Rahul Dravid, Professionally speaking.....

Born : 11th January 1973, Indore                                      

Major Teams:  Karnataka, India

Known As: Rahul Dravid

Batting Style:  Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style :  Right Arm Off Break

Test Debut:  India vs England at Lords, 2nd test 1996

Latest Test:  India vs Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998

ODI Debut:  India vs Srilanka at Singapore, Singer cup 95/96

Latest ODI :   India vs Sri Lanka, Sahara Cup 1998

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Profile: Rahul Dravid - Vijay Lokapally (Sportstar, Oct. 30, 1993)

Dravid is very much like the batsman who comes from South. Likes to play his shots, mostly on the rise, relying more on timing than brute force. Dravid, who started his cricket at 12, grew up playing in the streets of Bangalore. His school, St. Joseph's had a good team and Dravid did well in the junior tournaments to merit selection in the State under-15, under-17 and under-19 tournaments. In the home under-19 series against New Zealand, Dravid led India and did well with the bat with a century in the Test at Bombay and fifties in two one-day matches. His Ranji season in 1992 also was profitable. He began with a 126 against Goa and followed it with a 128 against Kerala in the next match. In the crucial match against Tamil Nadu, he had a fifty. The season earlier, he made his debut against Maharashtra with a useful 82 at number 7. In the next game against Bengal, he slammed 134 at number six but Karnataka lost the match on quotient. Cricket was in Dravid's family. His father played the game and his uncle, K. V. Dravid, played for he Holkars. It is thus understandable why Dravid always dreamt of becoming a cricketer. Dravid has been fortunate to have someone like G. R. Visvanath to help him. "He has helped me improve my technique and concentration," said Dravid, who goes about his innings session by session. K.K. Tarapore, Roger Binny, and Brijesh Patel are others who helped Dravid polish his batting. A final year student of St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Dravid likes to play his shots with a penchant for the straight drive. His involvement in cricket is total, so much there are long periods of absence from college. Still, this 20-year-old has managed a first class academic record till now. Dravid, one of the most exciting batsmen in the country, is hopeful of a fruitful career in cricket. (Update, Dec 1997: Dravid has established himself as a player of the highest class, and a fixture in the Indian team. His early promise has been fulfilled, and he is consistently making runs at the Test level. Still possibly a little wary of the improvisation required to be successful in one day cricket, Dravid often takes the sheet anchor role. In 1996 in England he almost alone of the younger Indian batsman, proved to have the technique to cope with conditions that aided seam and swing.

(Source: Cricinfo)

Ratings 1996-97 : Ranked 13th according to Ceat rating - tied with Saeed Anwar and Waqar Younis of Pakistan.

Cooper's & Lybrand ranked him 4th in the worldin Tests ahead of other Indians like Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly.

Elected as 'Pantaloon Indian Cricketer of the Year' by Former Cricketers.

Rahul Dravid was adjusted the 'Pantaloon Indian Cricketer of the year' 1996-97. The Karnataka maestro garnered 62 votes out of the 121 polled by first class cricketers past and present to upstage the other nominees - Mohamad Azharuddin, Anil Kumble, Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar - for the award. Former Indian captains Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev presented the award to Dravid here this evening. The award in its first year carried a Tag Heuer jewellery watch worth Rs 5 lakhs. Former Indian cricket greats Lala Amarnath, Vijay Hazare, Syed Mushtaq Ali and C S Nayudu were also felicitated on the occasion. Eminent cricket writer K N Prabhu was also feted and presented a purse of Rs 15,000.

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