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Answer 3

Details about Rahul Dravid are given below:

Full name : Rahul Sharad Dravid
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Nick Name : The Wall

Date of Birth : 11.01.1973

Place of Birth : Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Batting Style : Right Hand Batsman

Test Debut : Against England from 20.06.1996 to
24.06.1996 at Lords.

Last Test : Against West Indies from 30.06.2006 to
02.07.2006 at Kingston.

One Day Debut : Against Sri Lanka at Singapore on
03.04.1996

Last ODI : Against Australia at Chandigarh
on 29.10.2006
TEST MATCHES RECORD:
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Number of Test Matches : 104.
Total runs scored : 9049
Highest Score : 270
Strike record : 42.24
Centuries : 23
Half Centuries : 46

oONE DAY RECORDS:
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Matches : 300
Runs scored : 9681
Highest score : 153
Strike Rate : 70.50
Centuries : 12
Half Centuries : 72

PROFILE:
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Rahul Dravid, a cricketer who seamlessly blends an old-world classicism with a new-age professionalism, is the best No. 3 batsman to play for India - and might even be considered one of the best ever by the time his career is done. He already averages around 60 at that position, more than any regular No. 3 batsman in the game's history, barring Don Bradman. Unusually for an Indian batsman, he also averages more overseas - around 60, again - than at home. But impressive as his statistics are, they cannot represent the extent of his importance to India, or the beauty of his batsmanship.

When Dravid began playing Test cricket, he was quickly stereotyped as a technically correct player capable of stonewalling against the best attacks - his early nickname was 'The Wall' - but of little else. As the years went by, though, Dravid, a sincere batsman who brought humility and a deep intelligence to his study of the game, grew in stature, finally reaching full blossom under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy. As a New India emerged, so did a new Dravid: first, he put on the wicketkeeping gloves in one-dayers, and transformed himself into an astute finisher in the middle-order; then, he strung together a series of awe-inspiring performances in Test matches, as India crept closer and closer to their quest of an overseas series win.

Dravid's golden phase began, arguably, in Kolkata 2001, with a supporting act, when he made 180 to supplement VVS Laxman's classic effort of 281 against Australia. But from then on, Dravid became India's most valuable player, saving them Tests at Port Elizabeth, Georgetown and Trent Bridge, winning them Tests at Headlingley, Adelaide, Kandy and Rawalpindi. At one point during this run, he carved up four centuries in successive innings, and hit four double-centuries in the space of 15 Tests, including in historic away-wins at Adelaide, Rawalpindi and Jamaica. As India finished off the 2004 Pakistan tour on a winning note, on the back of Dravid's epic 270, his average crept past Sachin Tendulkar's - and it seemed no aberration.

Dravid's amazing run was no triumph of substance over style, though, for he has plenty of both. A classical strokeplayer who plays every shot in the book, he often outscores team-mates like Tendulkar and Laxman in the course of partnerships with them, and while his pulling and cover-driving is especially breathtaking, he has every other shot in the book as well. He is both an artist and a craftsman, repeatedly constructing innings that stand out not merely for the beauty of their execution, but for the context in which they come. By the time he entered his 30s, Dravid was already in the pantheon of great Indian batsmen, alongside Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. In October 2005, he was appointed captain the one-day side, began with a thumping 6-1 hammering of Sri Lanka in a home series, and was soon given responsibility of the Test side as well, taking over from the controversy-shrouded Sourav Ganguly. After two disappointing defeats to Pakistan and England, Dravid masterminded a historic series win in the West Indies, the first since 1970-71. What else could he achieve? Anything.

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Rahul Sharad Dravid (born 11 January 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer, and the current captain of the Indian cricket team. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka. Though dropped from the one-day team earlier in his career for being scoring relatively slowly, he is, at present, one of the top-ranked batsmen in world cricket, and has the highest test batting average of any Indian batsman in history. He started his international cricket career in 1996.

Early years
Born in Indore, Dravid's family relocated to Bangalore, Karnataka, where his father worked for Kissan, a company known for jams and preserves. This lead to him earning the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's, Bangalore. Dravid first came to prominence whilst attending a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at the clinic [1]. He went on to score a century on debut for his school team and was selected for the the U-15 Karnataka cricket team, scoring a double century against the U-15 Kerala cricket team[citation needed]. Along with the batting, he was keeping wickets. However, he later stopped keeping wickets on advice from former Test players Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and Tarapore. He was selected to make his Ranji Trophy in February 1991 against Maharashtra in Pune (while still attending college at St.Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore), alongside future Indian teammates Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, scoring 82 in a drawn match after batting in the No. 7 position [2]. his first full season was in 1991-92, when he scored two centuries to finish with 380 runs at an average of 63.3 [3], and was selected for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy [4], for whom he has been subsequently chosen annually. He had a stronger season in 1992-93, scoring 582 runs at an average of 83.1 including a double century [5] but managed only one game in the Duleep Trophy, scoring 14. In the following year, he had another strong Ranji Trophy scoring 644 runs at an average of 80.5 including two centuries [6] but again had a disappointing Duleep Trophy campaign, averaging just 13. [7]. However, in the 1994-95 season, Dravid played only once in the Ranji competition, but he scored 191 in his only innings [8] and averaged 52 in the Duleep Trophy [9]. In the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season, he scored 153 as captain against Hyderabad in the semi-final [10] to advance to the final, in which he scored another century against Tamil Nadu [11]. In total he scored 460 runs at an average of 57.50 [12] and was the second highest run-scorer in the Duleep Trophy behind V. V. S. Laxman as well as topping the averages [13]. Dravid bcame a contender for International duties after being selected for the India A team in a domestic tournament in the 1994-95 season [14] and again in the 1995-96 season [15], where he top-scored for his team in the match against India B [16] and the final against the senior Indian team [17]. However, he was overlooked from the Indian team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup held on the Indian subcontinent.

Early years
Born in Indore, Dravid's family relocated to Bangalore, Karnataka, where his father worked for Kissan, a company known for jams and preserves. This lead to him earning the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's, Bangalore. Dravid first came to prominence whilst attending a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at the clinic [1]. He went on to score a century on debut for his school team and was selected for the the U-15 Karnataka cricket team, scoring a double century against the U-15 Kerala cricket team[citation needed]. Along with the batting, he was keeping wickets. However, he later stopped keeping wickets on advice from former Test players Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and Tarapore. He was selected to make his Ranji Trophy in February 1991 against Maharashtra in Pune (while still attending college at St.Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore), alongside future Indian teammates Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, scoring 82 in a drawn match after batting in the No. 7 position [2]. his first full season was in 1991-92, when he scored two centuries to finish with 380 runs at an average of 63.3 [3], and was selected for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy [4], for whom he has been subsequently chosen annually. He had a stronger season in 1992-93, scoring 582 runs at an average of 83.1 including a double century [5] but managed only one game in the Duleep Trophy, scoring 14. In the following year, he had another strong Ranji Trophy scoring 644 runs at an average of 80.5 including two centuries [6] but again had a disappointing Duleep Trophy campaign, averaging just 13. [7]. However, in the 1994-95 season, Dravid played only once in the Ranji competition, but he scored 191 in his only innings [8] and averaged 52 in the Duleep Trophy [9]. In the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season, he scored 153 as captain against Hyderabad in the semi-final [10] to advance to the final, in which he scored another century against Tamil Nadu [11]. In total he scored 460 runs at an average of 57.50 [12] and was the second highest run-scorer in the Duleep Trophy behind V. V. S. Laxman as well as topping the averages [13]. Dravid bcame a contender for International duties after being selected for the India A team in a domestic tournament in the 1994-95 season [14] and again in the 1995-96 season [15], where he top-scored for his team in the match against India B [16] and the final against the senior Indian team [17]. However, he was overlooked from the Indian team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup held on the Indian subcontinent.

International career
Dravid made his international debut in one-dayers against Sri Lankan cricket team in the Singer Cup in the Singers ground in Singapore immediately after the World Cup in March 1996, replacing Vinod Kambli. After scoring just 21 runs in four matches [18] , Dravid was dropped during the Sharjah tournament and did not play again until Sanjay Manjrekar was injured on the tour of England [19].

With Manjrekar sidelined, he then made his debut in the Second Test against England along with Sourav Ganguly, scoring 95 [20]. He held his position on Manjrekar's return for the Third Test, scoring 84 [21]. After moderate home series against Australia and South Africa, Dravid broke through on the 1996-97 tour of South Africa. He batted at No. 3 in the third Test in Johannesburg, scoring his maiden century with 148 and 81, the top score in each innings to claim his first man of the match award [22]. He also finally made his first half-century against Pakistan in the Sahara Cup in 1996, scoring 90 in his 10th ODI [23].

In the 18 months ending in mid-1998, he played in an away series against the West Indies, home and away series against Sri Lanka and a home series against Australia, he scored consistently, with 964 runs at an average of 56.7. He scored eleven half-centuries but was unable to convert them to triple figures [24]. He scored his second century in late 1998 against Zimbabwe in a one-off Test match, top-scoring in both innings with 148 and 44, but was unable to prevent an Indian defeat [25]. He then became the third Indian batsman after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to score centuries in both innings of a match during the 1999 New Year's Test match against New Zealand with 190 and 103* to force a draw [26], batting for a total of 653 minutes [27]. He had a moderate subcontinental season in early 1999, scoring 269 runs at 38.42 with one century before scoring 239 at 39.8 including a century against New Zealand in late 1999[28]. This was followed by a poor away series against Australia and another poor home series against South Africa, accumulating just 187 runs at an average of 18.7. He then scored 200*, his first double century, against Zimbabwe in Delhi which along with 70* in the second innings helped India to victory. It was the first time he had passed 50 in 12 months and he followed this with a 162 in the following Test, giving him 432 runs in the two match series at an average of 432 [29].

Dravid's style
Beginning with the reputation of being a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, he was dropped from ODIs as he was slow in making runs. Of late, however, Rahul Dravid has defied early perceptions to become the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up in ODIs [citation needed]as well as in Tests. His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements has now become a tribute to his consistency. Dravid has scored 23 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 58.75, including 5 double centuries. In one-dayers though he has an average of 40.16, he is a slow scorer at a strike rate of 70. He is one of the few Indians who average more at away matches than at home, averaging over 10 more runs a match abroad than on Indian pitches. As of 9 August, 2006, Dravid's average in overseas Tests stood at 65.28 as against his overall Test average of 58.75, and his average for away ODI stands at 42.03 as against overall ODI average of 40.20. In matches that India has won, Dravid averages 78.72 in Tests and 53.40 in ODIs.

Dravid's sole Test wicket was that of Ridley Jacobs in the fourth Test against the West Indies during the 2001-2002 series. While he has no pretensions to being a bowler, Dravid often kept wicket for India in ODIs, an 'experiment' that continued for several seasons. He has since delegated the wicket-keeping gloves, first to Parthiv Patel and more recently to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dravid is now purely a batsman, one who has averaged 63.51 in matches played since 1 January, 2000.

Dravid was involved in two of the largest parnerships in ODIs: a 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly, the first pair to combine for a 300-run partnership, and then a 331-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar, which is the present world record. He also holds the record for the greatest number of innings since debut before being dismissed for a duck. His highest scores in ODIs and Tests are 153 and 270 respectively. Uniquely, each of his five double centuries in Tests was a higher score than his previous double century (200*, 217, 222, 233, 270).

Also, Dravid is the current world record holder for the highest percentage(%) contribution of runs scored in matches won under a single captain, where the captain has won more than 20 tests. [1] In the 21 Test matches India won under Sourav Ganguly's leadership, Dravid played his part in every single one of those wins, scoring at a record average of 102.84 and piling up an astonishing 2571 runs, with nine hundreds - three of them double-centuries - and ten fifties in 32 innings. He contributed nearly 23% of the total runs scored by India those 21 matches, which is almost one run out of every four runs the team scored.

In 2004, Dravid was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. On 7 September, 2004, he was awarded the inaugural Player of the year award and the Test player of the year by the International Cricket Council, ICC (associated image below). Dravid's batting average of 95.46 in the past year has made him the only Indian to be in the Test team of the year. On 18th March, 2006, Dravid played his 100th Test against England in Mumbai.

In 2005, a biography of Rahul Dravid written by Devendra Prabhudesai was published, 'The Nice Guy Who Finished First'.

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

Dravid was nicknamed 'Jammy' by schoolmates because his father worked for Kissan, famous for its jams and preserves.

In 2006, it was announced that he would remain captain of the Indian team up to the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.

Personal Records

Tests
Dravid has the highest Test batting average among those who have scored over 8,000 Test runs. (September 2006) [2]
Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 tests.[3]
Longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (94)
Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home (until the ICC decides to add more nations to the list of Test playing nations his record can only be equalled, not broken).[4]
Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain).
He is the fastest to reach 9000 runs in Test cricket. In all he took 176 innings to do this, bettering the previous record set by Brian Lara by 1 innings.
He has the best career Test average among contemporary batsmen who have played at least 20 innings (58.75 after 104 Tests and 176 innings, just ahead of Ricky Ponting's 58.22 from 105 matches and 175 innings; as of 9th August 2006 Michael Hussey averages 75.93 after 19 innings).
Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.
With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid bettered the previous Indian record of 50+ scores in 6 consecutive Tests for a single batsman. This record was shared by Vijay Hazare, Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sadagoppan Ramesh. As of October 2006 this streak is unbroken.
He is currently joint 4th along with Brian Lara among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (5288 as of August 9th 2006). Only Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Border and Vivian Richards have scored more away Test runs.
Best career average among players who have played 100 or more Tests.
Best away average among players who have played 50 or more away Tests.
9th batsman to score twin hundreds in a test twice, and only the 2nd Indian to do so, after Sunil Gavakar.
1st Indian to score 5 double hundreds, each bigger than the previous.

One Dayers
Partnership Records

The only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.
First batsman to be involved in a 300 run partnership along with Sourav Ganguly in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
Involved in the highest partnership in the history of ODI cricket with a 331 run partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.
World Cup Records

He was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.
Highest score by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup.
Captaincy Records

The highest winning percentage among all the captains who have captained their sides in at least 5 ODIs. He's won 23, lost 13 and had no result in 1 - this winning percentage of 62.16 displaces Ajay Jadeja's 61.54
He is tied with Sachin Tendulkar in fourth place for having captained India in the most victorious matches
Has the highest ODI batting average as captain of 45.58 (as of 4/7/06), among all captains who have captained more than 10 ODIs.

Outstanding Innings

Tests
180 vs Australia at Kolkata, India in 2001
148 vs England at Leeds, UK in 2002
233 and 72* vs Australia at Adelaide, Australia in 2003
270 vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2004
110 and 135 vs Pakistan at Kolkata, India in 2005
81 and 68 vs West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica in 2006



One Dayers
126 vs New Zealand at Taupo, New Zealand, in 1998-99 145 vs Sri Lanka at Taunton, England, in 1999

153 vs New Zealand at Hyderabad, India, in 1999-2000


Captaincy

Achievements
Rahul Dravid led India to a historic test series win, against the West Indies in their home soil in 2006. Since 1971, India had never won a test series in the West Indies. This is also their first prominent series win outside the Indian subcontinent (barring the win against Zimbabwe in 2005) since 1986.
Under Dravid's captaincy the Indian team tied the previous record of most consecutive One-Day International wins for an Indian team (8).
During his 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. This streak was broken on 5/20/06, when India lost to the West Indies by one run, at Sabina Park, Jamaica.

Criticism
One of Dravid's most debated decisions was taken in March 2004, when he was standing in as captain for an injured Sourav Ganguly. The Indian first innings was declared at a point when Sachin Tendulkar was at 194 with 16 overs remaining on Day 2. In Dravid's defence, the media noted at the time that the decision had apparently been made by Ganguly [5], and Ganguly himself later admitted that it had been a mistake, [6] the wording of the statement indicating that it had not been Dravid's call.
Rahul Dravid has had a mixed record when leading India in Tests. India lost the Karachi Test in 2006, giving Pakistan the series 1-0. In March 2006, India lost the Mumbai Test, giving England its first Test victory in India since 1985, enabling Flintoff's men to draw the series 1-1. While the loss in Karachi could be put down to several Indian batsmen playing badly, the defeat in Mumbai was arguably the result of Dravid's decision to bowl first on a flat dry pitch which later deteriorated and ended with an Indian collapse in the run chase. [7]
After India failed to qualify for the Finals of the DLF Cup, Indian skipper Rahul Dravid was criticised by former all-rounder Ravi Shastri who said that he was not assertive enough and let Greg Chappell make too many decisions[8]. When asked for a response, Dravid said that Shastri, while a 'fair critic', was 'not privy' to the internal decision-making process of the team [9].

Teams

International
India (current)
ACC Asian XI
ICC World XI

Indian first-class
Karnataka (current)

English county
Kent
Scotland

Timeline
1973 - Born 11 January 1973, in Indore
1984 - Attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA's Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore (There was another Keki Tarapore [Mumbai, deceased] with whom people confuse this gentleman who also passed on.)
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.
Stops keeping wickets on advice from Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore.
1985 - Gets recognised in Bangalore as a prodigy after becoming the first ever to score a century in the Cottonian Shield inter school tournament (Juniors) for St. Josephs High School against Baldwin Boys' High School, in the final.
1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.
1996 - Double century in Ranji finals, vs. Tamil Nadu.
1996 - Test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar was injured and Navjot Singh Sidhu flew back home after a fracas with captain Azharuddin. Makes 95.
1997 - Maiden Test hundred (148), vs. South Africa, third Test, Johannesburg.
1997 - First one day hundred (107), vs. Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai.
1998 - Dropped from One Day squad for the ODI tournament in Bangladesh.
1999 - Hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.
1999 - Makes 461 runs, including three 50s and two 100s in World Cup.
1999 - Signs up with Kent for the 2000 English county season.
2001 - Scores 180, while V. V. S. Laxman makes 281, in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia at Eden Gardens, ending 16 Test-winning streak by Australia.
2004 - Career best 270 against Pakistan, at Rawalpindi.
2005 - Succeeds Sourav Ganguly as Test and ODI captain.
2005 - The Nice Guy Who Finished First by Devendra Prabhudesai, released by coach Greg Chappell.
2006 - Scores first century as captain, at Lahore, vs. Pakistan.

Career highlights

Tests
Test Debut: vs England, Lord's, 1996


Dravid's best Test batting score of 270 was made against Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2003-2004
His best Test bowling figures of 1 for 18 came against West Indies, St. John's, 2001-2002
He is only the third Indian to score over 8,000 Test runs, following Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
Rahul Dravid is the fastest batsman in the history of Test cricket to make 9,000 runs. The Indian captain brought up the landmark in his 176th innings playing against West Indies in 2006 and broke the earlier record of Brian Lara

One-day internationals
ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1995-1996


Dravid's best ODI batting score of 153 was made against New Zealand, Hyderabad, 1999-2000
His best ODI bowling figures of 2 for 43 came against South Africa, Kochi, 1999-2000

Awards
1999 - Ceat Cricketer of the 1999 World Cup
2000 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
2004 - Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
2004 - Padma Shri
2004 - ICC Player of The Year
2004 - ICC Test Player of The Year

Personal life
Rahul Dravid married Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur, on Sunday, 4 May, 2003; their son, Samit Rahul Dravid, was born on 11 October, 2005.


Minor Records

ODI
The first Indian to score a hundred in the Caribbean (105). (The previous record was 90 by Sunil Gavaskar
He has the highest score by an Indian captain against West Indies (In all countries) (105)
He has the highest score among any captain in the Caribbean (past and present of all countries)
He has the record for least number of innings required to score 1000 runs against West Indies by an Indian (26)
The only person who has got it in less innings in international cricket is Jacques Kallis (25)
He is the leading Run scorer against West Indies for India
Test
Was the first batsman to score 1000 runs in the 2006 calendar year.
Dravid is the seventh batsman to have both scores be the best in the match in which 40 wickets fell
With 496 runs Dravid scored the most runs scored by an Indian captain on foreign soil in the 2006 tour of West Indies

Answer 7

Rahul Sharad Dravid(Kannada:ರಾಹುಲ್‌ ಶರದ್‌ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ್‌) pronunciation (help·info) (born 11 January 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer, and the current captain of the Indian cricket team. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka. Though dropped from the one-day team earlier in his career for being scoring relatively slowly, he is, at present, one of the top-ranked batsmen in world cricket, and has the highest test batting average of any Indian batsman in history. He started his international cricket career in 1996.

Rahul Dravid
India (Ind)
Rahul Dravid
Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type Off spin (OB)
Tests ODIs
Matches 104 298
Runs scored 9049 9580
Batting average 58.75 39.58
100s/50s 23/46 12/71
Top score 270 153
Overs bowled 20 31
Wickets 1 4
Bowling average 39.00 42.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 N/A
Best bowling 1/18 2/43
Catches/stumpings 146/0 179/14

As of October 15, 2006
Source: Cricinfo.com

Early years

Born in Indore, Dravid's family relocated to Bangalore, Karnataka, where his father worked for Kissan, a company known for jams and preserves. This lead to him earning the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's, Bangalore. Dravid first came to prominence whilst attending a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at the clinic [1]. He went on to score a century on debut for his school team and was selected for the the U-15 Karnataka cricket team, scoring a double century against the U-15 Kerala cricket team[citation needed]. Along with the batting, he was keeping wickets. However, he later stopped keeping wickets on advice from former Test players Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and Tarapore. He was selected to make his Ranji Trophy in February 1991 against Maharashtra in Pune (while still attending college at St.Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore), alongside future Indian teammates Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, scoring 82 in a drawn match after batting in the No. 7 position [2]. his first full season was in 1991-92, when he scored two centuries to finish with 380 runs at an average of 63.3 [3], and was selected for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy [4], for whom he has been subsequently chosen annually. He had a stronger season in 1992-93, scoring 582 runs at an average of 83.1 including a double century [5] but managed only one game in the Duleep Trophy, scoring 14. In the following year, he had another strong Ranji Trophy scoring 644 runs at an average of 80.5 including two centuries [6] but again had a disappointing Duleep Trophy campaign, averaging just 13. [7]. However, in the 1994-95 season, Dravid played only once in the Ranji competition, but he scored 191 in his only innings [8] and averaged 52 in the Duleep Trophy [9]. In the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season, he scored 153 as captain against Hyderabad in the semi-final [10] to advance to the final, in which he scored another century against Tamil Nadu [11]. In total he scored 460 runs at an average of 57.50 [12] and was the second highest run-scorer in the Duleep Trophy behind V. V. S. Laxman as well as topping the averages [13]. Dravid bcame a contender for International duties after being selected for the India A team in a domestic tournament in the 1994-95 season [14] and again in the 1995-96 season [15], where he top-scored for his team in the match against India B [16] and the final against the senior Indian team [17]. However, he was overlooked from the Indian team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup held on the Indian subcontinent.

[edit] International career

Dravid made his international debut in one-dayers against Sri Lankan cricket team in the Singer Cup in the Singers ground in Singapore immediately after the World Cup in March 1996, replacing Vinod Kambli. After scoring just 21 runs in four matches [18] , Dravid was dropped during the Sharjah tournament and did not play again until Sanjay Manjrekar was injured on the tour of England [19].

With Manjrekar sidelined, he then made his debut in the Second Test against England along with Sourav Ganguly, scoring 95 [20]. He held his position on Manjrekar's return for the Third Test, scoring 84 [21]. After moderate home series against Australia and South Africa, Dravid broke through on the 1996-97 tour of South Africa. He batted at No. 3 in the third Test in Johannesburg, scoring his maiden century with 148 and 81, the top score in each innings to claim his first man of the match award [22]. He also finally made his first half-century against Pakistan in the Sahara Cup in 1996, scoring 90 in his 10th ODI [23].

In the 18 months ending in mid-1998, he played in an away series against the West Indies, home and away series against Sri Lanka and a home series against Australia, he scored consistently, with 964 runs at an average of 56.7. He scored eleven half-centuries but was unable to convert them to triple figures [24]. He scored his second century in late 1998 against Zimbabwe in a one-off Test match, top-scoring in both innings with 148 and 44, but was unable to prevent an Indian defeat [25]. He then became the third Indian batsman after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to score centuries in both innings of a match during the 1999 New Year's Test match against New Zealand with 190 and 103* to force a draw [26], batting for a total of 653 minutes [27]. He had a moderate subcontinental season in early 1999, scoring 269 runs at 38.42 with one century before scoring 239 at 39.8 including a century against New Zealand in late 1999[28]. This was followed by a poor away series against Australia and another poor home series against South Africa, accumulating just 187 runs at an average of 18.7. He then scored 200*, his first double century, against Zimbabwe in Delhi which along with 70* in the second innings helped India to victory. It was the first time he had passed 50 in 12 months and he followed this with a 162 in the following Test, giving him 432 runs in the two match series at an average of 432 [29].

[edit] Dravid's style

Beginning with the reputation of being a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, he was dropped from ODIs as he was slow in making runs. Of late, however, Rahul Dravid has defied early perceptions to become the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up in ODIs [citation needed]as well as in Tests. His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements has now become a tribute to his consistency. Dravid has scored 23 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 58.75, including 5 double centuries. In one-dayers though he has an average of 40.16, he is a slow scorer at a strike rate of 70. He is one of the few Indians who average more at away matches than at home, averaging over 10 more runs a match abroad than on Indian pitches. As of 9 August, 2006, Dravid's average in overseas Tests stood at 65.28 as against his overall Test average of 58.75, and his average for away ODI stands at 42.03 as against overall ODI average of 40.20. In matches that India has won, Dravid averages 78.72 in Tests and 53.40 in ODIs.

Dravid's sole Test wicket was that of Ridley Jacobs in the fourth Test against the West Indies during the 2001-2002 series. While he has no pretensions to being a bowler, Dravid often kept wicket for India in ODIs, an 'experiment' that continued for several seasons. He has since delegated the wicket-keeping gloves, first to Parthiv Patel and more recently to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dravid is now purely a batsman, one who has averaged 63.51 in matches played since 1 January, 2000.

Dravid was involved in two of the largest parnerships in ODIs: a 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly, the first pair to combine for a 300-run partnership, and then a 331-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar, which is the present world record. He also holds the record for the greatest number of innings since debut before being dismissed for a duck. His highest scores in ODIs and Tests are 153 and 270 respectively. Uniquely, each of his five double centuries in Tests was a higher score than his previous double century (200*, 217, 222, 233, 270).

Also, Dravid is the current world record holder for the highest percentage(%) contribution of runs scored in matches won under a single captain, where the captain has won more than 20 tests. [1] In the 21 Test matches India won under Sourav Ganguly's leadership, Dravid played his part in every single one of those wins, scoring at a record average of 102.84 and piling up an astonishing 2571 runs, with nine hundreds - three of them double-centuries - and ten fifties in 32 innings. He contributed nearly 23% of the total runs scored by India those 21 matches, which is almost one run out of every four runs the team scored.
Rahul Dravid's career performance graph.
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Rahul Dravid's career performance graph.

He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year 2000.

In 2004, Dravid was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. On 7 September, 2004, he was awarded the inaugural Player of the year award and the Test player of the year by the International Cricket Council, ICC (associated image below). Dravid's batting average of 95.46 in the past year has made him the only Indian to be in the Test team of the year. On 18th March, 2006, Dravid played his 100th Test against England in Mumbai.

In 2005, a biography of Rahul Dravid written by Devendra Prabhudesai was published, 'The Nice Guy Who Finished First'.

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

Dravid was nicknamed 'Jammy' by schoolmates because his father worked for Kissan, famous for its jams and preserves.

In 2006, it was announced that he would remain captain of the Indian team up to the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.

[edit] Personal Records

[edit] Tests

* Dravid has the highest Test batting average among those who have scored over 8,000 Test runs. (September 2006) [2]
* Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 tests.[3]
* Longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (94)
* Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home (until the ICC decides to add more nations to the list of Test playing nations his record can only be equalled, not broken).[4]
* Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain).
* He is the fastest to reach 9000 runs in Test cricket. In all he took 176 innings to do this, bettering the previous record set by Brian Lara by 1 innings.
* He has the best career Test average among contemporary batsmen who have played at least 20 innings (58.75 after 104 Tests and 176 innings, just ahead of Ricky Ponting's 58.22 from 105 matches and 175 innings; as of 9th August 2006 Michael Hussey averages 75.93 after 19 innings).
* Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.
* With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid bettered the previous Indian record of 50+ scores in 6 consecutive Tests for a single batsman. This record was shared by Vijay Hazare, Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sadagoppan Ramesh. As of October 2006 this streak is unbroken.
* He is currently joint 4th along with Brian Lara among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (5288 as of August 9th 2006). Only Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Border and Vivian Richards have scored more away Test runs.
* Best career average among players who have played 100 or more Tests.
* Best away average among players who have played 50 or more away Tests.
* 9th batsman to score twin hundreds in a test twice, and only the 2nd Indian to do so, after Sunil Gavakar.
* 1st Indian to score 5 double hundreds, each bigger than the previous.

[edit] One Dayers

Partnership Records

* The only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.
* First batsman to be involved in a 300 run partnership along with Sourav Ganguly in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
* Involved in the highest partnership in the history of ODI cricket with a 331 run partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.

World Cup Records

* He was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.
* Highest score by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup.

Captaincy Records

* The highest winning percentage among all the captains who have captained their sides in at least 5 ODIs. He's won 23, lost 13 and had no result in 1 - this winning percentage of 62.16 displaces Ajay Jadeja's 61.54
* He is tied with Sachin Tendulkar in fourth place for having captained India in the most victorious matches
* Has the highest ODI batting average as captain of 45.58 (as of 4/7/06), among all captains who have captained more than 10 ODIs.

[edit] Outstanding Innings

[edit] Tests

180 vs Australia at Kolkata, India in 2001
148 vs England at Leeds, UK in 2002
233 and 72* vs Australia at Adelaide, Australia in 2003
270 vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2004
110 and 135 vs Pakistan at Kolkata, India in 2005
81 and 68 vs West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica in 2006

[edit] One Dayers

126 vs New Zealand at Taupo, New Zealand, in 1998-99 145 vs Sri Lanka at Taunton, England, in 1999

153 vs New Zealand at Hyderabad, India, in 1999-2000

[edit] Captaincy

[edit] Achievements

* Rahul Dravid led India to a historic test series win, against the West Indies in their home soil in 2006. Since 1971, India had never won a test series in the West Indies. This is also their first prominent series win outside the Indian subcontinent (barring the win against Zimbabwe in 2005) since 1986.
* Under Dravid's captaincy the Indian team tied the previous record of most consecutive One-Day International wins for an Indian team (8).
* During his 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. This streak was broken on 5/20/06, when India lost to the West Indies by one run, at Sabina Park, Jamaica.

[edit] Criticism

* One of Dravid's most debated decisions was taken in March 2004, when he was standing in as captain for an injured Sourav Ganguly. The Indian first innings was declared at a point when Sachin Tendulkar was at 194 with 16 overs remaining on Day 2. In Dravid's defence, the media noted at the time that the decision had apparently been made by Ganguly [5], and Ganguly himself later admitted that it had been a mistake, [6] the wording of the statement indicating that it had not been Dravid's call.
* Rahul Dravid has had a mixed record when leading India in Tests. India lost the Karachi Test in 2006, giving Pakistan the series 1-0. In March 2006, India lost the Mumbai Test, giving England its first Test victory in India since 1985, enabling Flintoff's men to draw the series 1-1. While the loss in Karachi could be put down to several Indian batsmen playing badly, the defeat in Mumbai was arguably the result of Dravid's decision to bowl first on a flat dry pitch which later deteriorated and ended with an Indian collapse in the run chase. [7]
* After India failed to qualify for the Finals of the DLF Cup, Indian skipper Rahul Dravid was criticised by former all-rounder Ravi Shastri who said that he was not assertive enough and let Greg Chappell make too many decisions[8]. When asked for a response, Dravid said that Shastri, while a 'fair critic', was 'not privy' to the internal decision-making process of the team [9].

[edit] Teams

[edit] International

* India (current)
* ACC Asian XI
* ICC World XI

[edit] Indian first-class

* Karnataka (current)

[edit] English county

* Kent
* Scotland

[edit] Timeline

* 1973 - Born 11 January 1973, in Indore
* 1984 - Attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA's Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore (There was another Keki Tarapore [Mumbai, deceased] with whom people confuse this gentleman who also passed on.)
* 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.
* Stops keeping wickets on advice from Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore.
* 1985 - Gets recognised in Bangalore as a prodigy after becoming the first ever to score a century in the Cottonian Shield inter school tournament (Juniors) for St. Josephs High School against Baldwin Boys' High School, in the final.
* 1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.
* 1996 - Double century in Ranji finals, vs. Tamil Nadu.
* 1996 - Test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar was injured and Navjot Singh Sidhu flew back home after a fracas with captain Azharuddin. Makes 95.
* 1997 - Maiden Test hundred (148), vs. South Africa, third Test, Johannesburg.
* 1997 - First one day hundred (107), vs. Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai.
* 1998 - Dropped from One Day squad for the ODI tournament in Bangladesh.
* 1999 - Hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.
* 1999 - Makes 461 runs, including three 50s and two 100s in World Cup.
* 1999 - Signs up with Kent for the 2000 English county season.
* 2001 - Scores 180, while V. V. S. Laxman makes 281, in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia at Eden Gardens, ending 16 Test-winning streak by Australia.
* 2004 - Career best 270 against Pakistan, at Rawalpindi.
* 2005 - Succeeds Sourav Ganguly as Test and ODI captain.
* 2005 - The Nice Guy Who Finished First by Devendra Prabhudesai, released by coach Greg Chappell.
* 2006 - Scores first century as captain, at Lahore, vs. Pakistan.

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Tests

Test Debut: vs England, Lord's, 1996

* Dravid's best Test batting score of 270 was made against Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2003-2004
* His best Test bowling figures of 1 for 18 came against West Indies, St. John's, 2001-2002
* He is only the third Indian to score over 8,000 Test runs, following Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
* Rahul Dravid is the fastest batsman in the history of Test cricket to make 9,000 runs. The Indian captain brought up the landmark in his 176th innings playing against West Indies in 2006 and broke the earlier record of Brian Lara

[edit] One-day internationals

ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1995-1996

* Dravid's best ODI batting score of 153 was made against New Zealand, Hyderabad, 1999-2000
* His best ODI bowling figures of 2 for 43 came against South Africa, Kochi, 1999-2000

[edit] Awards

* 1999 - Ceat Cricketer of the 1999 World Cup
* 2000 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
* 2004 - Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
* 2004 - Padma Shri
* 2004 - ICC Player of The Year
* 2004 - ICC Test Player of The Year

[edit] Personal life

Rahul Dravid married Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur, on Sunday, 4 May, 2003; their son, Samit Rahul Dravid, was born on 11 October, 2005.

[edit] Minor Records

[edit] ODI

* The first Indian to score a hundred in the Caribbean (105). (The previous record was 90 by Sunil Gavaskar
* He has the highest score by an Indian captain against West Indies (In all countries) (105)
* He has the highest score among any captain in the Caribbean (past and present of all countries)
* He has the record for least number of innings required to score 1000 runs against West Indies by an Indian (26)
o The only person who has got it in less innings in international cricket is Jacques Kallis (25)
* He is the leading Run scorer against West Indies for India

[edit] Test

* Was the first batsman to score 1000 runs in the 2006 calendar year.
* Dravid is the seventh batsman to have both scores be the best in the match in which 40 wickets fell
* With 496 runs Dravid scored the most runs scored by an Indian captain on foreign soil in the 2006 tour of West Indies

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/221152.html
2. ^ http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_HIGHEST_AVS.html
3. ^ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/221152.html
4. ^ http://www.cricketzone.com/news/columns/20060710-0.html
5. ^ http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/mar/29tendulkar.htm
6. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043000932100.htm
7. ^ http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/indveng/content/current/story/241706.html
8. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/25/stories/2006092509681900.htm
9. ^ http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=328034&ssid=88&sid=SPO

[edit] External links

* Cricinfo Player Profile : Rahul Dravid
* HowSTAT! statistical profile on Rahul Dravid
* PwC Batsman Rankings

India India squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup India

1 Ganguly | 2 Dravid | 3 Sehwag | 4 Tendulkar | 5 Kumble | 6 Harbhajan | 7 Srinath | 8 Zaheer | 9 Nehra | 10 Mongia | 11 P Patel | 12 Bangar | 13 Agarkar | 14 Yuvraj | 15 Kaif | Coach: Wright
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Sourav Ganguly Indian Test captains
2005/06 Succeeded by:
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2005/06 Succeeded by:
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2004 Succeeded by:
Andrew Flintoff & Jacques Kallis

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Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 33 years 177 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Mumbai, Yorkshire
Also known as ???? ????????;
Nickname Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Height 5.05 ft
Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Statsguru Test player, ODI player



Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 132 211 22 10469 248* 55.39 35 41 41 82 0
ODIs 368 359 35 14405 186* 44.45 16773 85.88 40 73 1536 154 109 0
First-class 228 353 37 18872 248* 59.72 59 87 149 0
List A 455 444 49 17957 186* 45.46 51 91 144 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 132 3330 1893 37 3/10 3/14 51.16 3.41 90.00 0 0 0
ODIs 368 7349 6194 142 5/32 5/32 43.61 5.05 51.75 4 2 0
First-class 228 6617 3748 61 3/10 61.44 3.39 108.47 0 0
List A 455 9525 7822 189 5/32 5/32 41.38 4.92 50.39 4 2 0

Career statistics

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Test debut Pakistan v India at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test India v England at Mumbai - Mar 18-22, 2006 scorecard
ODI debut Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI India v England at Jaipur - Oct 15, 2006 scorecard
First-class span 1988/89 - 2005/06
List A span 1989/90 - 2006/07

Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997

Profile

When he became the first batsman to score 50 hundreds in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar established himself as the greatest of all Indian cricketers. Recognised by Sir Donald Bradman as his modern incarnation, Tendulkar has a skill - a genius - which only a handful have possessed. It was not a skill that he was simply born with, but one which was developed by his intelligence and an infinite capacity for taking pains. If there is a secret, it is that Tendulkar has the keenest of cricket minds. At times in a Test series he looks mortal. But he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. His bravery was proved after he was hit on the head on his Test debut in Pakistan, when he was only 16; and his commitment to the Indian cause has never been in doubt. If captaincy - or rather the off-field management of men less skilled than himself - was beyond him at his first attempt, his reading of the game, and his manifold varieties of bowling, have shown the same acute intelligence. His cricket has been played in the right way too, always attacking, and because he knew that was the right way rather than because he was a child of the one-day age, as he himself modestly said. The awe of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds - or a game - until Tendulkar was out. Surpassed Sunil Gavaskar, his guru, as the leading century-maker in Test cricket with his 35th three-figure score in November 2005.
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is an Indian former cricketer who was regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. His most famous achievements were captaining India to their first and only World Cup title in 1983, and holding the record for the most Test match wickets, between 1994 and 1999. He is now retired from the game, but is still involved in the administration.

Kapil Dev was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler throughout most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s which he used very effectively against tailenders.

As a batsman he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition.

His nickname was The Haryana Hurricane - he used to represent the Haryana cricket team, although he is himself a Punjabi.



Kapil made his international cricket debut against Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1978-79 and became an instant success with the Indian masses when he hit two clean sixes on his way to his first half-century in the 3rd Test of that series. When Pakistan returned for a six-Test series in 1979-80, Kapil was the man of the series and the main factor behind the 2-0 win for India. More success followed in the next season in Australia, where he helped India defend a small second-innings score at Melbourne against a formidable Australian batting line-up. He was the man of the series against England, both in the home series of 1981-82 as well as the "away" series in 1982. Following India's disastrous tour of Pakistan in 1982-83, he was appointed the captain and within a few months of taking over the captaincy, he led India to the World Cup win of 1983. His best bowling analysis of 9/83 came the same year against West Indies at Ahmedabad.

Difficult captaincy

Kapil lost the captaincy in early 1984. He regained it in March 1985 and guided India on a Test series win over England on their tour in 1986 right till the World Cup 1987 when he faced the blame for India's loss to England in the semifinal, as he holed out to deep mid-wicket triggering a collapse that led to the unexpected loss.

The captaincy period was on the whole a difficult one for him as it was mired with reports of differences with Sunil Gavaskar, as well as his own inconsistent form as a bowler.[citation needed]

[edit] Records in Test cricket
Kapil Dev's career performance graph.
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Kapil Dev's career performance graph.

By the end of 1983, Kapil already had about 250 Test wickets in just five years and looked well on his way to becoming the greatest wicket taker ever. However, following a knee surgery in 1984, his bowling declined as he lost some of his majestic jump at the crease. He continued to be effective, if not devastating for another ten years and became the second bowler ever to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 1991-92. In early 1994, he became the highest Test wicket taker in the world, breaking the record held by Richard Hadlee. Kapil's record was broken by Courtney Walsh in 1999. Shane Warne is the current record-holder.

Kapil is the only player to have completed the all-rounder's double of 4,000 Test runs and 400 Test wickets.


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Profile of bratt lee:-

Full name Brett Lee
Born November 8, 1976, Wollongong, New South Wales
Current age 29 years 355 days
Major teams Australia, New South Wales
Nickname Bing
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height 1.87 m
Relations Brother - S Lee

Statsguru Test player, ODI player
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 54 60 11 1033 64 21.08 1832 56.38 0 3 123 15 15 0
ODIs 140 63 25 702 57 18.47 842 83.37 0 2 33 22 34 0
Twenty20 Int. 3 2 1 58 43* 58.00 41 141.46 0 0 5 2 0 0
First-class 89 103 18 1579 79 18.57 2833 55.73 0 5 26 0
List A 169 79 33 811 57 17.63 0 2 38 0
Twenty20 3 2 1 58 43* 58.00 41 141.46 0 0 0 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 54 11098 6636 211 5/30 8/123 31.45 3.58 52.59 10 7 0
ODIs 140 7167 5592 250 5/22 5/22 22.36 4.68 28.66 11 6 0
Twenty20 Int. 3 60 72 1 1/26 1/26 72.00 7.20 60.00 0 0 0
First-class 89 17681 10180 372 7/114 27.36 3.45 47.52 16 2
List A 169 8738 6673 288 5/22 5/22 23.17 4.58 30.34 12 6 0
Twenty20 3 60 72 1 1/26 1/26 72.00 7.20 60.00 0 0 0

Career statistics

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Test debut Australia v India at Melbourne - Dec 26-30, 1999 scorecard
Last Test Bangladesh v Australia at Chittagong (CDS) - Apr 16-20, 2006 scorecard
ODI debut Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane - Jan 9, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI Australia v England at Jaipur - Oct 21, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 Int. debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Int. South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg - Feb 24, 2006 scorecard
First-class span 1994/95 - 2005/06
List A span 1997/98 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span 2004/05 - 2005/06

Notes
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year - 2000
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2006

Profile

If Brett Lee were a Ferrari ... No. There is no if. He is already the fastest in the world, equal with Shoaib Akhtar at a flicker above or below 100mph, and always seems on the verge of striking a body or a wicket. At the 2003 World Cup, during which he took a ferocious hat-trick against Kenya, Lee was a polished star, while Shoaib was a novelty act. It was the same in the 2004-05 VB Series - Lee's pace was blinding; Shoaib's was hamstrung. When Lee releases the throttle and begins that smooth acceleration, the spectator stays his drinking hand. The leaping, classical delivery may produce a devastating yorker, a devilish slower ball or a young-Donald outswinger. Add a dash of peroxide, a fruity vocabulary, a trademark jump for joy, a stylish bat, a streak of sadism when bowling at tailenders, a pop group (Six And Out), and an endearing dedication to a job at a gentleman's outfitters, and you have the 21st century's first designer cricketer - not to mention a priceless pin-up boy.

While Steve Waugh unleashed him in a dramatic opening of 42 wickets in seven Tests before an elbow operation, Ricky Ponting gave Lee a blueprint for lasting success that doesn't rely solely on bouncers or yorkers. "The way that Ricky has captained my personal bowling over the last couple of years has just been brilliant," he said early in 2006. "Going back two or three years, I wasn't really sure what they wanted me to do." Lee's next statistical goals are 250 wickets and an average below 30, while status as an allrounder beckons after lifting his output to 31 an innings since his return from the wilderness in 2005.

Lee's career hasn't always been easy. He struggled against accusations of throwing, bean balls, stress fractures and other injuries, and had a strangely barren first Ashes series in 2001. Three years later he U-turned from ankle surgery, but was stuck in the pits of the dressing room as he ran drinks and sponges in nine consecutive Tests. He returned to the fold for the 2005 Ashes series and earned plaudits for his never-say-die attitude and brave performances with both bat and ball. He nearly pulled off a win for Australia with a battling 43 at Edgbaston, but his partner-in-crime Michael Kasprowicz fell at the contentious final hurdle. Andrew Flintoff's consoling of Lee seconds after the catch was 2005's defining image.

Lee's 2006 brightened further when he partnered Kasprowicz in a nail-biting win over South Africa that eased the pain of the previous near-miss. It was an important summer as he assumed the role of attack leader when Glenn McGrath first struggled for impact and then pulled out of tours to South Africa and Bangladesh to care for his sick wife. Lee moved into the position he had craved since crashing on to the Test scene with 5 for 47 against India, and he celebrated 89 international wickets for the season with lawnmower, hunting and leaping celebrations.
Cricinfo staff May 2006

LOWEST SCORE IN CRICKET

ODI # 2122
Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe, 2004, 3rd One-Day International
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
Harare Sports Club
25 April 2004 (50-over match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Series: Sri Lanka leads the 5-match series 3-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and ID Robinson
TV Umpire: KC Barbour
Match Referee: MJ Procter (SA)
ODI Debuts: HMRKB Herath, MF Maharoof (SL).
Man of the Match: WPUJC Vaas

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
S Matsikenyeri run out (Herath) 4 14 12 1 0
BRM Taylor c Dilshan b Vaas 4 38 24 1 0
DD Ebrahim c Sangakkara b Fernando 7 14 10 1 0
*+T Taibu lbw b Fernando 0 1 1 0 0
E Chigumbura b Vaas 0 6 3 0 0
A Maregwede b Vaas 2 25 14 0 0
V Sibanda c Dilshan b Maharoof 4 24 15 0 0
ML Nkala not out 3 28 8 0 0
P Utseya lbw b Vaas 0 7 4 0 0
DT Hondo c Sangakkara b Maharoof 4 12 15 0 0
T Panyangara c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0 2 2 0 0
Extras (lb 3, w 4) 7
Total (all out, 18 overs, 89 mins) 35

FoW: 1-5 (Matsikenyeri, 3.2 ov), 2-18 (Ebrahim, 7.3 ov),
3-18 (Taibu, 7.4 ov), 4-18 (Taylor, 8.1 ov),
5-19 (Chigumbura, 8.4 ov), 6-27 (Maregwede, 12.3 ov),
7-27 (Sibanda, 13.4 ov), 8-28 (Utseya, 14.4 ov),
9-35 (Hondo, 17.4 ov), 10-35 (Panyangara, 17.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 9 4 11 4 (1w)
Fernando 6 2 18 2 (3w)
Maharoof 3 1 3 3

Sri Lanka innings (target: 36 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
WS Jayantha not out 28 39 26 4 1
RP Arnold c Taibu b Hondo 6 20 20 0 0
DPMD Jayawardene not out 3 8 10 0 0
Extras (w 3) 3
Total (1 wicket, 9.2 overs, 39 mins) 40

DNB: *MS Atapattu, CRD Fernando, TM Dilshan, +KC Sangakkara,
HMRKB Herath, WPUJC Vaas, ST Jayasuriya, MF Maharoof.

FoW: 1-23 (Arnold, 4.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Hondo 5 0 11 1 (3w)
Panyangara 4.2 0 29 0



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DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHID

You're thinking of the Duckworth-Lewis method. It is named after Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis who devised the mathematical formula and it means a result can always be reached in a reduced overs match.
This is how it works:
For example:
A team have lost five wickets after receiving 25 of their 50 overs when rain stops play.

At this point, using the table produced by the Duckworth-Lewis method, the team's remaining resources are valued at 42.2%.

If 15 overs are then lost because of the weather, the innings will be completed after only 10 more overs.

The D/L method says that, with 10 overs left and five wickets lost, the team has 26.1% of their resources left.

To compensate for the lost overs, we must calculate the resource % lost.

This works out to 42.2 - 26.1 = 16.1.

If the team had been chasing a total of 250 runs, their new target is calculated in the following way.

Resources available at the start = 100%
Resources lost = 16.1
Resources available after rain interruption = 83.9%

Then reduce team one's score in the following way. Multiply team one's runs scored by the recalculated resources divided by the resources available at the start.

That is: 250 x 83.9/100 = 209.75.

The target is then rounded to the nearest whole number, so the team batting second would be set a target of 210 to win.

Simple!

Source(s):

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/... for more details


DRAVID CARRIER


Details about Rahul Dravid are given below:

Full name : Rahul Sharad Dravid
.
Nick Name : The Wall

Date of Birth : 11.01.1973

Place of Birth : Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Batting Style : Right Hand Batsman

Test Debut : Against England from 20.06.1996 to
24.06.1996 at Lords.

Last Test : Against West Indies from 30.06.2006 to
02.07.2006 at Kingston.

One Day Debut : Against Sri Lanka at Singapore on
03.04.1996

Last ODI : Against Australia at Chandigarh
on 29.10.2006
TEST MATCHES RECORD:
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Number of Test Matches : 104.
Total runs scored : 9049
Highest Score : 270
Strike record : 42.24
Centuries : 23
Half Centuries : 46

oONE DAY RECORDS:
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Matches : 300
Runs scored : 9681
Highest score : 153
Strike Rate : 70.50
Centuries : 12
Half Centuries : 72

PROFILE:
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Rahul Dravid, a cricketer who seamlessly blends an old-world classicism with a new-age professionalism, is the best No. 3 batsman to play for India - and might even be considered one of the best ever by the time his career is done. He already averages around 60 at that position, more than any regular No. 3 batsman in the game's history, barring Don Bradman. Unusually for an Indian batsman, he also averages more overseas - around 60, again - than at home. But impressive as his statistics are, they cannot represent the extent of his importance to India, or the beauty of his batsmanship.

When Dravid began playing Test cricket, he was quickly stereotyped as a technically correct player capable of stonewalling against the best attacks - his early nickname was 'The Wall' - but of little else. As the years went by, though, Dravid, a sincere batsman who brought humility and a deep intelligence to his study of the game, grew in stature, finally reaching full blossom under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy. As a New India emerged, so did a new Dravid: first, he put on the wicketkeeping gloves in one-dayers, and transformed himself into an astute finisher in the middle-order; then, he strung together a series of awe-inspiring performances in Test matches, as India crept closer and closer to their quest of an overseas series win.

Dravid's golden phase began, arguably, in Kolkata 2001, with a supporting act, when he made 180 to supplement VVS Laxman's classic effort of 281 against Australia. But from then on, Dravid became India's most valuable player, saving them Tests at Port Elizabeth, Georgetown and Trent Bridge, winning them Tests at Headlingley, Adelaide, Kandy and Rawalpindi. At one point during this run, he carved up four centuries in successive innings, and hit four double-centuries in the space of 15 Tests, including in historic away-wins at Adelaide, Rawalpindi and Jamaica. As India finished off the 2004 Pakistan tour on a winning note, on the back of Dravid's epic 270, his average crept past Sachin Tendulkar's - and it seemed no aberration.

Dravid's amazing run was no triumph of substance over style, though, for he has plenty of both. A classical strokeplayer who plays every shot in the book, he often outscores team-mates like Tendulkar and Laxman in the course of partnerships with them, and while his pulling and cover-driving is especially breathtaking, he has every other shot in the book as well. He is both an artist and a craftsman, repeatedly constructing innings that stand out not merely for the beauty of their execution, but for the context in which they come. By the time he entered his 30s, Dravid was already in the pantheon of great Indian batsmen, alongside Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. In October 2005, he was appointed captain the one-day side, began with a thumping 6-1 hammering of Sri Lanka in a home series, and was soon given responsibility of the Test side as well, taking over from the controversy-shrouded Sourav Ganguly. After two disappointing defeats to Pakistan and England, Dravid masterminded a historic series win in the West Indies, the first since 1970-71. What else could he achieve? Anything.

If you want to have more details about him, please visit the following websites:

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rahul_dravi...