Dravid to take retirement after England Tour

Rahul dravid who has made a surprise comeback into Indian ODI squad after two years, will retire from one dayers after England Tour. Dravid said, "I am honored and privileged to be selected in ODI squad after two years. I am obviously little surprised. At the end of the ODI series, i would like to announce my retirement from ODI and twenty twenty and will solely focus on test cricket".

Dravid will be playing in the ODI series against England starting from 3rd September and will also play the single T-20 match on August 31. He played last ODI in West Indies during the 2009 Champions Trophy in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dravid scored 10765 runs in 339 ODIs with an average of 39.43 with 12 hundreds and 82 fifties and 12576 runs from 155 matches in Tests and has 34 tons in those. Recently he became second highest run getter in Test matches after Sachin Tendulkar.

"Since I had not been picked for one-day cricket for the last two years, I was obviously a little surprised, To be honest, I had not informed the selectors or the board of my intention to focus only on Test cricket because I had not been picked. Now that I am in the one-day side, I am committed as always to give my best in this ODI series against England and thereafter the Tests I play,” Mr. Wall said.

Rahul Dravid scored second continuous ton at England tour

On the second day of tent Bridge test, English bowlers struggled a lot to break the partnership between Dravid and Laxman. Bresnan was the man who achieved success by sending Laxman at 56. Indian team was struggling at one stage of the game when 4 players departed at 139 runs. Rahul Dravid started playing very calmly as he knew that it will be important from India’s point of view.

At Lords also he was the only match to watch to took the over all responsibility of the match. His patient, classical and top class batting created problems for England bowlers throughout the day. It was not an easy task to send him into the pavilion. He scored superb century which helped Indian team to reach 288 runs. He scored 113 runs

Rahul Dravid takes inspiration from Sachin Tendulkar

Even after spending 15 years of splendid play in International Cricket Rahul Dravid still, takes inspiration from Sachin Tendulkar. Dravid who played many valuable innings for Indian Team in both ODI’s and Tests in the middle order also known as Mr. Wall, said that, Sachin is in great form from last couple of years. He has played beautifully in this span of time during his career.

When I started my career in 1996 in International Cricket Sachin has already played for 7 odd years. He was my captain at West Indies Tour. He was my inspiration that time and is still my inspiration. 

Rahul Dravid is one of the best batsmen in World Cricket. He is the third batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Pointing to score maximum runs in Test Cricket. Dravid has played 150 Test Matches and scored 12063 runs with an average of 52.44.