FormerIndian Cricketer and Captain of the Indian National team, Rahul Sharad Dravidturned 49 today. Rahul is one of the legendary cricketers in Indian Crickethistory. The cricketer played 164 Tests, 344 ODIs and a T20 match in hiscricket career.
Dravidwas born in a Marathi Brahmin family in Madhya Pradesh. He was raised in Bangalore,Karnataka. He started playing cricket at the age of 12 years. He made his RanjiTrophy debut during his college days in 1991. Dravid represented Karnataka atunder-15, under-17 and under-19 levels.
While playingfor the Indian Cricket Team, he scored 13,288 Test runs and 10,889 ODI runs. Hewas the first Indian cricketer to score five double centuries. He scored atotal of 24,208 runs in International cricket. He also scored 48 Internationalcenturies.
In 2012,Dravid announced his retirement from international cricket after playing forIndia for more than 15 years. Dravid mentors the IPL team Rajasthan Royalsafter his retirement. After the 2015 IPL season, he was then appointed as thehead coach of the U-19 and India A teams.
Under his mentorship, the Under-19 teamfinished runners-up at the 2016 U-19 Cricket World Cup and won the 2018 U-19Cricket World Cup. He is currently serving as the head coach of the IndianCricket team.