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Two-time World Cup-winning former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, former India captain Rahul Dravid and 2009 ICC women’s cricketer of the year Claire Taylor were the newest additions into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Rahul Dravid became the fifth player from India to be named in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
During his illustrious career, Dravid played 164 Test across his 16 years of international cricket to finish as the third-highest run scorer in the history of the cricket, with 13,288 runs at an average of 53, 10,899 runs in 344 ODIs and 31 runs in the lone T20 he played for India.
In 2004 Dravid was named as the ICC cricketer of the year as well as the ICC Test player of the year along with holding the record for most catches in the slips (210 catches).
Making his debut at Lord’s in 1996, Dravid would go on to play many memorable knocks for India, including the great 180 runs in the partnership of 371 with VVS Laxman. India would win the match as well as the series against Australia after follow-on was enforced.
Few years down Dravid would repeat the epic feat in the Test against Australia at Adelaide during 2003-04 series, scoring 233 and 72 not out for a winning cause after being reduced to 4/82 chasing Australia’s 500-plus score.
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Rahul would break many records as well as create new milestones. In 2004 he became the first Indian to score a century against all Test-playing nations with 7000 plus runs outside his home country, a record bettered only by Sachin Tendulkar. As a captain he would lead India to record series victories against West Indies and Pakistan coming as well as the first match win for an Indian Test team on the South African soil.
His 36 Test centuries made him known for his prowess in the Test arena, but Jammy wasn’t far off in colored clothes, as he holds the record for the fastest 50 by an Indian batsman in an ODI (22 balls). Dravid would create many milestones in ODI cricket as well. He was the leading run-scorer in the 1999 World Cup and became the first player to feature in a 300-run partnership in ODI cricket.
In the 2003 World Cup Dravid performed the dual role of wicketkeeper-batsman and would help India reach finals.
Whether it was opening the innings in the absence of regular openers, batting lower down the order to finish off the innings or donning wicketkeeping gloves to give the team the balance of an all-rounder, Dravid never complained; he would get up and do the job.
With an excellent off-field image throughout his career thanks to his sky-high standards, Dravid is perhaps the best role model anyone can ever look up.
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Post-retirement he has taken up coaching in India to unearth the next generation of cricketers. Hardik Pandya, Karun Nair and Rishabh Pant made a seamless transition from India A to the senior team.
As one of the cricket advisors to the Board of Control for Cricket in India he was responsible for hiring two coaches, including Anil Kumble and Ravi Shastri. Though the World Cup trophy would elude Rahul in his glorious career, he would finally taste the success of a World Cup win as a coach when he helped India under-19 team lift the silverware.
Dravid’s superlative past has translated into a bright future, as he would in all likelihood take up the challenge of coaching the senior team and be expected to do well.
He might not have been a crowd puller or favourite like the four other Indians inducted before him, but his stellar determination, his jaw-dropping performances on toughest of days and, more importantly, winning when it mattered made him the perfect candidate for the ICC hall of fame.
He didn’t have the great team Ricky Ponting captained, but his achievements, coupled with his off-field etiquette, makes his hall of fame Induction worthy and one to celebrate for every cricket nerd and lover.
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