Delhi: Rahul Dravid, known as ‘The Wall’ in the world of cricket, has been the former captain and head coach of the Indian cricket team. Due to his excellent batting technique in international cricket, Dravid scored a total of 24,177 runs and is counted among the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Along with Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid was part of India’s ‘Fab-Four’.
In September last year, under his coaching, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. Rahul Dravid was born on 11 January 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Dravid was a right-handed batsman and also played the role of part-time spinner and wicketkeeper.
He played 164 Test matches for India, in which he scored 13,288 runs at an average of 42.51. These runs include his 36 centuries, 63 half-centuries and 5 double centuries. Apart from this, he led the Indian team to important victories many times by scoring 12 centuries and 83 half-centuries in 344 ODIs. Now let us know 5 unheard things about Rahul Dravid:
hockey background
Rahul Dravid’s father Sharad Dravid was not a cricketer, but his family was associated with sports. His father had been a national hockey player, and Rahul also played hockey during his school days.
chocolate boy tag
Rahul Dravid was called ‘Chocolate Boy’ in his early cricket career because he had worked in an advertisement for a chocolate company. This gave him huge popularity among young fans.
Lots of ball practice
According to reports, Rahul Dravid’s childhood coach Keki Tarapore said that he practiced more than 500 balls every day. This habit helped him get the title of ‘The Wall’.
top in studies
Dravid was excellent not only in cricket but also in studies. He completed his MBA from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru.
unwanted debut
Rahul Dravid’s journey in cricket was so wonderful, but his ODI debut was bad. He scored only 3 runs in his first ODI match, but later he scored more than 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.
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