Full Name: Rahul Sharad Dravid
Nickname: Jammy, The Wall
Born: 1/11/1973
Place: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Major teams: India, ACC Asian 11, ICC World XI, Karnataka, Kent, Scotland
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Test debut: England v India at Lord`s - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI debut: India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3, 1996
Tests
Dravid has the highest Test batting average among those who have scored over 8,000 Test runs.
Holds the record for longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut. He also holds the record for the greatest number of innings since debut before being dismissed for a duck.
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.
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 scored hundreds against and in all Test playing nations. Dravid is the only player in the world to score a Test century against every Test playing nation on their soil.
Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings.
First Indian to score 5 double hundreds, each bigger than the previous.
ODIs
The only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.
He was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.
Dravid`s only Test wicket was that of Ridley Jacobs in the fourth Test against the West Indies (2001-02).
Dravid and Ganguly were the first pair to build a 300-run partnership
Dravid’s 331-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar in the Hyderabad ODI(1999-2000 series) against New Zealand is a world record.
Awards
1998 – Arjuna award
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
2006 - Captain of the ICC`s Test Team
