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Personal info Rahul Sharad DravidFull NameRahul Sharad Dravid

BornJanuary 11, 1973

Birth Place
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
ProfessionCricketer

Nick Name
THE WALL
Family infoDad's Name :Sharad Dravid
Mom's Name :Pushpa Dravid
Brother's Name :Vijay Dravid

Name of his house
"Srishti"

EducationSchool St. Joseph's, Bangalore
College St. Joseph's, Bangalore

SingersChris de Burgh,
Kishore Kumar,
Lata Mangeshkar, Sting






MoviesBraveheart, Ghost

Books
Thrillers and Philosophical

Cars
Maruti 800, BMW

Actors
Tom Cruise, Aamir Khan

ActressesDemi Moore, Michelle Pfieffer
DrinksMango Milkshake
Past Time
Listening to old Hindi songs
TV ChannelDiscovery

ColorBlue
Cartoon

Character
Superman

Hangouts
Shezan, Paradise Island

TV Ads"Any one that figures me!!"

Greatest Asset
Concentration
Memorable MomentDebut at Lord's
148 at Johannesburg
Inspiration
Family

Hobbies
Reading,
Listening to music

GoalsLikes to keep them to himself

DreamWoman Doesn't remember what I dreams
CoachKeki Tarapore

Free Time
With family and friends
HatesNothing in particular
Cricket Career of Rahul Dravid

1973 - born January 11, 1973 in Indore
1984 - attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA's Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore.
scores his first century in an unofficial match for his school team St.Joseph's against St.Anthony's.
scores a double hundred for the Karnataka schools team which he smashed against Kerala.
selected for the under-15 Karnataka team.
senior cricketers and administrators like G.R.Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore felt that it would suit Rahul better if he bid good-bye to the wicket keeping gloves for ever.So Dravid concentrated on his batting from then on.
1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.
1996 - scores double century in the finals of the Ranji Trophy in 1996 against Tamil Nadu.
1996 - selected for India.
1996 - test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar is injured and Navjot Sidhu descides to stay back after fracas with Captain Azharuddin.Scores a brilliant 95.
1997 - Scores his maiden test hundred(148) Vs South Africa, third test, Johannesburg.
1997 - Scores his maiden one day hundred(107) in a losing cause Vs Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai.
1999 - Scores a hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.
1999 - Great World Cup, scores 3 fifties and 2 hundreds scoring 461 runs which was the highest by any batsman from any team.
1999 - In october he signs a deal with English county Kent for the 2000 season.
2001 - Scores 180 while Vangipurappu Laxman makes 281 in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia after following on to end Australia's 16-Test winning streak.
2004 - Scores career best 270 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.India wins the series.
2005 - Appointed captain of Team India.
2005 - Dravid's Biography "The Nice Guy Who Finished First" authored by Devendra Prabhudesai released by coach Greg Chappell.
2006 - Dravid scores his first century as the Test captain of the Indian Cricket team in the first test against Pakistan in Lahore.

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