Rahul Dravid

Name - Rahul Sharad Dravid

Born - 11 Jan 1973,Indore, India

Nick Name - The Wall, Jammy

Height - 5ft 11 in

Batting style - Right Handed

Bowling style - Right arm off spin

Main Role - Batsman,Wicketkeeper

Team - India

Test Debut - 20 June 1996 v England

ODI Debut - 3 April 1996 v Shri lanka

Dravid was born in Indore,Madhya Pradesh into a Maharashtrian Deshastha family living in Karnataka.He speaks Marathi,Hindi and Kannada.He has a younger brother,vijay.Rahul's father worked for Kissan company.His mother Smt. Pushpa was a professor of Architecture at Bangalore University.

Rahul Dravid has a degree in commerce from St Joseph's college of commerce,Karnataka.He married Dr. Vijeta and on 11 Oct 2005,their Son Samit was born.On 27 April 2009 Vijeta gave birth to their second son Anvay.

Dravid started playing cricket at the age of 12 and represented the state at the under 15,17 and 19 level.Rahul's talents were first spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at a summer camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.