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'''Rahul Sharad Dravid''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Rahul Dravid Pronuncuation.ogg|ˌ|r|ɑː|h|ʊ|l|_|d|r|ə|v|ɪ|d|}}; born 11 January 1973) is ana Indianformer [[cricket]] coach and formerplayer, [[List of India national cricket captains|ex-captain]] of theand [[IndianList of India national cricket teamcoaches|Indian national team]], currently serving as its head ex-coach. Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of Cricket at the [[National Cricket Academy|National Cricket Academy (NCA)]], and the head coach of the [[IndiaIndian national under-19 cricket team|India Under-19]].<ref>{{Cite andweb [[India|date=2024-06-30 A cricket team|Indiatitle=Rahul A]]Dravid’s teams.enduring Underlegacy hisas tutelage,coach: theFrom Under-19handling teamsmooth finishedtransition asto runners-upshepherding atTeam theIndia [[2016to Under-19 CricketT20 World Cup triumph |2016 Uurl=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/rahul-19 Cricket World Cup]] and won the [[2018 Underdravid-19last-match-india-coach-t20-world-cup-9423358/ Cricket World Cup|2018 Uaccess-19date=2024-06-30 Cricket|website=The WorldIndian Cup]].Express |language=en}}</ref> Known for his outstanding [[Batting (cricket)|batting]] technique,<ref>{{cite news |date=1 August 2016 |title=Extravagantly sound |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mukul-kesavan-on-rahul-dravid-s-technique-258278 |access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref> Dravid scored 24,177 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the [[history of cricket]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17310407 |title=Is Rahul Dravid the greatest middle-order batsman of all time? |publisher=BBC |date=9 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311234247/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17310407 |archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17309801 |title=The greatness of Rahul Dravid |publisher=BBC |date=9 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611000825/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17309801 |archive-date=11 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/slide-show-1-kumble-ganguly-laxman-dhoni-tributes-to-rahul-dravid/20120328.htm |title=The best No. 3 batsman in the world |work=Rediff.com |date=28 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224101304/http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/slide-show-1-kumble-ganguly-laxman-dhoni-tributes-to-rahul-dravid/20120328.htm |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref> He is colloquially known as ''Mr. Dependable'' and often referred to as ''The Wall''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/9-instances-that-prove-the-wall-rahul-dravid-is-a-national-treasure-1628847.html|title=9 Instances That Prove 'The Wall' Rahul Dravid is a National Treasure|date=11 January 2019|website=News18.com|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> He helped the Indian national cricket team become the winner ofwon the [[2002 ICC Champions Trophy]]. Underas hisa coaching,member Indian cricket team finished as runners-up atof the [[2023Indian Cricket World Cup]]team and [[2023guided ICCthe WorldIndian Testteam Championshipto final]]victory and were semifinalist atin the [[20222024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]] as the head coach.

As of January 2022, Dravid is [[List of test records#Individual records (batting)|the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket]], after [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Ricky Ponting]] and [[Jacques Kallis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Leading test match run-scorers in international cricket as of January 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011344/cricket-test-runs-scored/#:~:text=The%20leading%20run%2Dscorer%20of,spanning%20from%201989%20to%202013.|access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref> In 2004, upon scoring a century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the first player to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries ([[Test cricket#Teams with Test status|now 12]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=They came, they played, they conquered |url=http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/400765.html |access-date=11 May 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425113614/http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/400765.html |archive-date=25 April 2009 }}</ref> As of October 2012, he holds the record for the most catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, at 210.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/04/06/cricket.newzealand/index.html |title=Indian Dravid claims Test catch record |publisher=CNN |date=6 April 2009 |access-date=20 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326002152/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/04/06/cricket.newzealand/index.html |archive-date=26 March 2010 }}</ref> Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out for a [[Duck (cricket)|Goldengolden duck]] in the 286 Test innings that he has played during his career. He has faced 31,258 balls, which is the largest number of balls faced by any player in test cricket. He has also spent 44,152 minutes at the crease, which is the highest time spent on the crease by any player in test cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/rahul-dravid-india-vs-england-lords-sourav-ganguly-984131-2017-06-22|title=This day that year: Rahul Dravid faced his first ball in Test on June 22, 1996|website=Indiatoday.in|date=22 June 2017 |access-date=3 July 2017}}</ref> Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are currentlyhold the highest scoring partnership in Test cricket history, having scored 6,920 runs combined while batting together for India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283514.html|title=Records &#124; Test matches &#124; Partnership records &#124; Highest overall partnership runs by a pair |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>

In 2014, Rahul Dravid joined the [[GoSports Foundation]] as a member of their board of advisors. In collaboration with GoSports Foundation, he is mentoring India's future Olympians and Paralympians as part of the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship ProgrammeProgram.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-rahul-dravid-to-mentor-india-s-potential-olympians-1957754 |title=Rahul Dravid to mentor India's potential Olympians & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |date=27 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206134058/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-rahul-dravid-to-mentor-india-s-potential-olympians-1957754 |archive-date=6 February 2014 }}</ref> [[India]]n [[badminton]]ist [[Prannoy Kumar]], para-swimmer [[Sharath Gayakwad]] and golfer S. Chikkarangappa were part of the initial group of athletes that were mentored by Rahul Dravid. In July 2018, Dravid became the fifth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the [[ICC Hall of Fame]].<ref name="ESPNcricinfo">{{cite news |date=2 July 2018 |title=Ponting, Dravid, Claire Taylor inducted into ICC Hall of Fame |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ricky-ponting-rahul-dravid-claire-taylor-inducted-into-icc-hall-of-fame-1150940}}</ref>

Dravid was born to a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-Speaking [[Brahmin]] family<ref name="Meet Rahul Sharad Dravid">{{cite news|title=Meet Rahul Sharad Dravid|url=https://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Meet-Rahul-Sharad-Dravid/articleshow/1675924.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=24 February 2007}}</ref> in [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Rahul Dravid |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-02-24/special-report/27880064_1_rahul-pushpa-dravid-roger-federer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016145809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-02-24/special-report/27880064_1_rahul-pushpa-dravid-roger-federer |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 October 2012 |access-date=27 March 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 February 2007}}</ref> His family later moved to [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], where he was raised.<ref>{{cite web |title=ESPNcricinfo – Players and Officials – Rahul Dravid |url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427172904/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html |archive-date=27 April 2007 }}</ref> His mother tongue is [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/09/12/stories/2004091200550300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612114045/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/09/12/stories/2004091200550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-06-12 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Keeping the windows }}</ref> Dravid's father, Sharad Dravid, worked for a company that produces jams and preserves, giving rise to the later nickname ''Jammy''. His mother, Pushpa, was a professor of [[architecture]] at the [[University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering]] in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.verveonline.com/29/people/rahul/full.shtml |title=People &#124; The Great Wall of India |publisher=Verveonline.com |access-date=20 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094607/http://www.verveonline.com/29/people/rahul/full.shtml |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> Dravid has a younger brother named Vijay.<ref name="dravidthewall1">{{cite web |url=http://www.dravidthewall.com/2008/01/his-personal-choices.html |publisher=Dravidthewall |access-date=22 October 2013 |title=Dravid's personal choices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055320/http://www.dravidthewall.com/2008/01/his-personal-choices.html |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref>

He eventually made his international debut on 3 April 1996 in an ODI against [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in the [[1996 Singer Cup|Singer Cup]] held in [[Padang, Singapore|Singapore]] immediately after the 1996 World Cup, replacing [[Vinod Kambli]].<ref name="Cricinfo Timeline">{{cite web |title=Timeline: Rahul Dravid |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html?index=timeline |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713095431/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html?index=timeline |archive-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="firstpost">{{cite web |title=Rahul Dravid Profile@Firstpost |url=http://www.firstpost.com/topics/rahul-dravid-85633.html |website=[[Firstpost]] |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117012148/http://www.firstpost.com/topics/rahul-dravid-85633.html |archive-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> He wasn't particularly successful with the bat, scoring only three runs before being dismissed by [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], but took two catches in the match.<ref name=Oracle>{{cite web |title=Player Oracle: Rahul Dravid |url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=2280&testing=0&opponentmatch=exact&playername=dravid&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&howout=All&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason= |website=CricketArchive |access-date=23 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823081752/http://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=2280&testing=0&opponentmatch=exact&playername=dravid&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&howout=All&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason= |archive-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> He followed it up with another failure in the next game, scoring only four runs before being run out against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]].<ref name=Oracle />

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Two weeks later, India toured [[South Africa]] for a [[Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1996–97|three–match Test series]]. Chasing a target of 395 runs in the First Test, the Indian team scoredgot bowled out for 66 runs on the [[Kingsmead Cricket Ground|Durban]] pitch that provided excessive bounce and [[Seam bowling|seam]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Match report: India tour of South Africa 1996/97, First Test |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153324.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112711/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153324.html |archive-date=5 January 2016 |access-date=19 August 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Dravid, batting at no. 6, was the only Indian batsman who reached double figures in the innings, scoring 27 [[not out]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Scorecard: India tour of South Africa 1996/97, First Test |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63736.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308115300/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63736.html |archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref> He was promoted to the no. 3 slot again in the second innings of the Second Test. He almost won the Third Test for India with his maiden test hundred in the first innings, scoring 148 runs and another 81 runs in the second innings at [[Wanderers Stadium|Wanderers]] before the thunderstorms, dim light and [[Daryll Cullinan|Cullinan]]'s hundred helped South Africa draw the match.<ref name="cricinfo batting innings list" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Match Report: India tour of South Africa, 1996/97, Third Test |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151916.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112711/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151916.html |archive-date=5 January 2016 |access-date=19 August 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Dravid's performance in this Test earned him his first Man of the Match award in Test cricket.<ref name="MOTM list">{{cite web |title=List of Man of the Match awards for Rahul Dravid in international cricket |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=11;template=results;type=allround;view=awards_match |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523210834/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=11;template=results;type=allround;view=awards_match |archive-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> He top scored for India in the series with 277 runs at an average of 55.40.<ref name="Most runs: India in South Africa Test series, 1996/97">{{cite web |title=Most runs: India in South Africa Test series, 1996/97 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=380;type=series |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112712/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=380%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=5 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dravid continued his successful run, scoring seven fifties in the next eight Tests that included fifties in six consecutive innings (three each against Sri Lanka and Australia), becoming only the second Indian to do so after [[Gundappa Vishwanath]].<ref name="cricinfo batting innings list" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Most fifties in consecutive Test innings |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283043.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925235319/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283043.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By the end of 1997-98 Test season, he had scored 15 fifties in 22 Tests, which includedincluding four scores of nineties andbut just aone hundred.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dravid in Tests till 1997/98 Test season |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;season=1996;season=1996%2F97;season=1997;season=1997%2F98;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920132508/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;season=1996;season=1996%2F97;season=1997;season=1997%2F98;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |archive-date=20 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Zimbabwe tour was followed by a tour to [[New Zealand]]. The First Test having been abandoned without a ball being bowled,<ref name="Ind in NZ 1998 results">{{cite web |title=Results: India in New Zealand, 1998/99 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/62318.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801163426/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/62318.html |archive-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> the [[Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1998–99|series]] started for Dravid with the first [[Duck (cricket)|duck]] of his Test career in the first innings of the Second Test and ended with hundreds in both innings of the Third Test in [[Seddon Park|Hamilton]]. He scored 190 and 103 not out in the first and the second innings respectively, becoming only the third Indian batsman, after [[Vijay Hazare]] and [[Sunil Gavaskar]], to score a century in both innings of a Test match.<ref name="Oracle" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Match Report: India in New Zealand, 1998/99, Third Test |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153416.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022649/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153416.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=24 August 2016 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Dravid topped the runs table for the series with 321 runs scored during two matches at an average of 107.00, although India lost the series 0–1.<ref name="Ind in NZ 1998 results" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Most runs: India in New Zealand, Test series, 1998/99 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=410;type=series |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801211706/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=410%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=1 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dravid's first success in his ODI career took place in the [[1996 'Friendship' Cup]] against Pakistan in the tough conditions of [[Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club Ground|Toronto]].<ref name="unlikely star of odis">{{cite web |author1=S Rajesh |date=16 September 2011 |title=An unlikely star of the 50-over format |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-numbers-game-rahul-dravid-unlikely-star-of-the-50-over-format-532509 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112711/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/532509.html |archive-date=5 January 2016 |access-date=11 January 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He emerged as the highest scorer of the series with 220 runs in five matches at an average of 44.00 and a strike rate of 68.53.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top scorers: Sahara 'Friendship' Cup 1996 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=730;type=series |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112712/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=730%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=5 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He won his first ODI Man of the Match award for the 46 runs scored in the low scoring third game of the series.<ref name="MOTM list" /> He top scored for India in the [[Standard Bank International One-Day Series 1996/97]] in South Africa with 280 runs from eight games at an average of 35.00 and a strike rate of 60.73,<ref>{{cite web |title=Most runs: Standard Bank International One Day series, 1996/97 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=739;type=tournament |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112712/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=739%3Btype%3Dtournament |archive-date=5 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the highlight being a Man of the Match award-winning performance (84 runs, one catch) in the Final of the series, although his team lost the match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scorecard: Final, Standard Bank International One Day series, 1996/97 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/66078.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417093102/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/66078.html |archive-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> He was the second highest run scorer for India in the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1996–97#ODI series|four-match bilateral ODI series]] in the West Indies in the 1996–97 season with 121 runs at an average of 40.33 and a strike rate of 57.61.<ref>{{cite web |title=Most runs: India in West Indies ODI series, 1996/97 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=745;type=series |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112712/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=745%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=5 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dravid achievedscored his first ODI hundred in the [[1997 Pepsi Independence Cup]] against Pakistan in [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chennai]], despitethat hiscame in team'sa eventuallosing losscause.<ref>{{cite web |title=Match report: 6th match, Pepsi Independence Cup 1997, IND vs PAK |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151400.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224182916/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151400.html |archive-date=24 February 2016 |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scorecard: 6th match, Pepsi Independence Cup 1997, IND vs PAK |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66113.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907034742/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66113.html |archive-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> Dravid top scored for India in the quadrangular event with 189 runs from three games at an average of 94.50 and a strike rate of 75.60. However, India failed to qualify for the Final of the series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Most runs: Pepsi Independence Cup 1997 |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=746;type=tournament |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101044144/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=746%3Btype%3Dtournament |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Result summary: Pepsi Independence Cup 1997 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61005.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124201832/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61005.html |archive-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>

By now, Dravid had been branded as a Test specialist. While he continued toa scoresuccessful wellrun in Test cricket, hishe possessedstruggled ain low strike rate inthe ODIs. He drew criticism for not being able to adjust his style of play to the needs of ODI cricket and his lack of attacking capability. Dravid subsequently increased his range of strokes and adapted his batting style to suit the requirements of ODI cricket. He learned to pace his innings cleverly without going for [[Batting (cricket)#Slog and slog sweep|the slogs]].<ref name="The Dravid ODI journey" /><ref name="Odi retirement another day in life" /><ref name="unlikely star of odis" />

After earning a draw in the first of the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04|four-match Test series]] in Australia, the Indian team found itself reeling at 85/4 in the Second Test at [[Adelaide Oval|Adelaide]], after Australia had piled 556 runs in the first innings when Laxman joined Dravid in the middle.<ref name="Nice guy Australia 2003">{{cite book |last1=Prabhudesai |first1=Devendra |title=The Nice Guy Who Finished First: A Biography of Rahul Dravid |date=December 2005 |publisher=Rupa Publications |location=Ned Delhi, Ind |isbn=978-81-291-1650-5 |pages=139–49 |chapter=Redemption and Immortality}}</ref> They batted for 93.5 overs, bringing about their second 300-run partnership, adding 303 runs together before Laxman perished for 148 runs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Premachandran |first1=Dileep |date=14 December 2003 |title=Ghost of Kolkata past |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125788.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721063820/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125788.html |archive-date=21 July 2017 |access-date=27 May 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> However, Dravid continued to complete his second double hundred of the season.<ref name="Oracle" /> He was the last man out for 233 runs as India conceded a marginal first innings lead of 33 runs to Australia. India bowled Australia out for a score of only 196, with the help of Agarkar's six-wicket haul, and were set a target of 230 runs to win the match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scorecard: India tour of Australia 2003/04, Second Test |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15119/scorecard/64060/australia-vs-india-2nd-test-india-tour-of-australia-2003-04 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404200445/http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15119/scorecard/64060/australia-vs-india-2nd-test-india-tour-of-australia-2003-04 |archive-date=4 April 2019}}</ref> Dravid scored a fifty as India registered their first test victory in Australia since the 1980–81 season, reaching 1–0 in the series.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rajesh |first1=S |title=Dravid's heroics topple Australia |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125851.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725095304/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125851.html |archive-date=25 July 2017 |access-date=27 May 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> This was the first time that Australians were 0-10–1 down in a home series since 1994.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Premachandran |first1=Dileep |date=16 December 2003 |title=Rahul Dravid, German sedan |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/125871.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707174254/http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/125871.html |archive-date=7 July 2017 |access-date=27 May 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Dravid won the man of the match award for his efforts.<ref name="MOTM list" /> He registered a score of ninety each in the next two tests, as Australia leveled the series to 1–1.<ref name="Oracle" /> Dravid top scored for India in the series with 619 runs at an average of 123.80 and was awarded player of the series for his efforts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Most runs: India tour of Australia 2003/04, Test series |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=496;type=series |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724065819/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=496;type=series |archive-date=24 July 2018}}</ref>

In total, he scored 461 runs in the four matches at an average of 76.83 with three hundreds. He accounted for over 26% of India's runs in the series and was named India's man of the series by English coach Andy Flower. Dravid's performance in the series was met with admiration.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/8714693/England-v-India-Rahul-Dravid-deserves-our-respect-after-frustrating-England.html England v India: Rahul Dravid deserves our respect after frustrating England] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628074529/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/8714693/England-v-India-Rahul-Dravid-deserves-our-respect-after-frustrating-England.html |date=28 June 2013 }}. Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-12-23.</ref><ref>[http{{cite news |last1=Pratap Sahi |first1=Lokendra |title=The placard said it all: 'England vs Dravid' |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1110822sports/jspthe-placard-said-it-all-england-vs-dravid-im-still-hopeful-well-be-able-to-draw-dravid/...cid/story_14407797.jsp]{{dead363222 link|access-date=February9 May 2024 2023|botwork=medic}}{{cbignoreTelegraph India |botdate=medic22 August 2011}}</ref>

Rahul Dravid was dropped from the ODI team in 2009, but was selected again for an ODI series in [[England]] in 2011, surprising even Dravid himself since, although he had not officially retired from ODI cricket, he had not expected to be recalled.<ref name="ieaug11">[http{{cite news |last1=Dwivedi |first1=Sandeep |title=Dravid says no more ODIs after England series |url=https://www.expressindiaindianexpress.com/latest-article/news-archive/Dravidweb/dravid-says-no-more-ODIsodis-after-Englandengland-series/828232/] {{dead link|access-date=December26 March 2024 2017|botwork=InternetArchiveBotIndian Express |fix-attempteddate=yes7 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=toisept11>{{cite news |title=I had a satisfying ODI career: Rahul Dravid |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/top-stories/30164516_1_rahul-dravid-odi-series-test-cricket |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807132504/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/top-stories/30164516_1_rahul-dravid-odi-series-test-cricket |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 August 2013 |access-date=9 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=dnaaug11>{{cite news |title=Rahul Dravid says thanks but no thanks |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_rahul-dravid-says-thanks-but-no-thanks_1573380 |access-date=9 March 2012 |newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=7 August 2011}}</ref> After being selected, he announced that he would retire from ODI cricket after the series.<ref name=ieaug11/> He played his last ODI innings against England at [[Sophia Gardens]], Cardiff, on 16 September 2011, scoring 69 runs from 79 balls before being [[bowled]] by [[Graeme Swann]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/09/19/rahul-dravid-bows-out-in-style/?mod=google_news_blog |title=Rahul Dravid Bows Out in Style |first=Will |last=Davies }}</ref> His last limited-overs international match was his debut T20I match; he announced his retirement before playing his first T20I match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dravid retires from T20I |date=31 August 2011 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_rahul-dravid-all-set-for-t20-debut-farewell_1582150 |access-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227182801/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_rahul-dravid-all-set-for-t20-debut-farewell_1582150 |archive-date=27 February 2012 }}</ref>

In November 2021, he was appointed as head coach of the [[Indian national cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Rahul Dravid appointed as Head Coach - Team India (Senior Men) |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/155228/www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/155228/mr-rahul-dravid-appointed-as-head-coach-team-india-senior-men- |access-date=3 November 2021 |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=The Board of Control for Cricket in India }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Dravid is known for his technique, and has been one of the most successful batsmen of the Indian cricket team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Dravid|url=https://indianexpress.com/about/rahul-dravid/|access-date=2021-10-28|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Early in his career, he was known as a defensive batsman who was best at playing Test cricket, and was dropped from the ODI squad due to a low strike rate. However, he later scored improved his ability to score well in ODIs, earning him the ICC Player of the Year award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Dravid is the ICC's player of the year|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rahul-dravid-is-the-icc-s-player-of-the-year-143090|access-date=2021-10-28|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> His nickname of 'The Wall' in [[Reebok]] advertisements is now used as his nickname.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} Dravid has scored 36 centuries in [[Test cricket]], with an average of 52.31; this includes five double centuries. In one-dayers, he averaged 39.16, with a strike rate of 71.23.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Dravid|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html|access-date=2020-08-25|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He is one of the few Indians whose Test average is better while playing away than at home, averaging almost five runs more on foreign pitches.<ref name="RD">[http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerHomeAway.asp?PlayerID=2060 Rahul Dravid- Analysis of Performances at Home and Away] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124111702/http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerHomeAway.asp?PlayerID=2060 |date=24 November 2009 }}. Retrieved 23 November 2010.</ref> As of 23 September 2010, Dravid's Test average abroad is 55.53, while his Test average at home is 50.76;<ref name="RD" /> his ODI average abroad is 37.93<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=2;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;spanmax1=23+Sep+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround |title=Rahul Dravid away batting stats in ODI |access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref> and his ODI average at home is 43.11.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerCountries_ODI.asp?PlayerID=2060 |title=Rahul Dravid home batting stats in ODI |access-date=23 November 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807123501/http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerCountries_ODI.asp?PlayerID=2060 |archive-date=7 August 2013 }}</ref> Dravid averages 66.34 runs in Indian Test victories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=1;result=1;spanmax1=23+Sep+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround |title=Rahul Dravid Test analysis in matches won |access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref> and 50.69 runs in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28114.html?class=2;result=1;spanmax1=23+Sep+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround |title=Rahul Dravid ODI analysis in matches won |access-date=23 November 2010}}</ref>

One of Dravid's most debated decisions was taken in March 2004, when he was standing in as the captain for injured [[Sourav Ganguly]]. India's first innings was declared at a point when [[Sachin Tendulkar]] was at 194 runs not out with 16 overs remaining on Day 2. In this test match Sehwag scored a triple century for the first time in his career. He became the first Indian to score a triple century in test cricket with a score of 309.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043000932100.htm |location=Chennai, India |title=Multan declaration was a mistake: Ganguly |date=30 April 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050901043946/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043000932100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=1 September 2005 }}</ref>

*2018 – [[ICC Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite news|othersagency=PTI|date=2018-07-02|title=Dravid, Ponting inducted into ICC's Hall of Fame|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/dravid-ponting-inducted-into-iccs-hall-of-fame/article24309680.ece|access-date=2021-10-28|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="ESPNcricinfo"/>

On 4 May 2003, Dravid married Vijeta Pendharkar, a [[surgeon]] from [[Nagpur]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dravid weds Vijeta Pendharkar |url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/may/04drav.htm |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402045123/http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/may/04drav.htm |archive-date=2 April 2007 }}</ref> Vijeta Pendharkar is from the [[Deshastha Brahmin]] community, of which Dravid is also a part of.<ref name="Meet Rahul Sharad Dravid"/> They have two children: Samit, born in 2005,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dravid blessed with a baby boy |url=http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/oct/11dravid.htm |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329000846/http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/oct/11dravid.htm |archive-date=29 March 2007}}</ref> and Anvay, born in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dravid becomes a dad again |url=http://cricketnext.in.com/news/dravid-becomes-father-again/40339-13.html |access-date=29 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501034721/http://cricketnext.in.com/news/dravid-becomes-father-again/40339-13.html |archive-date=1 May 2009 }}</ref> Dravid is fluent in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Hindi]], [[Kannada]] and [[English language|English]].

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