at him Other interesting facts : Rahul Dravid loves nature and animals and is more of a country person. He is always willing to contribute to a good cause. Loves watching wild life programs Most prized possession : His INDIA cap Awards : Arjuna Award-1999 one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year for the year 200 Goals : Likes to keep them to himself Ambition : To play in a successful Indian team for a long time. Win the World Cup. Motto in life : Be a good human being A word about fans : Fans are great as long as they do not trouble his family and privacy

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