Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Sir Dravid-The great


Hello!
The Lords test on 20th June 1996 against England was a great test as it welcomed a new,great test player-Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid).He made 95 on his debut,which is very difficult to do at International level on debut.He has proved to be avery good test player for India.He has played 89 tests and 151 innings.He has made 7696 runs in tests at an average of 57.86(the highest average by an Indian batsman in tests ever).He has made 20 centuries,36 half centuries and 5 double centuries(the highest no. of double centuries by an Indian batsman ever).He has played 89 consecutive test matches for India since 1996.He has also been incredible in ODIs.In ODIs also he has proved to be very good.He has made 8319 runs in ODIs at an average of 40.18 and has made 10 centuries and 62 half centuries in ODIs.153 being his highest score which he made against New Zealand on15th November,1999 at Nagpur.He has been a saviour of the Indian Cricket Team since 1996.Indian Cricket has found a gem in the form of a player.

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