Rahul Dravid's Master Strokes

Bangalore: The ‘Wall of Indian Cricket’ Rahul Dravid has announced his retirement from international cricket. He grew along with the Indian cricket greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly. In his 16 year cricket career, he achieved the most remarkable 13288 test scores in 164 test matches and 10889 ODI runs in 344 matches.

The Wall made his debut in 1996 during India’s tour of England. He scored 95 runs in his first test at Lords stadium in London. In his parting speech, he declares his retirement from international and domestic first class cricket and says “No dream is ever chased alone. As I look back, as one does at such a time, I have many people to thank for supporting me, teaching me and believing in me.”

From 1996 he has done an extraordinary job in Indian cricket and had gained the title of being ‘The Wall’ which credited many Indian victories.  Here are the best knocks of his career.

January 1997

In January 1997 it was his first highest test score against South Africa in Johannesburg. He scored 148 runs in 362 balls along with 21 boundaries in this innings.

January 1999

In 1999 Rahul became the third Indian batsman scoring centuries in both innings of the test match. In the match against New Zealand in Hamilton he scored 190 runs in 354 balls with 31 boundaries. Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar were the other two Indian players who achieved this feat.