Rahul Dravid

Rahul Sharad Dravid (born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian Test cricket and One Day International teams.

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• I would like to announce my retirement from international and domestic first-class cricket. It is 16 years since I played my first Test match for India and today I feel it is an time to move on. Once I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling
  • In press conference announcing retirement from Test cricket, quoted in "After 16 yrs, Rahul Wall Dravid retires from intl cricket "in Indian Express (Indianexpress.com)
• No dream is ever chased alone. As I look back, I have many people to thank for teaching me and believing in me. My junior coaches in Bangalore and at various junior national camps inculcated in me a powerful love of the game which has always stayed with me
  • In press conference announcing retirement from Test cricket, quoted in "After 16 yrs, Rahul Wall Dravid retires from intl cricket" in Indian Express (Indianexpress.com)

• I leave with sadness, but with pride: Dravid on retirement
  • In press conference announcing retirement from Test cricket, quoted in "After 16 yrs, Rahul Wall Dravid retires from intl cricket" in Indian Express (Indianexpress.com)

• I have failed at times, but I never stopped trying
  • In press conference announcing retirement from Test cricket, quoted in "After 16 yrs, Rahul Wall Dravid retires from intl cricket" in Indian Express (Indianexpress.com)