THE GREAT 'WALL'

Dravid likely to retire on Friday

Rahul Dravid is likely to announce his retirement on Friday. Dravid, 39, has called a press conference in Bangalore that will also be attended by N Srinivasan, the BCCI president.

His decision will end a career that started at Lord's in 1996, when Dravid made 95. Since then, he has been a pillar of the Indian Test side and played 93 consecutive Tests from his debut to December 2005. He will finish with 13,288 Test runs - behind only Tendulkar - in 164 matches, with 36 hundreds at an average of 52.31. He also has 210 catches, a Test record, in addition to 196 catches in ODIs.

Rahul Dravid is one of the most experienced top order batsmen of Team India. He bats right handed and has played the role of wicketkeeper as well. He is nicknamed Jammy and is known as The Wall in cricket. He also bowls right arm off spin but has emerged most dependable batsman in world cricket.

Here Are Rahul Dravid Batting Records:

• Second cricketer to reach 13000 runs in Test Cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.
• When Rahul Dravid scored 54 against West Indies in the ongoing Test Series, he equalled Sachin Tendulkar record of most half centuries by and Indian Batsmen in Test.
• Second highest run scorer in test (13262) behind only to Sachin Tendulkar (15432)
• Highest run scorer in the 4th inning in test (1597).
• Third player to score 12000 runs in test cricket.
• Holds the world record of being involved in most century partnerships (87) in test.
• With Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record of most century partnership (20).
• Second longest streak of consecutive test matches since debut (94).
• Equalled with Allan Bordedr in terms of number of half centuries (63) only behind Sachin Tendulkar (64).
• Has scored century against each test playing nation while batting away from home.
• Scored centuries in both the innings of the test twice. Sunil Gavaskar is the only Indian to achieve this feat thrice.
• With 146* at Oval he overtakes Sunil Gavaskar tally of 34 centuries
• Fourth in the list of number of centuries (36) in tests behind Ponting (39), Kallis (40) and Sachin (51).
• Achieved the feat of scoring 3 centuries in a test series twice in England.
• Became only the third Indian batsmen to remain unbeten throughout a completed inning in test.
• Most deliveries faced in the history of test cricket (31029).
• Highest number of runs by a No. 3 batsmen.

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First Name	Rahul
Last Name	Dravid
Birth Name	Rahul Dravid
Nick Name	Tha Wall, Jammy
Date of Birth	Thursday, January 11, 1973
Place of Birth	Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Mother	Pushpa Dravid
Father	Sharad Dravid
Brother	Vijay Dravid
Wife	Vijeta Pendharkar
Son	Samit Dravid and Anvay Dravid
Education	St. Joseph's Boys' High School and St. Joseph's College of Commerce
Height	5 ft 11 inch (1.80 m)
Marital Status	Married
Occupation	Cricketer
Batting Style	Right Handed
Bowling Style	Right Arm Off Spin
Role in Team	Middle Order Batsmen and Wicketkeeper
Debut	Test debut: Vs England, 20 June 1996 ODI debut: Vs Srilanka, 3 April 1996 T-20 debut: N/A
Highest Batting Rankings:	In Test: 1 on 2nd January 1999 In ODI: 5 on 27 August 2007
Awards And Achievements:	Arjuna award : 1998 Wisden Cricketer of the Year : 2000 Padma Shri: 2004 ICC Test Player of The Year : 2004 MTV Youth Icon of the Year: 2004 Captain of the ICC's Test Team : 2006

Rahul Dravid Stats – Batting And Fielding :

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	Balls Faced	Strike Rate	100	50		4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	163	284	32	13262	270	52.62	31178	42.53	36	63		1652	21	210	0
ODIs	344	318	40	10889	153	39.16	15284	71.24	12	83		950	42	196	14
T20I	1	1	0	31	31	31.00	21	147.61	0	0		0	3	0	0
First-class	297	495	67	23768	270	55.53			68	117				353	1
List A	449	416	55	15271	153	42.30			21	112				233	17
Twenty20	69	62	6	1605	75*	28.66	1369	117.23	0		7	178	25	14	0

Rahul Dravid Statistics – Bowling :

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	163	5	120	39	1	1/18	1/18	39.00	1.95	120.0	0	0	0
ODIs	344	8	186	170	4	2/43	2/43	42.50	5.48	46.5	0	0	0
T20I	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
First-class	297		617	273	5	2/16		54.60	2.65	123.4		0	0
List A	449		477	421	4	2/43	2/43	105.25	5.29	119.2	0	0	0
Twenty20	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rahul Dravid Career :

Test debut	England v India at Lord's, Jun 20-24, 1996
Last Test	Australia Vs India at Perth, January 13-17, 2012
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Singapore , Apr 3, 1996
Last ODI	India v England at Cardiff, Sep 16, 2011 Scorecard
T20I Debut	India v England at Lord's, Sep 11, 2011
First-class debut	1990/91
Last First-class	Australia Vs India at Perth, January 13-17, 2012
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	India v England at Cardiff, Sep 16, 2011
Twenty20 debut	Karnataka v Gujarat at Mumbai (BS), Apr 17, 2007
Last Twenty20	England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011