Dravid at the Lord's - His first Test Innings

  Here is the debut Test Innings of Rahul Dravid at the Lord's.. He batted at no.7 position scoring 95 runs..He was brought in to the team as a replacement for Sanjay Manjrekar in the second Test against England.. It was on 20th June,1996 Dravid made his Test Debut..

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Dravid's Debut in Cricket - Part 2

       As like 1992-93 season, Dravid went on with his impressive knocks in 1993-94 season as well.. He scored 93 runs for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy under the captaincy of Sanjay Manjrekar against punjab.. Later on he represented South zone in the Duleep Trophy scoring 67 and 148 against central zone..This made the national selectors to call Dravid for replacing Manoj Prabakar and Nayan Mongia due to some slow batting issues in the tri-series comprising West Indies and New Zealand.. Despite being selected for the national team, Dravid couldn't make into the playing eleven amidst many stalwarts in the team.. 

Continuing back in first class matches, Dravid was playing his part for SAARC cup, Board President's XI..At the end of 1994-95 season, Dravid scored more than 1000 first class runs.. Then comes the 1995-96 Ranji season  in which Dravid has an average of 80.66 in just 11 matches with 5 centuries and 3 half-centuries.. Despite having loads of runs under his bat, Dravid couldn't make into the selection of World Cup 1996.. It was all because the presence of some experienced players like Sidhu, Kambli, Ajay Jadeja, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar and the captain Azharuddin.. Later Dravid was selected for Singer Cup series..Dravid made his ODI debut on 3rd April, 1996 against Sri Lanka in which he scored only 3 runs...Then he got to score 107 runs, his maiden ODI century against Pakistan in 1997 at M.A.Chidambaram stadium, Chennai.

Dravid's Debut in Cricket - Part 1

               As Rahul Dravid started playing cricket right from age of 12, he took part in under 15, under 17 and under 19 representing Karnataka.. He made his First class debut in a Ranji Trophy tournament in February 1991(1990-1991 Ranji season) against Maharashtra in Nehru stadium, Pune.. Dravid's first captain (In Ranji's) was former Indian Wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani.. Dravid scored 82 runs in his debut Ranji match.. A notable feature in that match was Dravid batted at no. 7 position.. Then he scored his maiden first-class hundred in his second Ranji match against Bengal with an innings of 134.. Then in 1991-1992 season he consecutively scored two centuries 126 and 128 against Goa & Kerala respectively..

              It was in that season Dravid was appointed as captain of an Under-19 Indian team for
New Zealand series comprising two test matches.. Dravid proved his best in his very first test match as a captain by a thrilling 12-run win in the first test and a draw on the second test.. In the second test he scored his first century of 116 runs against an overseas team.. Hence under his captaincy the under-19 team has won the test series 1-0 and the ODI series 2-1.. Dravid even proved his bowling figures in one day series as an off-spinner bagging 5 wickets for 99 runs.