Short biography of Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid was born on January 11, 1973 in a Maharashtrian Deshastha Brahmin family in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

His family later moved toBangalore, Karnataka, where he was raised. Dravid's father worked for a company that makes jams and preserves, giving rise to the later nickname Jammy. His mother, Pushpa, was a professor of Architecture at the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore.Dravid has a younger brother named Vijay. He did his schooling at St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore and earned a degree in commerce from St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore. He was selected to India national cricket team while studying MBA in St Joseph’s College of Business Administration.

 He is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

He is also useful wicketkeeper.  He started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels.

With his technical efficiency and stylish strokes, he soon became a pillar of the Indian cricket. Initially, he was considered good for only Test cricket but later, he proved himself to be very useful in One-Days too.

He was in brilliant form in 1999. He was named 'Widen Cricketer the year' in 2000. For his sheer consistency, Dravid has few equals. He is maintained a Test career average of over 50. His promotion as the ice-Captain was widely acclaimed. He was in a very good form during the cricket World Cup 2003 and scored very consistency.

As of October 2012, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, and is only the second Indian cricketer, after Tendulkar to score 10,000 runs both in Tests and in ODIs and he holds the record for the most number of catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, with 210.

In August 2011, after receiving a surprise call in the ODI series against England, Dravid declared his retirement from ODIs as well as Twenty20 International (T20I), and in March 2012, he announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket. He appeared in the 2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan Royals. Dravid made his Ranji Trophy debut in February 1991, while he was still attending college.

For his consistency and temperament Dravid is dubbed as 'The Wall'. The book traces the illustrious career of one of cricket’s all time greats. It examines the various attributes of the man who started his cricketing career in 1996 and finished it as a legend.

This book is a tribute to a man who has retained his humility and graceful conduct while still scaling incredible heights in his profession, a man who is appreciated both by his own teammates as well as the opposition. He is not just respected as a player, but also as a person.
The book contains reminiscences and tributes from his teammates, mentors, seniors, peers, and opponents. It also includes some exquisite photographs that have captured various moments in Dravid’s life.