Happy Birthday Mr.Dependable

 
        Rahul Dravid, the name may not feature in the current Indian Team, but it is the name that is still solid over the history of Indian cricket and that is far present in every Indian fans mind and heart.. Rahul Dravid celebrating his 40th birthday today..He may be the man of few words, but his statistics and records speaks a lot..

Here are some of the milestones in Rahul Dravid :

          --* Dravid was one among the three batsman to score hundred in four consecutive innings..Those scores were 115,148,217 against England and the fourth one was 101* against West Indies in the year 2002..

          --* He has a record of not getting out on a duck for 120 consecutive ODI innings..

          --* His highest score of 270 against Pakistan was the longest innings played by an Indian batsman in terms of minutes..He batted for 12 hours..

          --* Dravid holds a world record as involved in more than 85 century partnerships with 20 different partners..He has been involved in 20 century partnerships along with the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar..

          --* He is the first and only batsman to score a century in all Test playing nations..

          --* Dravid holds the world record for most number of catches in Test cricket numbering more than 200 catches. He is the only player to cross this mark. He has took 210 catches in Test Cricket.

          --* As on December 14,2011, Dravid became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Don Bradman Oration at Canberra..Lets check many more statistics in posts to come later..

         

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAHUL SIR :)

Here's the image that I have done for Dravid Sir in photo editor :