Rahul Dravid also known as the “Wall” made his debut in 1996 at the Lords. He scored his first century against South Africa in January 1997. He scored 148 and was responsible for the only drawn match in the series. His highest test score is 270 against Pakistan in April 2004 at Rawalpindi. As of August 2011, he had scored 12775 test runs with 35 centuries and 60 fifties. He also scored 200 on five occasions.
Here is a list of his top 10 highest Test scores
1. 270 v/s Pakistan at Rawalpindi on April 13, 2004. He batted for 740 minutes and faced 495 balls. He
hit 34 4’s and 1 6’s at a strike rate of 54.54. He was bowled in that innings.
2. 233 v/s Australia at Adelaide on December 12, 2003. He batted for 594 minutes and faced 446 balls.
He hit 23 4’s and 1 6’s at a strike rate of 52.24. He was caught in that innings.
3. 222 v/s New Zealand at Ahmadabad on October 8, 2003. He batted for 578 minutes and faced 387
balls. He hit 28 4’s and 1 6’s at a strike rate of 57.36. He was caught in that innings.
4. 217 v/s England at The Oval on September 5, 2002. He batted for 629 minutes and faced 468 balls.
He hit 28 4’s and 0 6’s at a strike rate of 46.36. He was run out in that innings.
5. 200* v/s Zimbabwe at Delhi on November 18, 2000. He batted for 541 minutes and faced 350 balls.
He hit 27 4’s and 0 6’s at a strike rate of 57.14. He was not out in that innings.
6. 191 v/s New Zealand at Nagpur on November 20, 2010. He batted for 573 minutes and faced 396 balls. He hit 21 4’s and 0 6’s at a strike rate of 48.23. He was caught in that innings.
7. 190 v/s New Zealand at Hamilton on January 2, 1999. He batted for 490 minutes and faced 354 balls.
He hit 31 4’s and 0 6’s at a strike rate of 53.67. He was caught in that innings.
8. 180 v/s Australia at Kolkata on March 11, 2001. He batted for 446 minutes and faced 353 balls. He hit
20 4’s and 0 6’s at a strike rate of 50.99. He was run out in that innings.
9. 177 v/s Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad on November 16, 2009. He batted for 387 minutes and faced 261
balls. He hit 26 4’s and 1 6’s at a strike rate of 67.81. He was bowled in that innings.
10. 162 v/s Zimbabwe at Nagpur on November 25, 2000. He batted for 402 minutes and faced 301 balls. He hit 20 4’s and 1 6’s at a strike rate of 53.82. He was caught in that innings.
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rahul dravid is at par with sachin tendulkar as a hero of indian cricket & his batting technique is as perfect as anyone who is playing now as well as the batsman of past era, he has no weakness as the batmans, he is player who can match with all the great cricket legends, in my view he is only batsman who is at par with sachin in india, along with other batsman/ legend of other cricketing nation, i personally think he along with sachin deserve highest civilian award in india (Bharatratna)
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