Rahul Dravid: the Great Wall of India. Yes this is how he is known or in fact one should say that he was known in the past before the beginning of the IPL this season. Those who have seen him playing cannot expect to see kind of batting form he is in. Opponents were scared of him in the past as well however now there is a different reason to be scared of Rahul Dravid. He has become a gladiator now days. In the past games till dates his strike rate is more than 177. Now you may clearly assume why the opponents are worried of Rahul Dravid. He is no more a batsman who will play the “tuk-tuk” cricket as the common masses in India think about him. He is more violent than Sehwag or Yuvraj now days. This all might have happened because of the widespread criticism he experienced in the last edition because of which the team franchisee Vijay Malaya took away the captaincy of the team and handed it over to Kevin Peterson. He was called as wall because of the silence and patience he has shown on and off the field. No one has seen him so aggressive like this

Its rare to know that even Shahenshah of Bollywood loves cricket as this legendary actor was watching India vs New Zealand match at his Prateeksha house on Sunday and was not happy when Rahul Dravid was given out. Big B’s comments on the Rahul Dravid. “Rahul Dravid was clearly not out.
The ball went off his leg pad for that umpire gave wrongly decided catch.His magnificent innings, shaping up for the century gone to naught, gone to history and who knows how it will effect the result of the game.That’s India vs New Zealand 2nd Test at Napier on the 4th day.
It seems interesting to know that Amitabh Bachchan watched cricket match from his busy shooting schedule, which is quite rare.

Setting a world record for the most number of catches by an outfielder is one of them.
Indian cricketer and former captain Rahul Dravid has broken the world record for the number of catches in Test matches by an outfielder.When Dravid helped to dismiss the New Zealand batsman, Tim McIntosh, in Wellington, it was his 182nd catch in a Test career going back to 1996.