Here's the beginning - Brick by brick

 Rahul Dravid -  The name you can see anywhere in the batting order in the history of Indian cricket.

As a die-hard fan of RD, I would like to start describing about this selfless Indian Cricketer with one of my favorite quote on him by N.S.Sidhu, former Indian Cricketer. I hope this would be a favorite one for any RD fans..
Here it is

"Rahul Dravid is a player who would walk on broken glass if his team asks him to..."

That was exactly a fact.. It clearly proves about him that he is a perfect 'Team-man'. Apart form this, he is widely respected not only by own his team-mates ,but also by all cricketers from other nations..

Lets start off from the childhood of Rahul Dravid :

Rahul Sharad Dravid was born in a maharashtrian brahmin family in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Later his family moved on to Bangalore, Karnataka where he has grown up. Rahul's father is Mr.Sharad Dravid who was working in a jam company(kissan) which led dravid to be called as 'jammy' by his friends & teammates. Rahul's mother is Mrs.Pushpa Dravid who was a professor of Architecture at the UVCE, Bangalore. Rahul has a younger brother named vijay.




Dravid did his schooling at St.Joseph's Boys School, Bangalore & graduated in Commerce from St.Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore.

Here are some cute pictures of Jammy from his childhood :

The Wall with apples

RD standing sixth from left

Dravid standing at the right end corner with school mates

Dravid sitting second from right

Dravid holding his first bat

Dravid sitting in the middle

RD sitting at left corner

Rd sitting at right corner

The Wall with Gavaskar along with his brother

Rahul & his brother vijay

Dravid started his cricketing career when he was 12 years old. He took part in under-15, under-17 & under-19 levels for Karnataka. His first coach was former cricketer Keki Tarapore.

Let us watch-out for some old memories narrated about Young Dravid by his school teachers, friends, legends & well-wishers.


Part-1

Here you can watch-out for one of the best touching moment shared by the Vice-principle of St.Joseph's Boys school where Dravid did his schooling.




Part-2



Videos Courtesy : YouTube
Pictures Courtesy : My collections from the web
Yet more to share on  "The Wall"...... Keep watching .. :)