An icon of Indian cricket, Rahul Dravid turned 50 years outdated on January 11, 2023 (Wednesday). On the event, India’s white-ball batting hero Suryakumar Yadav posted an lovable greeting for the India head coach. Not too way back the duo had gotten collectively for an interview the place Dravid had expressed his admiration for Surya, and now, it is the latter who has expressed his emotions in the direction of the legendary cricketer. Dravid had interviewed Suryakumar for BCCI when the latter had scored a match-winning century to take India residence within the third and closing T20I towards Sri Lanka.

“Happy birthday Rahul sir! You are an inspiration and a legend! Thank you for giving me the space and the freedom in the team to go out there and be myself on the ground!” wrote Yadav on Twitter whereas sharing an image from the duo’s current interview.

Happy birthday Rahul sir!
You are an inspiration and a legend!
Thank you for giving me the area and the liberty within the staff to go on the market and be myself on the bottom! pic.twitter.com/7zFYhBzSJF

— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) January 11, 2023

When one thinks about Dravid’s biggest knocks, it’s arduous to go previous his 180-run innings towards Australia on the Eden Gardens in 2001. This knock by the batter remains to be seen as one of many grittiest knocks within the longest format of the sport.

Australia was within the driver’s seat for almost all of the sport and the match was a must-win for India after shedding the primary Test. Australians have been in complete management on the Eden Gardens as they enforced the follow-on.

India was bowled out for 171 in response to Australia’s 445 within the first innings. The Indian openers have been dismissed within the second innings, and it was then that Dravid and VVS Laxman got here to the rescue. Nobody may have predicted that the 2 would go on to generate a “miracle” for the staff. Both batters went on to attain 376 runs in a row. Laxman and Dravid annihilated Australia’s bowling assault, which included Shane Warne and Glenn Mcgrath.

Another knock is his 270-run innings towards Pakistan at Rawalpindi in 2004. The three-match sequence was levelled at 1-1 and there was stress on the Indian aspect to register their first Test sequence win in Pakistan.

Dravid, who served as stand-in skipper for the primary two Tests, was disadvantaged of the command when common skipper Sourav Ganguly returned.

Dravid had been out of kinds within the earlier two matches, however within the sport, the previous Indian captain blasted his detractors with a 200-plus knock. Virender Sehwag was despatched to the pavilion on the primary ball of the match, and from there onwards, ‘The Wall’ took the cost. His knock enabled India to win the sport and he went on to be adjudged because the Man of the Match.

Dravid’s 146-run efficiency towards England on the Oval in 2011 is one in all his most underappreciated efforts. India batters had a dismal sequence, and the staff was 0-3 down heading into the final match.

Because common opener Gautam Gambhir was out with an harm, Dravid returned to the crease to open the batting. India continued to lose wickets at common intervals, however Dravid held his floor and went on to attain an unbroken 146. His innings didn’t save the sport for India, however he went on to change into the staff’s main run-scorer within the sequence. Dravid additionally demonstrated outstanding staff spirit by taking over the duties of a wicket-keeper within the ODI format because the staff administration thought they could play an additional bowler if a well-set batsman additionally served because the wicket-keeper.

Dravid is the one participant to be concerned in two 300-plus ODI partnerships. He has performed 164 Tests, 344 ODIs, and one T20I for India. The batter lastly introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket in March 2012. He completed his profession with 48 worldwide centuries. Dravid took over the top coach’s position of Team India in November 2021.

With ANI inputs

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