Happy Birthday Rahul Dravid - Social Media Flooded Wishing ‘The Great Wall’ of Indian Cricket Team As He Turns 48 Today

With Hashtag #HappyBirthdayRahulDravid social media is bombarded with tweets and media posts showing an immense fan-base for the former Indian Cricket team captain and skipper Rahul Dravid (CheckBrand Value), even after 8 years of his official retirement from all the segments of Cricket. Rahul Dravid was born on 11 January 1973 in Indore, India. He was born to his parents Pushpa and Sharad Dravid in the Marathi family. Dravid had spent much of his time in Karnataka.

The Lesser Known Yet Interesting Facts About Dravid

1. ‘The Great Wall’ wasn’t is only nick name.
   As his father worked for a Jam Factory (kissan Jams), the cricketer earned a name ‘Jammy’, he later starred in an advertisement for Kissan Jams. His other short name was ‘Mr. Dependable’.
    
2. Brought up in Karnataka but his mother tongue was Marathi.
    
3. “Jammy Cup” is a local cricket tournament at the school level in Bangalore named after the Legend.
    
4. Dravid chose Hockey as sports before cricket, he represented state team – Under 15, 17, & 19 Levels.
    
5. An Honest Gentleman
   In his first test debut in Lords, he scored 95 runs against England and when he nicked to the wicket-keeper, he walked out without waiting for umpire’s call.
   When a reporter asked why did you walk? He replied “Everybody in the ground heard the nick.”
    
6. With 461 runs, Dravid was the highest scorer in 1999 World Cup.
    
7. He won 11 Man of the Match Awards in Tests, 8 of them were in overseas Tests.
    
8. Only Indian to hold the record of ‘Scoring Centuries in Four Consecutive Test Innings’.
    
9. Rahul Dravid is the first non-Australian cricketer to deliver Bradman Oration in Canberra.
    
10. For T20 International Cricket, Dravid is the only cricketer to play both debut and retiring as one match.
     
11. Dravid was honoured with Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan from the Government of India for his services to the Indian Cricket.

Former Indian Cricketer VVS Laxman, who has been the greatest buddy & game partner to Dravid, took to Twitter to wish ‘The Great Wall’.

"Warm birthday wishes to a special friend with whom I shared a lot of wonderful memories and who continues to inspire us. Wishing you a very special birthday and a wonderful year ahead Rahul," tweeted former Indian Batsman, VVS Laxman (CheckBrand Value).

The former General of Indian Army and Present Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, General (Retd.) VK Singh while wishing Dravid on his birthday, wrote, “A true gentleman and an inspiration for billions when it comes to keeping the country before everything else. Happy Birthday to one of my favourite cricketers, The Wall - Rahul Dravid.”

Other Indian cricketers also took to social media to congratulate Rahul Dravid on his Birthday as follows:

“After his retirement, the Wall as he is fondly called was instrumental with the young Indian sides like India A and Under 19 and worked as a mentor and coach before being handed over the responsibilities of the #NationalCricketAcademy #RahulDravid,” wrote the short video news platform, Editorji.

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