One-day against Ireland

The comprehensive 9-wicket win in the rain-hit one-dayer against Ireland notwithstanding, Indian captain Rahul Dravid identified areas for the team to improve.Dravid said the visitors were found wanting a bit in bowling at the death as Ireland, reduced to 111 for 6, went on to post 193 with Niall O'Brien and captain Trent Johnston adding 48 runs for the seventh wicket.

"We got wickets upfront and backed it up with good batting. But bowling at the death, we lacked a bit of experience there. Hopefully we can improve in that department as the season progresses," Dravid said after the match.Sourav Ganguly (75 no) and Gautam Gambhir (80 n.o.) shared a 164-run stand for the unbroken second wicket as India overhauled the revised target of 171 with four overs to spare.

"Small totals can be tricky. And we did not have enough practice in the conditions going into the match. The two of them really batted well; showed good common sense," Dravid said.

"For a young leg-spinner, he gripped the ball very well in these conditions. He is only going to grow as he plays more matches," the skipper said.

"We had enough runs on the board to be competitive. We got Sachin Tendulkar [Images] out early but after that their experience showed. Ours was an inexperienced team," he said

"I have batted at that spot for my state team. So it wasn't a problem," he said

Rahul's Test Record to Stand a Wall

Matches :- 109

Batting :-

Innings :- 185

Not Out's :- 22

Runs :- 9366

Hundreds :- 24

Fifties :- 47

Average :- 57.46

Highest Score :- 270 vs PAK

Bowling :-

Overs :- 20

Maidens :- 4

Runs :- 39

Wickets :- 1

Average :- 39

Best :- 1/18 vs WIN

Fielding :-

Catches :-149

Run outs :- 1

Stumping :- 0

One Day International Records

Matches :- 315

Batting

Innings :- 292

Not Out’s :- 38

Runs :- 10189

Hundreds :- 12

Fifties :- 78

Average :- 40.11

Highest Score :- 153vs NZL

Fielding

Catches :- 183

Run outs :- 5

Bowling

Overs :-31.0

Maidens :- 1

Runs :- 170

Wickets :- 4

Average :- 42.5

Best :-2/43 vs South Africa

Stumpings :- 14

"The Wall" the history.....

Name:-Rahul Sharad Dravid

Brith day:-11th january 1973

Brith Place:- Indor (Madhya Pradesh)

Father:- Sharad Dravid

Mother:- Pushpa Dravid

Wife:-Vijeta Pendharkar

Brother:-Vijay Dravid

Carriar:-He started his international cricket career in 1996. He is, at present, ranked among the 10 best Test batsmen by the ICC in world cricket and has the highest Test batting average of any Indian batsman in history. Rahul is one of only 3 Indian batsmen to have scored 9,000 runs in test cricket (the other two being Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar). On February 14, 2007, he became the 6th player in history and only the 3rd Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. As of now, he is the highest ranked Indian basman in the ICC Test rankings and the 2nd highest rated Indian batsman in the ICC ODI rankings.
He was named "The Wall". He grew steadily in to a technically sound batsman. He is now one of the best and most valuable cricketer in India. A great team player. Playing even the odd role of wicket keeping.

Still wall of india