Rahul Dravid

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1973

Place of Birth: Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Profession: Cricketer

Nationality: India

Rahul Sharad Dravid   is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test and One Day International teams. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000. Dravid was also awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004.

ailed as The Wall, Dravid has been described as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

Rahul Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath were honoured during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012.

Dravid has also been honoured with the Padma Bhushan award, India’s third highest civilian award.

On 4 May 2003 He married Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur. They have two children: Samit and Anvay.

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