Former India skipper Rahul Dravid turned 48 on Monday and fans took to social media in massive numbers to want the batting good on his particular day. Along with their heart-warming wishes, some fans also pulled up exciting stats from his glorious playing profession, although other folks praised him for generally stepping up to do the hard job for the group — which includes maintaining wickets and opening the batting when named upon. Dravid, broadly regarded as a Test specialist, had a excellent profession in each ODIs and Tests as he completed his profession with more than 10,000 runs each and every in each formats.
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman, who shared some memorable partnerships with Dravid, took to Twitter to send his “warm wishes to a special friend”.
The duo shared a single of the most memorable partnerships at the iconic Eden Gardens as India defeated Australia immediately after they had enforced a stick to-on.
“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,” Laxman tweeted.
Warm birthday wishes to a particular buddy with whom I shared a lot of superb memories and who continues to inspire us. Wishing you a pretty particular birthday and a superb year ahead Rahul. pic.twitter.com/S3hWufvD9r
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 11, 2021
One of my favourite teammates from my Karnataka U-19 days, my childhood buddy and above all, a good human becoming. Happy birthday, Rahul Dravid. You’re the epitome of perfection. Have a good year ahead, Jam #HappyBirthdayDravid pic.twitter.com/xtsKXMF93Z
— | Dodda Ganesh (@doddaganesha) January 11, 2021
Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle also passed his birthday greetings to Dravid.
“A very happy birthday to Rahul Dravid. Good day to have you batting!” Bhogle wrote on the micro0blogging internet site.
A pretty pleased birthday to Rahul Dravid. Good day to have you batting!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 10, 2021
Dravid, who presently heads the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, is the fourth highest run-getter in Test cricket with 13,288 runs from 286 innings of 164 matches at an impressive typical of 52.31.
The middle-order batsman was also a gun fielder and holds the record of most quantity of catches (210) in the outfield in the longest format.
He was bestowed with the Arjuna award — country’s second highest sporting honour — in 1998, although he received the country’s second and third highest civilian honour Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan in 2004 and 2013 respectively. He was also the recipient of the ICC Cricketer of the Year award in 2004.
Topics described in this post