Rahul Dravid born 11 January 1973 is an Indian cricketer, and a former captain of the Indian national cricket team, of which he has been a regular member since 1986. Dravid is the third Indian batsman, after Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, to have scored 10,000 runs in test cricket. On 14 February 2007, he became the sixth player in history and the third Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. In September 2007, he resigned as captain of India team. He is the Icon Player in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the Indian Premier League.
Rahul Dravid Early Life
Rahul was born 11 January 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh into a Maharashtrian Deshastha family living in Karnataka. His paternal ancestors were Iyers from Thanjavur. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka. He speaks Marathi and Kannada. He has a younger brother, Vijay. Both the brothers grew up in a serious and simple middle class atmosphere. Dravid's father worked for Kissan Products Ltd, a company known for jams and preserves and thus he earned the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's, Bangalore. And his mother, Pushpa, was a professor of Architecture at Bangalore University. Rahul Dravid has a degree in commerce from St Joseph's College of Commerce Bangalore, Karnataka. On 4 May 2003, Rahul married Dr. Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur and on 11 October 2005, their son, Samit, was born.
Rahul Dravid facts file
Rahul has been one of the main pillars of the Indian batting with his blend of technical Proficiency & stylish strokes. His strokes are so perfect technically that he is called as The "wall" of the Indian Team. His batting style was regarded slow for the ODI s initially but with His imaginative placing of the ball & innovative strokes he made himself as an integral part of The Indian team for both Tests as well as ODI s. His temperament for both the versions of the Game is exemplary and has earned him respect from all the other players. He was verily the batsman Of the 1999 World Cup with two hundreds and the highest aggregate. For this, he was named As Wisden cricketer of the year, one of the few Indians to receive this special accolade. His good and innocent looks make him very popular among the girls. For more information see here
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