Rahul Dravid Turns 48: Interesting Facts, Trivia And Records

CRICKETNMORE Team wishes A Very Happy B'day To Indian Cricketer Rahul Dravid As He Turns 48 Today.

Rahul Dravid, the Wall, or the Jammy, many names for a cricketer who had only one job while at the crease, tiring out the opposition. Born in Indore, the Indian legend scored more than 10000 runs in both Tests and ODIs during his 16-year long international career. Dravid is widely known as one of the greatest gentlemen to play the game of cricket. 

On the 48th birthday of 'The Wall', here are a few interesting trivia, facts, and records about Rahul Dravid. 

1) Rahul Dravid has played 94 consecutive test matches. He played 93 Tests for India then a one-off ICC XI. He is the second Indian player after Sunil Gavaskar (106) to do so. The world record is named after Allan Border (153). 

2) The team India veteran is credited with scoring 10,000 runs first while batting at the No.3 position in Test cricket. 

3) Rahul is the only Indian to score centuries in four consecutive Test match innings. He scored 100* against West Indies at Mumbai while the previous three hundreds 115, 148, and 217 came during India’s tour of England in 2002. 

4) Dravid is the only player to have made a debut and retired in the same match. This happened in the only T20I match that India played against England in 2011. He scored 31 off 21 deliveries and smashed three consecutive sixes as well. 

5) Rahul Dravid has played 11 matches for Scotland in 2003. He joined Scotland as an overseas player for the National Cricket League in England and made his debut against Hampshire. He ended being the top scorer for Scotland with 600 runs in 11 matches at an average of 66.66 with 3 centuries and 2 fifties.

6) He is the only non-Australian cricketer to deliver the Bradman Oration. He presented the Bradman Oration on December 14, 2012, at the War Memorial in Canberra.

7) Dravid is nicknamed Jammy. There is even a local tournament held in Bangalore named the ‘Jammy Cup’. The player of the match is called ‘Jammy of the Day’.

8) He is the only batsman to have scored a century in all the Test-playing nations. Dravid has the highest aggregate for India in overseas victories – 1,354 runs from 22 innings at an average of 71.26.

9) He has paired in a record 79 hundred-run partnerships in Test cricket. He is the only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.

10) Regarded as one of the all-time great Test players, Rahul Dravid was the icon for Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) in the early years of the Indian Premier League. He scored 2194 runs in the T20 league at a strike rate of 115. He led Rajasthan Royals to the finals of the Champions league in 2013 before announcing his retirement.  

Rahul Dravid played a total of 164 test matches and scored 13,288 runs at an average of 52.31. He smashed 36 hundreds and 63 half-centuries in his test career. 

Dravid hit 10,889 runs in 344 ODI matches with help of 12 centuries and 83 half-centuries. He averages 39.16 in the limited-overs format.