Test Debut: India v England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1996
Latest Test: India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, 3rd Test, 1997/98
ODI Debut: India v Sri Lanka at Singapore, Singer Cup, 1995/96
Latest ODI: India v West Indies at Sharjah, Champions Trophy, 1997/98
TESTS
(including 03/12/1997)
M I
NO Runs HS
Ave 100 50
Ct St
Batting
19 30 3
1420 148
52.59 1
12 18 -
O M R
W Ave Best 5
10 SR Econ
Bowling
3 0 6
0 - -
- -
- 2.00
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 16/12/1997)
M I NO Runs HS
Ave SR 100 50
Ct St
Batting
51 45 4 1426 107 34.78
65.53 1 11 22
-
O M R
W Ave Best 4w 5w
SR Econ
Bowling
2 0 6
- - -
- -
- 3.00
Profile:
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.)
