Rahul Dravid ( pronunciation ; Marathi: राहुल द्रविड़; born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and a former captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[1][2][3] He is the current Overseas Batting Consultant for the Indian team, and also the head coach for the Under-19 and 'A' teams.[4]
Rahul Dravid
राहुल द्रविड़

Rahul Dravid at GQ Men of the Year 2012 Awards
Personal information
Full name
Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born
11 January 1973 (age 45)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname
The Wall
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right arm off spin
Role
Batsman, occasional wicketkeeper, Coach
Website
www.rahuldravid.com
International information
National side
India (1996–2012)
Test debut (cap 207)
20 June 1996 v England
Last Test
24 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 95)
3 April 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI
16 September 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.
19 (prev. 5)
Only T20I (cap 38)
31 August 2011 v England
T20I shirt no.
19
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1990–2012
Karnataka
2000
Kent
2003
Scottish Saltires
2008–2010
Royal Challengers Bangalore(squad no. 19)
2011–2013
Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 19)
2014
Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
164
344
298
449
Runs scored
13,288
10,889
23,794
15,271
Batting average
52.31
39.16
55.33
42.30
100s/50s
36/63
12/83
68/117
21/112
Top score
270
153
270
153
Balls bowled
120
186
617
477
Wickets
1
4
5
4
Bowling average
39.00
42.50
54.60
105.25
5 wickets in innings
0
0
0
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
1/18
2/43
2/16
2/43
Catches/stumpings
210/0
196/14
353/1
233/17
Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2012
Born in a Marathi family and brought up in Bangalore, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented Karnataka at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004.[5][6] In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to deliver the Bradman Oration in Canberra.

MS Dhoni
Mahendra Singh commonly known as MS Dhoni; born 7 July 1981), is an Indian cricketer who captained the Indian team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.[2][3][4][5] He is also regarded as one of the best wicket-keepers in world cricket and is known to have very fast hands.[6][7] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

MS Dhoni

Dhoni in January 2016
Personal information
Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born 7 July 1981 (age 36)
Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India
Nickname Mahi, MSD, Captain Cool[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Wicket-keeper batsman
International information
National side
India (2004-present)
Test debut (cap 251) 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 17 December 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 7
T20I debut (cap 2) 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I 22 December 2017 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no. 7
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999/00–2003/04 Bihar
2004/05–present Jharkhand
2008–2015 Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 7)
2016–2017 Rising Pune Supergiant (squad no. 7)
2018– Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 7)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20Is
Matches 90 311 131 83
Runs scored 4,876 9,898 7,038 1,281
Batting average 38.09 51.55 36.84 35.20
100s/50s 6/33 10/67 9/47 0/1
Top score 224 183* 224 56
Balls bowled 96 36 126 –
Wickets 0 1 0 –
Bowling average – 31.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 –
Best bowling – 1/14 – –
Catches/stumpings 256/38 291/104 364/57 45/25
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 December 2017
Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as the most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and ODIs, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first-ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB Series of 2007–08, the 2010 Asia Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off 79 balls handing India the victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs trophies (World Cup, Champions Trophy and the World Twenty20). After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings. In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. In the Indian Premier League, he captained the Chennai Super Kings to victory at the 2010 and 2011 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. He announced his retirement from Tests on 30 December 2014.[8]

Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd., after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first IPL season.[9][10] Dhoni is the co-owner of Indian Super League team Chennaiyin FC.[11]

Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first player to win the award twice), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009.[12] He was named as the captain of ICC World Test XI and ICC World ODI XI teams for 2009. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel[13] to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to have received this honour. In 2011, Time magazine included Dhoni in its annual Time 100 list as one of the "Most Influential People in the World."[14] In 2012, SportsPro rated Dhoni as the sixteenth most marketable athlete in the world.[15] In June 2015, Forbes ranked Dhoni at 23rd in the list of highest paid athletes in the world, estimating his earnings at US$31 million.[16] In 2016, a biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was made on him.

Early life and background

Early career

ODI career

Test career

Captain of India

World Cup

Indian Premier League

Playing style

Personal life

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