Rahul Dravid is a retired Indian international cricketer. in both Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket in matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Nicknamed "The Wall" for his ability of "... fending off the fiercest, the fastest and the wiliest of bowlers around the world", he scored 36 centuries (scores of 100 runs or more) in Test cricket and 12 in One Day Internationals (ODI) between his debut in 1996 and retirement in 2011. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000, as well as the ICC Test Player of the Year and ICC Player of the Year in 2004. After retiring from international cricket, Dravid took on key developmental roles in Indian cricket, including serving as the head of the National Cricket Academy and coaching India's Under-19 and A teams.
Dravid scored his first Test century in January 1997 against South Africa. In a man-of-the-match performance, he made 148 runs spanning nine hours and took India to their only draw of the series. He made centuries in both innings of a match when he scored 190 and 103 not out in the final Test of the 1998–99 series against New Zealand. He repeated the feat in March 2005 when he scored 110 and 135 against Pakistan in another man-of-the-match performance, leading India to victory in the second of the three-match series. Scoring 180 in a fifth-wicket partnership of 376 with VVS Laxman, in the Second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2001, Dravid helped lead India to victory by 171 runs despite being asked to follow-on by the Australians. His partnership with Laxman was the third-highest for the fifth wicket in Test cricket history. Dravid's highest Test score of 270, achieved in April 2004 in Rawalpindi, helped India to an innings victory against Pakistan. The performance was the fourth-highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He scored centuries against all Test playing nations and was the first cricketer to score centuries in all 10 Test playing nations.
Dravid's first ODI century was made against Pakistan in May 1997. He followed that with six centuries in 1999, including two in the 1999 World Cup (against Kenya and Sri Lanka); in the latter he was involved in a then-record 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly. His highest score of 153 was made the same year against New Zealand. His total came as part of a record second-wicket partnership of 331 with Sachin Tendulkar and led India to the second-highest ODI total at that time.
Key * * Remained not out* Man of the match* Captain of India in that match* (D/L) The result of the match was based upon the Duckworth–Lewis method
Test centuries + Test centuries scored by DravidScoreAgainstVenue 1 3 1 3/3 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Drawn 2 4 2 1/1 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away Lost 3 3 2 3/3 WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton Away Drawn 4 * 3 4 3/3 WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton Away Drawn 5 3 1 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Away Drawn 6 3 3 1/2 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home Drawn 7 * 3 2 1/2 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home Won 8 3 1 2/2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Drawn 9 6 3 2/3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Won 10 * 5 2 1/5 Bourda, Georgetown Away Drawn 11 3 3 2/4 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away Drawn 12 3 1 3/4 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 13 3 2 4/4 The Oval, London Away Drawn 14 * 3 1 1/3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home Won 15 3 1 1/2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 16 3 2 2/4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Won 17 3 2 3/3 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Away Won 18 3 1 2/2 M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Away Won 19 3 1 2/3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Won 20 3 3 2/3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Won 21 * 2 2 1/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away Drawn 22 2 2 2/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Drawn 23 4 1 2/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet Away Drawn 24 3 1 2/2 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Away Won 25 3 2 1/3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Drawn 26 3 1 2/2 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home Drawn 27 3 1 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 28 3 1 2/3 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Home Won 29 * 3 2 2/2 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Away Won 30 3 1 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 31 3 2 3/3 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home Won 32 3 3 1/3 Sabina Park, Kingston Away Won 33 * 3 2 1/4 Lord's, London Away Lost 34 2 2 2/4 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away Lost 35 * 2 2 4/4 The Oval, London Away Lost 36 3 1 2/3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Won
One Day International centuries +ODI centuries scored by DravidScoreAgainstVenue 1 3 2 92.24 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home Lost 2 * 3 1 100.00 Owen Delany Park, Taupō Away Lost (D/L) 3 3 1 98.30 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Won 4 * 3 1 95.41 Bristol County Ground, Bristol Neutral Won 5 3 1 112.40 County Ground, Taunton Neutral Won 6 * 3 1 83.06 Kallang Ground, Singapore Neutral Lost 7 3 1 100.00 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Home Won 8 * 4 2 87.90 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Won 9 5 1 111.82 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Neutral Won 10 4 1 74.82 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Home Won 11 * 5 1 85.83 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Lost 12 2 2 102.94 Sabina Park, Kingston Away Won
References
Sources Prabhudesai, Devendra (2005): The Nice Guy Who Finished First: A Biography of Rahul Dravid, Rupa Publications India. . Bal, Sambit & Banjar, Sanjay (2012): Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel, The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd. .
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