Rahul Dravid (born Rahul Sharad Dravid; 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer, who captained the national Test and One Day International (ODI) teams. He started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as THE WALL, Dravid has been described as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.
He was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004.In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.As on today, he is the Third Highest Run scorer in Test matches with an aggregate of 13,288 runs in 164 Test matches with an oustanding average of 52.31 runs per innings.
