RAHUL DRAVID'S CRICKET PROFILE

Full Name : Dravid, Rahul
Date of birth: 11/01/1973
Country: India
Role : Batsman
Batting style : R
Bowling style : Off break

Career summary
-Rahul Dravid is one of the top-ranked batsmen in world cricket and the current captain of the Indian cricket team.
-He made his Test debut against England at Lords in 1996 and his ODI debut at Singapore in the Singer Cup tournament against Sri Lanka.
-Dravid averages over 50 in Test cricket and became only the 4th Indian batsman to score more than 20 Test Centuries.
-Dravid's only Test wicket was that of Ridley Jacobs in the fourth Test against the West Indies during the 2001/02 series.
-He was involved in the largest batting partnership in ODI history, when he and Sachin Tendulkar scored a World Record 331.
-During his international career he scored four centuries in successive innings, and hit four double-centuries in the space of 15 Tests.
- Whilst renowned for his long Test innings, was the Top Scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs in 8 innings.

* In the 2005 ICC Awards Rahul Dravid was the only Indian to be named to the World one-day XI.

* Rahul Dravid is the only other Indian to be the top scorer (first one is Sachin Tendulkar - twice - 1996,2003) in a World Cup. He amassed 461 runs in the 1999 World Cup, the first World Cup he played.

* Rahul Dravid led India to a historic Test series win, against the West Indies in their home soil in 2006.

* Under Rahul's captaincy the Indian team tied the previous record of most consecutive One-Day International wins for an Indian team thus equalling the record run that the Indian team had achieved under Sourav Ganguly in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

* During Rahul captaincy the Indian team broke the 14 match West Indies record for most consecutive won matches in One-Day Internationals while chasing a total. For this 17 match run, Dravid was the captain for 15 matches and Sourav Ganguly was the captain for the other two.

* Rahul Dravid is the first captain to lead India to a Test match victory against South Africa on South African soil.

* Rahul became only the third captain from India to win a Test series in England. This feat was achieved after 21 years. The other two captains being Kapil Dev (1986) and Ajit Wadekar (1971).

* Rahul has hit 10,000 runs in both tests and one day internationals, making him only the third batsmen after Tendulkar and Lara to achieve this feat. Ponting is the only other man to have done this.

Test Matches
Batting
Career Span: 1996 - 2008
Matches: 131
Innings: 227
Not outs: 26
Runs: 10509
Highest Score: 270
Average: 46.5
50s: 53
100s: 21
Ducks: 8
Pairs: 0
Catches: 178
Stumping: 0
Bowling
Innings bowled: 8
Overs: 20
Maidens: 4
Runs conceded: 39
Wickets: 1
5 Wicket Innings: 0
10 Wicket matches: 0
Average: 39
Economy Rate: 1.95
Best bowling in Innings: 1/18
ODI Matches
Batting
Career Span: 1996 - 2007
Innings: 306
Not outs: 40
Runs: 10531
Highest Score: 153
Strike-rate: 71.28
Average: 34.42
50s: 81
100s: 12
Ducks: 13
Catches: 189
Stumping: 14
Bowling
Innings bowled: 8
Overs: 31
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 170
Wickets: 4
4 Wicket Innings: 0
Average: 42.5
Economy Rate: 5.48
Best bowling in Innings: 2/43