9 Quotes & Sayings By Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid is a former Indian cricketer. He played the game for over 15 years for Mumbai, Baroda, Delhi in domestic cricket and in various formats of international cricket. He was also part of the winning Indian team in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He is currently the coach of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Dravid played his first test match against South Africa in 2001 at Centurion Read more

He retired from international cricket in December 2005 with 6,392 runs from 71 tests with an average of 59.54. He was India's leading run-scorer in Tests until the end of 2007, when he was overtaken by Sachin Tendulkar's run tally. As of January 2008, Dravid has 11,922 runs in One Day Internationals, making him the most prolific one-day player for India and he has scored more than 100 sixes in ODIs.

Although his Test average has been eclipsed by Tendulkar's batting average, Dravid is still ranked as one of the top ten Test batsmen since his debut in August 1998 and holds many other records such as being second on the list of most runs scored by an Indian batsman outside Asia and second on the list of most centuries scored by an Indian batsman outside Asia. Dravid also played 85 Twenty20 Internationals and scored 2,941 runs at an average of 19.25 and a strike rate of 89.57; he was only dismissed for a single six but he did pick up 16 wickets at an average of 31.63 and a bowling strike rate of 79.31 (32 wickets) and holds records for having scored most runs (2,941) by an Indian batsman in Twenty20 Internationals and second highest score by an Indian T20 batsman to Sanath Jayasuriya's 434 not out against Sri Lanka at Colombo on 7 December 2006 He captained India to their maiden World Twenty20 title at home against Pakistan at Bangalore on 14 March 2007 and became only the third cricketer to captain India to a World Cup final when they beat Pakistan by six wickets at Kolkata on 25 April 2007 In December 2007 Dravid announced that he would retire from playing cricket after his contract expired with Rajasthan Royals in 2008–09 season In February 2008 Dravid signed a three-year deal with Cricket South Africa to become their

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Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage. Rahul Dravid
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing. Rahul Dravid
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I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent. Rahul Dravid
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Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important. Rahul Dravid
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If someone thinks, 'I'll spend the off season working on my fitness and I'll come back a better cricketer, ' I don't think that's enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills. Rahul Dravid
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Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe. Rahul Dravid
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The bowlers I respected or feared or rated were not the ones who gave me lip or stared at me or abused me. More the ones who, at any stage of the game, when had they had the ball in hand, they were going to be at me, and they were going to have the skill and the fitness and the ability to be aggressive. Rahul Dravid
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No dream is ever chased alone. Rahul Dravid