Rahul Dravid, who is called the ‘Wall’ of the Indian cricket team, is celebrating his 52nd birthday on 11 January. Rahul Dravid has made countless contributions to Indian cricket. Let us tell you that even after retirement, he remained associated with this game. First, Rahul Dravid worked to improve the Under-19 team and now under his coaching, the Indian cricket team became the T20 World Champion. So let us know about some interesting things related to the life of Rahul Dravid on the occasion of his birthday…
Start of cricket career
Let us tell you that Rahul Dravid replaced Vinod Kambli in the ODI match against Sri Lanka. Then after this he never needed to look back. Stylish batsman Rahul Dravid achieved many achievements one after the other and became the great batsman of India along with Sachin Tendulkar.
Rahul Dravid’s records
You will be surprised to know that in his 16 years of Test career, he has faced 31,258 balls. No one has played more balls than Rahul Dravid in the longest format of cricket. This is the same record, due to which he is called the ‘wall’ of the Indian team.
Apart from this, Rahul Dravid has made a name for himself in batting as well as fielding in international Test cricket. He has taken 210 catches, which is the record for most catches by any fielder other than the wicket keeper.
Record of most time spent at the crease
If Rahul Dravid had stood firm on the crease, the bowlers would have had the upper hand. Because he has spent 44, 151 minutes batting at the crease in his Test career. It is impossible to break this record of Rahul Dravid.
Record of century partnership in test
Whereas Rahul Dravid used to be the only player whose mere presence at the crease increased the confidence of the batsmen batting on the other side. Because he has the record of highest century partnership in Test cricket. He has done this feat 88 times.
300+ run partnership in test
Indian team player Rahul Dravid also has the record of highest partnership of more than 300 runs in Test cricket. He has done this 6 times in his 16 years of career. Interestingly, Rahul Dravid has made partnerships of more than 300 runs twice in ODI cricket also. This is such a record, reaching even close to which would be a batsman’s dream.