| Name | Rahul Sharad Dravid |
| Nickname(s) | Jammie, The Wall, Mr. Dependable |
| Date of birth | 11,Jan,1973 |
| Place of birth | Indore |
| Sun Sign | Capricorn |
| School and College | St.Joseph’s,Bangalore |
| Family | Dad : Sharad Dravid (Worked for Kissan Jam) Mom : Pushpa Dravid (Prof. for architecture in College) Brother: Vijay Dravid (Engineer, Plays cricket) Wife: Vijeta Pendharkar Son |
| Name of his home | Srishti |
| Favorite color | Blue |
| Career | Indian Cricket Player (Batsman, occasional bowler and wicketkeeper) Deputy General Manager (In marketing division of India Cements Ltd.) |
| First unofficial century | In school vs. St Anthony’s when he was 10 years old. |
| Batting Style | Right handed |
| Bowling Style | Right arm off break |
| Cricket Gurus | G R Vishwanath, K K Tarapore, Roger Binny and Brijesh Patel |
| ODI Debut | Vs. Sri Lanka at Singapore, on 3/4/96 |
| Test Debut | India v England at Lord’s, 2nd Test, 1996 |
| Memorable matches | Debut at Lords and the match in which he scored 148 at Johannesburg (3rd Test) |
| Worst match | Third Test against West Indies at Barbados |
| Major Teams | India, Kent, karnataka |
| Assets | Technical proficiency, stylish strokes, consistency, good temperament and concentration |
| Cricket coach | Keki Tarapore |
| Cricketing heroes | G.R. Viswanath, Sunil Gavaskar,Kapil dev & Martin Crowe |
| Favorite batsman | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Bowlers he finds difficult to face | Javagal Srinath and Allan Donald |
| Favorite/Least favorite ground | Favorite: Lord’s and Chinnaswamy Stadium Least Favorite: None |
| Greatest influences | Coach Keki Tarapore and his parents |
| Complaint about cricket | Not much space between matches on tour to see touring country. |
| Changes to improve the game | Space out tours and play a World Championship of Test Cricket. |
| Other sportspersons admired | Pete Sampras (Tennis), Prakash Padukone (Badminton) and V.Anand (Chess) |
| Hobbies | Reading books and listening to music Books- Author Richard Bach and Thrillers and philosophical books Music-Songs by Sting, Chris de Burgh, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar |
| Favorite artistes | Actor: Tom Cruise, Aamir Khan Actresses: Manisha Koirala, Demi Moore, Michelle Pfieffer |
| Favorite films | Braveheart, Ghost |
| Favorite channel | Discovery |
| Favorite cartoon | Superman |
| Favorite food/drink | Food: Homemade Indian food, chicken and fish Drink:Mango milkshake ,Pepsi |
| Favorite restaurant/holiday place/hotel | Restaurant: Shezaan, Karavalli, Paradise Island Holiday Place: Any forest resort Hotel: Sandton Sun in Johannesburg |
| Favorite car | Maruti 800,BMW |
| Favorite ad | Anything that figures him |
| Dream Woman | He never remembers what he dreams |
| Nightmare | Get up and forget to play Cricket |
| Embarrassing moment | Once he got out in a junior match and started crying in the dressing room and his friends started laughing at him |
| Other interesting facts | He loves nature and animals and is more of a country person. He is always willing to contribute to a good cause. Loves watching wild life programs |
| Most prized possession | His INDIA cap |
| Awards | Arjuna Award-1999 one of Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year for the year 2000 |
| Goals | Likes to keep them to himself |
| Ambition | To play in a successful Indian team for a long time. Win the World Cup. |
| Motto in life | Be a good human being |
| A word about fans | Fans are great as long as they do not trouble his family and privacy |
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