DTVHINDIOTD in 2011: Rahul Dravid played his last ODI for India, Kohli did this feat on England soil
Former Indian legend Rahul Dravid played his last ODI for India on September 16, 2011. Rahul Dravid & Virat Kohli (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former Indian veteran player Rahul Dravid played his last ODI match for India on 16 September 2011. This match was played between India and England at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. In this match, Virat Kohli scored his first century on English soil. This was the fifth and last ODI match of the series. Team India was trailing 0-2 in the series and was playing only for honour. Rahul Dravid came to bat at number-3 England won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian openers Parthiv Patel and Ajinkya Rahane gave the team a good start. There was a partnership of 52 runs for the first wicket between the two. Rahane was out after scoring 26 runs in 47 balls, after which Rahul Dravid came to bat at number-3. The Cardiff fans gave a rousing welcome to Dravid as he was playing his last match in the white-ball format. After three overs, Parthiv Patel was out after scoring 19 runs and then Virat Kohli came to the field. Both Rahul Dravid and Virat were facing the English bowlers with great ease. Rahul Dravid scored 69 runs in the last ODI Rahul Dravid was moving towards a century but was dismissed in the 42nd over by Graeme Swann after scoring 69 runs off 79 balls. He also shared a crucial 170-run partnership with Virat Kohli. This was the biggest partnership made by Dravid against England. Earlier, he had shared a 169-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar in 2002. The partnership between Kohli and Dravid was the fourth-highest partnership for any wicket by India against England at that time. After Rahul Dravid was out, all the England players congratulated him for his wonderful career. When he was returning to the pavilion, the fans as well as the Indian players stood up and clapped. Virat Kohli scored his first century on England soil Virat Kohli scored 107 runs in 93 balls, scoring his first century on English soil. Batting first, India scored 304 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. England chased the target of 241 (DLS target) runs in 32.2 overs with 6 wickets and 10 balls to spare.
Samit Dravid is always eager to learn and give his best: Karun Nair
Samit had performed brilliantly for Karnataka in the Cooch Behar Trophy. Samit Dravid (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former Indian cricketer and coach Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has recently been selected in India’s Under-19 team. The young cricketer got this opportunity due to his amazing performance at the junior level. Apart from this, the all-rounder player performed brilliantly for Karnataka in the Cooch Behar Trophy 2024. In the tournament, Samit scored 362 runs and also took 16 wickets in bowling. He was also a part of Karnataka’s Maharaja T20 tournament Mysore Warriors team, but due to not being able to perform in the initial matches, he had to be dropped from the playing eleven. So now Mysore Warriors captain Karun Nair has made a big statement about Samit, who was the highest run scorer for the team in the tournament. Nair says that he is always eager to learn and give his best. Karun Nair gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent interview with Crictracker, Karun Nair said about Samit Dravid – Samit Dravid is really talented. Our entire team management saw this and that is why he was a part of our team. Even in training camps, he was always eager to learn and give his best, which is exactly what we wanted as a team. It was really nice to see his progress and I hope he does even better in the years to come. Watch this interview of Karun Nair Apart from this, Krishnappa Gowtham, who was a part of the Mysore Warriors team, said about Samit Dravid – He is a naturally talented kid. The way I have seen him communicate and bat, he is really good. He can go a long way and we can see why he has been selected for the U19 India team.
Rahul Dravid has won on the principles of cricket and the principles of life: Matthew Hayden
Under the coaching of Dravid, Team India won the T20 World Cup 2024. Matthew Hayden and Rahul Dravid (Image Credit- Twitter Former explosive opening batsman of Australia cricket team Matthew Hayden was seen praising former Indian coach and Rahul Dravid, popularly known as The Wall in the cricket world, at an event. It is worth noting that Dravid and Hayden have been part of some memorable matches between India and Australia. In a match against Australia at Eden Gardens in 2001, Dravid and VVS Laxman shared a record partnership of 376 runs. Laxman scored a record 281 runs in that match, which was also his career best. Dravid also supported him and scored 180 runs. Apart from this, both of them had a partnership of 303 runs in a test match held in Adelaide during the year 2003. In that match, Dravid played a brilliant innings of 233 runs and Laxman scored 148 runs. Matthew Hayden made a big statement about Rahul Dravid Let us tell you that recently in the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards, Matthew Hayden said about Dravid – By the way, you would definitely like to say something about batting all day with VVS Laxman in that extraordinary partnership. Hayden further said- Australia had put everything at stake against Rahul under pressure and he played the game with great decency, restraint and a great sense of fairness. In a game that can push you to win at all costs. Rahul Dravid has won on the principles of cricket and the principles of life. On the other hand, if we give you information about Rahul Dravid, then after Team India’s victory in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, his tenure was over. So now he is going to be seen working as the head coach for one-time champion Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025.
Even after being selected in Team India, Samit Dravid will not be able to play Under-19 World Cup? Know the big reason
Samit was born on November 10, 2005, and is just two months away from his 19th birthday. Samit Dravid (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Samit Dravid Can’t Play U19 World Cup For India: Samit Dravid, son of former Indian legend Rahul Dravid, has been selected in the 15-member Under-19 Indian team for the one-day and four-day series against Australia. Samit is continuously proving his mettle in domestic cricket. However, even after being selected in Team India, Samit Dravid will not be able to represent India in the Under-19 World Cup 2026. Let us tell you the reason behind this. Samit Dravid will be 20 years old at the time of Under-19 World Cup 2026 Samit Dravid will not be able to play in the Under-19 World Cup 2026 because he will be more than 20 years old by then. Samit was born on November 10, 2005 and is just two months away from his 19th birthday. Let us tell you, the same thing happened with his father Rahul Dravid. Despite being selected in the Under-19 series against New Zealand in 1992, he could not participate in the Under-19 World Cup 1998. Samit is playing for Mysore Warriors in Maharaj Trophy Samit Dravid is part of the Mysore Warriors in the Maharaj Trophy KSCA T20 tournament. He has also been a part of the Karnataka Under-19 team that won the Cooch Behar Trophy in the 2023-24 season. He scored 362 runs in the tournament, and also took 16 wickets. Samit also represented the Karnataka State Cricket Association XI in a three-day match against Lancashire. Three ODI matches will be played between Australia-19 and India Under-19 team in Puducherry and two four-day matches will be played in Chennai. Mohammad Aman will lead Team India in the ODI series. Whereas, Soham Patwardhan will captain the four-day matches. Indian Under-19 Squad for the series against Australia-19 Indian Under-19 team for ODI series– Rudra Patel, Sahil Parikh, Kartikey KP, Mohammad Aman (captain), Kiran Chormale, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Pangalia (wicketkeeper), Samit Dravid, Yudhishth Guha, Samarth N, Nikhil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Hardik Raj, Rohit Raj Awat, Mohammad Enan Indian Under-19 team for four-day series- Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitya Pandya, Vihan Malhotra (vice-captain), Soham Patwardhan (captain), Kartikey KP, Samit Dravid, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh Paglia (wicketkeeper), Chetan Sharma, Samarth N, Aditya Rawat, Nikhil Kumar, Anmoljit Singh, Aditya Singh, Mohammad Enan
IND vs BAN, Test Series 2004: When Rahul Dravid became the first batsman to score a century in all 10 Test playing countries
Rahul Dravid is the second-highest scorer for India in Test centuries after Sachin Tendulkar (51). Rahul Dravid (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Indian player and coach Rahul Dravid has made many big records as a batsman. He made his debut for India in 1996 and retired from international cricket in 2012. In his Test career, Rahul Dravid scored 13288 runs in 270 matches for India at an average of 52.31, which included 36 centuries. Rahul Dravid is the second batsman to score the most centuries for India in Tests after Sachin Tendulkar (51). But Dravid became the first batsman to score a century in all 10 Test playing countries, he achieved this feat during the second Test of the Bangladesh tour in Chittagong in 2004. There was a strong partnership between Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir In the second Test against Bangladesh in 2004, Team India won the toss and batted in the first innings and scored 540 runs. India lost its first wicket in the form of Virender Sehwag (10) in the fifth over itself. After this, there was a strong partnership of 259 runs between Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid. Rahul Dravid first completed his half-century in 95 balls and then his century in 196 balls. Gautam Gambhir completed his half-century in 60 balls and then his century in the next 71 balls. Rahul Dravid scored 160 runs in 304 balls with the help of 24 fours and Gautam Gambhir scored 139 runs in 196 balls. Captain Sourav Ganguly played an important innings of 88 runs in 153 balls and helped the team reach a big total. India had won the series 2-0 Bangladesh was successful in scoring 333 runs in the first innings. Bangladesh player Mohammad Ashraful played an unbeaten innings of 158 runs in the first innings. The team was all out for 124 runs in the second innings due to Irfan Pathan’s 5 wicket haul and India won the series 2-0 by winning by an innings and 83 runs. A two-match Test series will be played between India and Bangladesh from September 19. The first match of the series will be played in Chennai.
“I want to start coaching from the junior level like Rahul Dravid did”- PR Sreejesh
PR Sreejesh and Rahul Dravid. (Photo Source: X(Twitter) Former Indian hockey goalkeeper R Sreejesh will soon be seen in a new role. Sreejesh will start a new innings of his career as the coach of the junior team. Meanwhile, Sreejesh recently said that when he starts his career as a coach, his idol will be Rahul Dravid, the wall of Indian cricket. Sreejesh played his last international match in the Paris Olympics. Hockey India has offered to make veteran hockey team goalkeeper Sreejesh, who ended his golden career with an Olympic bronze medal, the coach of the junior team. However, there has been no confirmation from Sreejesh on this yet. PR Sreejesh wants to follow in the footsteps of Rahul Dravid Sreejesh was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying, “I want to start coaching from the junior level like Rahul Dravid did.” He said, “In this way you will have a chance to develop a group of players, when they come to the senior team, they will understand you and you will know about them.” Before becoming the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Dravid had coached the Under-19, National Cricket Academy (NCA) and India A team for a long time. Under the supervision of Dravid, who was one of the most reliable batsmen of his time, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup played in America and West Indies. The 36-year-old player said, “If I start working as a coach this year or next year, then next year there is a Junior World Cup in 2025, two years after that the senior team will be playing the World Cup. Two years after that there will be a Junior World Cup again, so by 2028 we will have a group of 20 to 40 players.”
‘You are expected to do this’ Rahul Dravid on his fiery celebrations after T20 World Cup win
Dravid’s coaching tenure with Team India ended after the T20 World Cup 2024. Rahul Dravid (Source X) The Indian cricket team won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. During this time, Rohit Sharma was the captain of the Indian cricket team and the coaching was handled by former Indian veteran cricketer Rahul Dravid. After winning the debut season of the T20 World Cup in 2007, the Indian cricket team won the trophy after nearly 17 years. With this, the drought of not winning the ICC trophy for 13 years also finally ended. So at the same time, this victory was one of the biggest moments of Dravid’s coaching with Team India, because the way Team India was eliminated after losing the important matches of T20 World Cup 2022 and World Cup 2023, there was a lot of pressure on Dravid. But when the Indian cricket team under Dravid’s coaching won the T20 World Cup trophy by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in the final, Dravid’s dream also came true. Let us tell you that despite being a great player, Dravid had never won the World Cup for the Indian team as a player or coach before this. But when his dream came true, Dravid’s happiness knew no bounds. After lifting the T20 World Cup trophy in his hands, Dravid, known for his humble nature, was seen in a very enthusiastic manner. This celebration of Dravid after winning the T20 World Cup trophy also went viral. So now Dravid has given a big reaction on this celebration of his. Rahul Dravid reacted on T20 World Cup celebration Let us tell you that recently, Rahul Dravid, as quoted by ICC, said- Most of the times, I try to control my emotions as a coach. You are expected to do this, when I did this, there was a lot of happiness and relief in it.
Rahul Dravid was very disappointed after the defeat in the Test series against South Africa, former head coach made a big revelation
South Africa won the three-match Test series 2–1. Rahul Dravid (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid recently revealed that the Indian team could not win the Test series in South Africa and this was the lowest point of his coaching tenure. Let us tell you, Rahul Dravid was appointed the head coach of the Indian team in November 2021. He was given this important post just before the tour of South Africa. The Indian team started this tour quite well and defeated South Africa by 113 runs in the first Test at Centurion. Many cricket fans thought that the Indian team would easily win this Test series but South Africa made a very good comeback and won the next two matches. Recalling this time, Rahul Dravid told Star Sports, ‘If you ask me what was my lowest point, I would say the South Africa Test series at the beginning of my career. We won the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. After this, we were playing the second and third Test matches. We had never won a series in South Africa and this was a big opportunity for all of us. There were some senior players who were not available.’ India lost 2-1 against South Africa Rahul Dravid further said, ‘Rohit Sharma was injured and some senior players were not in that series. We were very close in both the Tests. We had a great opportunity in the third innings of both these Tests because we had scored a very good score and could have won the match. However, South Africa played very well. They chased the target in the fourth innings and we lost the match. This was the lowest point of my career. I felt bad that we were ahead in this series but still could not win it.’ South Africa won the three-match Test series 2-1. The Indian team players failed to perform well in the second and third Tests. Not only this, Virat Kohli also resigned from the post of captaincy after this series. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Was this celebration planned in advance? Rahul Dravid spoke openly about the emotional moment after the T20 World Cup win
Former India head coach Rahul Dravid claimed that he had no plans to show the emotions that came out during the 2024 T20 World Cup celebrations with the Indian team. Rahul Dravid (Source X) Former India head coach Rahul Dravid is not someone who shows a lot of emotion on the field. However, after India’s seven-run win over South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados, Dravid showed his other side. He celebrated wildly with the trophy. He tried to stay away from the limelight for as long as possible, but when Virat Kohli handed him the trophy, he showed a side of himself that surprised everyone after the hard-earned win. When asked about his behavior, Dravid revealed that he had not planned any of what he did on the field and he was just happy with India’s win. He said that as a coach, he always tried to keep his emotions in check, but at that moment, he wanted to celebrate with the team and his coaching staff as everyone had worked very hard for this trophy. Former Indian head coach Rahul Dravid claimed that he had no plans to show the emotions that were expected during the 2024 T20 World Cup celebrations with the Indian team. Notably, India ended their 11-year wait for the ICC trophy by defeating South Africa by seven runs in the final. Rahul Dravid said on Star Sports “You don’t plan these things. Most of the time, I try to keep my emotions in check as a coach and that’s what’s expected of you. But at that moment, I was really happy for the team. I was happy for the boys. I was happy for the support staff. So many people who had worked really hard with me.” You need a bit of luck to go your way: Rahul Dravid “I was with the team for 2.5-3 years and we came close to winning many times, be it the semi-final of the last T20 World Cup in Australia, the World Test Championship final or the 50-over World Cup final in India, and we couldn’t get the win in those crucial moments. In such situations, you need a bit of luck and a bit of fortune and that’s what happened to us that day.”
Does Rahul Dravid like to play in Chepauk or not? The former head coach who came to watch the TNPL Final match gave this answer
Former India head coach Rahul Dravid was present during the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) final at the iconic Chepauk Stadium. Rahul Dravid (Source X) Former India head coach Rahul Dravid was present during the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) final at the iconic Chepauk Stadium. Rahul Dravid has fond memories of playing at this ground, where he has been playing since his junior days, and he also completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket by scoring a century against South Africa at this very ground. What did Rahul Dravid say about Chepauk Stadium? Reminiscing the old memories, Rahul Dravid said that the stadium has changed a lot since his early days but the support of the fans and the admiration for the players hasn’t changed at all. He said that the fans understand the game very well and it is an honour to play at this iconic venue. Dravid while talking to Star Sports Tamil said- “Yeah, I think some of my best memories are actually playing league cricket here, playing league cricket in the old days, growing up here and the stadium looked very different back then. It’s beautiful to see all the concrete stands and how all these things have changed now. But I would like to say again it was a great experience playing league cricket here.” “I have played a lot of international cricket here, and it is always great to play in front of this crowd. Because it is one of the most supportive and appreciative crowds in the country. This crowd really knew cricket and loved cricket. So, (I) love playing at Chepauk. (I) scored my 10,000th run on this ground, so it was a really nice, special moment.” Dravid recently resigned as head coach after a stunning victory in the T20 World Cup final. Meanwhile, Dindigul Dragons, led by R Ashwin, have won the TNPL 2024 trophy by defeating Lyca Kovai Kings by 6 wickets.
