It’s always cruel to be the eternal supporting act. When you know, no matter what you do, the guy who’s going to get all the accolades and applause is the other guy. The Hero. The likes of Pranab Mukherjee, Asha Bhosle and Bassino from Merchant of Venice, will testify to that feeling. And that’s been the curse of being Rahul Sharad Dravid. He happened to be playing in the same generation and in the same team as a certain Mr. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
I am convinced and the numbers prove it too that if Dravid was not playing alongside Tendulkar, we’d all be singing hosannas to the most dependable batsman India has ever produced. In the last week alone, Dravid went past 11,000 Test runs and past Allan Border to become the fourth highest run getter in Tests. But there was no brouhaha. The media didn’t go berserk. No chest-thumping and back-slapping by self-proclaimed cricket pundits. Very unlike the national outpouring of congratulations when Sachin completed 20 years in cricket.
There’s something about Dravid that’s very reassuring. When Tendulkar’s on song, the nation is brought to a halt. He mesmerizes. When Dravid bats, most of us switch off the TV. Not because he’s boring. But because we know that no force on earth can dislodge ‘The Wall’. All’s well, life goes on.
No Indian batsman, and this includes Tendulkar, has saved or won more Test matches than Dravid. He has helped save important Test matches in Port of Spain, Georgetown and Nottingham. He’s won us matches in Kolkata, Headingley, Adelaide, Kandy and Rawalpindi.
Dravid once called Ganguly, the God of the off-side. It’s time Dada returned the compliment. In the 21 Test victories under Ganguly’s captaincy, Dravid has scored a quarter of all the runs. And at an average of over 100. Tell me, your jaw didn’t drop!
Tendulkar has always been hailed as India’s tragic hero. The guy who goes onto get a hundred but the team loses. The towering figure whose astounding contributions make the rest of the team look like chimps. But even he’d be envious of this record. Dravid averages 67 in 44 Test victories. In defeats, he averages 26. Only one of his 28 centuries was in a losing cause. In short, when Dravid makes a hundred, the team, more often than not, goes onto win.
Yet, there’s something extraordinary about the man. It’s not his talent. Dravid, by all reckoning probably has half the talent that a Tendulkar or a Lara or even a Ponting does. God has been unkind to him. But he more than makes up for it by doing the sheer hard grind and with an unflinching resolve. Dravid makes us believe that if he can do it, so can all of us, mortals. He evokes hope, not awe.
It’s time we gave him his due. Take a bow, Rahul Dravid.
1.
Film Title
- Pallavi Anupallavi [PALLAVI ANUPALLAVI]
Year of Realease
- 1983
Language
- Kannada
Awards Received
- Karnataka State Award Best Screenplay
2.
Film Title
- Unaru [ARISE] Direction
Year of Release
- 1984
Language
- Malayalam
3.
Film Title
- Pagal Nilavu [THE MORNING MOON] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1985
Language
- Tamil
4.
Film Title
- Idaya Koil [TEMPLE OF THE HEART] Direction
Year of Release
- 1985
Language
- Tamil
5.
Film Title
- Mouna Ragam [SILENT SYMPHONY] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1986
Language
- Tamil
Festivals Participated
- Indian Panorama - 1987, New Delhi National Film Theatre " 2002, London, UK National Film Theatre" 2002, London, UK "Mani Ratnam's Love Films"
6.
Film Title
- Nayakan [THE HERO] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1987
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- National Award Best Actor - Kamal Hassan Best Cinematographer - P.C.Sriram Best Art Director - Thota Tharani
Festivals Participated
- Indian Panorama - 1988, New Delhi Moscow Film Festival, Moscow Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India. "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"- Academy Award Nominee from India for Best Foreign Language Film
7.
Film Title
- Agni Nakshatram - [CLASH] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1988
Language
- Tamil
Festivals Participated
- Indian Panorama (Mainstream Section) - 1989, New Delhi
8.
Film Title
- Gitanjali - [GITANJALI] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1989
Language
- Telugu
Awards Received
- National Award Best Picture Providing Wholesome Entertainment Andhra Pradesh State "Nandi" Award
Festivals Participated
- Indian Panorama - 1990, New Delhi National Film Theatre - 2002, London, UK. "Mani Ratnam's Love Films"
9.
Film Title
- Anjali - [ANJALI] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1990
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- National Award Best Regional Film Best Child Artist - Baby Shamilee Best Audiography - Pandu Rangan
Festivals Participated
- Indian Panorama - 1991, New Delhi Days of Indian Culture in Russia - 1996 National Film Theatre - 2002, London, UK. "Mani Ratnam's Love Films" Kino Xenix Zurich - 2002, Switzerland "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films" - Academy Award nominee from India for Best Foreign Language Film
10.
Film Title
- Dalapathi - [LIEUTENANT] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1991
Language
- Tamil
11.
Film Title
- Roja - [ROJA] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1992
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- National Award Best Film on National Integration Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman Best Lyricist - Vairamuthu V.Shantaram Award, 1995 Best Director Tamil Nadu State Award Best Picture Best Director Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman Best Actor - Arvind Swamy
Festivals Participated
- Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"
12.
Film Title
- Thiruda, Thiruda - [THIEF, THIEF] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1993
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- National Award Best Choreographer - Raju Sundaram Best Sound Effects - Sethu
Festivals Participated
- University of California Los Angeles, USA. Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"
13.
Film Title
- Bombay - [BOMBAY] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1995
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- National Award Best Film on National Integration Best Editor - Suresh Urs Filmfare Awards, 1996 Best Director - Mani Ratnam Screen-Videocon Award Best Director - Mani Ratnam Cinema Express - 16th Annual Awards - 1995, Chennai Best Picture Best Director - Mani Ratnam Best Actor (Special Award) - Arvind Swamy Best Actress (Special Award) - Manisha Koirala Best Playback Female Singer - K. S. Chitra Best Lyric Writer - Vairamuthu
Festivals Participated
- Cannes, France - 1994 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hawaii International Film Festival, Hawaii Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Gala Award Indomania Festival, Paris Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada Dublin, Ireland Augsberg, Germany Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel Special Mention "Wim Van Leer In Spirit of Freedom Award" Los Angeles [Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival], Los Angeles, USA Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema - 1996, USA Goteborg Film Festival,Sweden Washington, D. C. - Filmfest,USA National Film Theatre - London BFI, London Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands Cinematica Portuguese, Lisbon, Portugal Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand Espoo Cine Film Festival, Finland Circulo De Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain Festival of the South, Copenhagen, Denmark Oslo Film Festival - 2002, Norway "Films from the South" Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India. "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"
14.
Film Title
- Iruvar - [THE DUO] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1997
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- National Award Best supporting Actor - Prakash Raj Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan
Festivals Participated
- Toronto International Film Festival (1997), Canada Stockholm - 1997 Belgrade Film Festival - 1997, Belgrade "This film was pronounced as the Best Film of the festival of the Auteur Films" University of California Los Angeles, USA San Franciso Film Festival, San Francisco, USA Edmonton Film Festival, Canada Cleveland Film Festival, Cleveland, USA Newport Festival, Newport, USA Hong Kong Festival, Hong Kong Film Fest Washington D. C., USA Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA Midnight Sun Fest, Finland Durban, South Africa Asian American International Film Festival, New York, USA Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland "India Summer Retrospective" Pusan International Film Festival, Pusan, Korea Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"
15.
Film Title
- Dil Se... - [FROM THE HEART] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 1998
Language
- Hindi
Awards Received
- National Award Best Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan Best Audiography - H.Sridhar
Festivals Participated
- Tokyo International Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan Festival of Auteur Films, Belgrade Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany "Winner of the Best Asian Film" Film Fest Washington D. C., USA Days of Delhi Festival, Moscow, Russia Helsinki Film Festival - 2002, Finland "Love and Anarchy" Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"
16.
Film Title
- Alaipayuthey - [WAVES] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 2000
Language
- Tamil
Festivals Participated
- Cinemaya Film Festival - 2000, New Delhi Pusan International Film Festival - 2000, Korea Calcutta Film Festival- 2000, Calcutta, India Birmingham Film & Television Festival - 2000, UK Institute of Contemporary Arts - 2000, London, UK Tokyo Filmex-2000, Japan Berlin Film Festival, Germany Festival of South India Latitudes Villetie- Inde Du sud, Paris, France Nantucket Film Festival, New York, USA The World Film Festival Montreal, Quebec, Canada Danish Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark St.Louis International Film Festival - 2000, St.Louis, USA Galway Film Fleadh - 2002, Ireland "Season of Indian Cinema" Kino Xenix Zurich - 2002, Switzerland "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films" Vancouver International Film Festival - 2002, Vancouver, Canada National Film Theatre - 2002, London "Mani Ratnam's Love Films" Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films"
17.
Film Title
- Kannathil Muthamittal [A PECK ON THE CHEEK] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 2002
Language
- Tamil
Awards Received
- Cinema Express Award- 2003 Best Film Best Director - Special Jury Award Best Choreography - Brinda Best Stunt Director - Vikram Dharma Best Child Artiste - Baby Keerthana Best Actress - Ms.Simran "Best Film Of The Festival" Indian Film Festival of Los Angles - 2003 LA, USA "In The Sprit Of Freedom Award In Memory Of Wim Van Leer" at "Jerusalem International Film Festival, 2003 - Jerusalem, Israel Film Fare Awards - 2003 Best Director Best Cinematographer - Ravi K. Chandran Best Actress - Simran 50th National Film Awards, New Delhi - 2003 Best Regional Feature Film Best Music Director - A.R.Rahman Best Lyricist - Vairamuthu Best Audiography - A. S. Lakshmi Narayan Best Editor - Sreekar Prasad Best Child Artiste - Baby Keerthana Best Picture - 6th Annual Zimbabwe International Film Festival
Festivals Participated
- Indian Panorama - 2002, New Delhi Cinemaya Film Festival - 2002, New Delhi Kino Xenix Zurich - 2002, Switzerland "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films" National Film Theatre - 2002, London, UK "Mani Ratnam's Love Films" Toronto International Film Festival - 2002, Canada Vancouver International Film Festival - 2002, Vancouver, Canada Cairo International Film Festival - 2002, Egypt Pusan International Film Festival - 2002, Korea Calcutta Film Festival - 2002, Kolkata, India "A Retrospective of Mani Ratnam's Films" Oslo Film Festival - 2002, Norway Palm Springs Festival - 2002, USA Cleveland Film Festival -2003, Cleveland, USA Philadelphia Film Festival - 2003, Philadelphia, USA San Francisco Film Festival - 2003, San Francisco, USA Washinton.D.C.International Film Festival - 2003, Wasington.D.C.,USA Hong Kong International Film Festival - 2003, Hong Kong, China Indian Film Festival of Los Angles - 2003, LA, USA Visual Communication, LA, USA Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, USA Sydney Film Festival, Sydney, Australia Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel - 2003 Asian American International Film Festival,- 2003 New York, USA Auckland & Wellington International Film Festival - 2003 New Zealand Melbourne International Film Festival,- 2003, Australia 6th Annual Zimbabwe International Film Festival - 2003 Zimbabwe, Africa Walker Art Center-2003, USA
18.
Film Title
- Yuva [YOUTH] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 2004
Language
- Hindi
Festivals Participated
- Venice Film Festival 2004, Italy Pusan International Film Festival-2004, Pusan, Korea
18.
Film Title
- Aayitha Ezhuthu [THREE DOTS] Story, Screenplay & Direction
Year of Release
- 2004
Language
- Tamil
Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the President-elect[1][2][3] of the United States of America and the junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States,[4] and was the first to be nominated for President by a major political party.[5]
A graduate of Columbia University and of Harvard Law School where he was first African American to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review.[6] Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.
As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.
Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007, and was nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate. In the 2008 United States Presidential election he won 53% of the popular vote.[7]
A graduate of Columbia University and of Harvard Law School where he was first African American to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review.[6] Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.
As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.
Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007, and was nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate. In the 2008 United States Presidential election he won 53% of the popular vote.[7]
Rahul Sharad Dravid
Personal Records
Tests
->Dravid is the 3rd Indian (6th in World) to score more than 10,000 test Runs
->Has been involved in the most century partnerships in Test history - 72 (28th March 2008).
->Has the best away Test batting average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs.
->Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.[29]
->2nd longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (93 + 1 in ICC XI) missed 95th test at Ahmedabad due to fever, behind Adam Gilchrist (96).
->Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home.[31]
->Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (also, the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain).
->He is the 4th fastest (in terms of innings) to reach 10000 runs in Test cricket after Brian Lara,Sachin Tendulkar and Ponting.
->Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.[32]
With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid is behind only to Tendulkar(8) among the Indian batsmen. IVA Richards holds the record for most with 11.
->He is currently 2nd among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (5968 as of April 2008). Only Sachin Tendulker(6726) has scored more away Test runs.
->He has played 150 innings off 94 tests at number 3. He has scored 7677 runs at the position. Both of these two feats are world records.
->2nd Indian batsman to score twin hundreds in a Test thrice, after Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar, Dravid and Ponting are the only batsmen to score twin hundreds in a Test thrice.
->One of only two Indians to score 5 double hundreds.(each bigger than the previous 200* vs Zimbabwe, 217 vs England, 222 vs New Zealand, 233 vs Australia, 270 vs Pakistan).
->He has taken the highest number of catches (177) by an Indian fielder (non-wicketkeeper) in test cricket and 2nd behind Mark Waugh (181) in the world.
->Has the best away batting average in tests among the current batsmen (with at least 5000 away runs). [33]
Partnering with Tendulkar, has scored more runs than any other pair, excluding opening pairs. They are the 3rd best in terms of total number of partnership runs scored by a pair in test cricket. [34]
One Dayers
Partnership Records
->The only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.
->First batsman to be involved in a 300 run partnership in a Cricket World Cup along with Sourav Ganguly in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
->Involved in all three highest 4th wicket partnerships against South Africa, two with Yuvraj Singh.
->Involved in the highest partnership in the history of ODI cricket with a 331 run partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.
World Cup Records
->He was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.
->Has the 2nd highest score(145) by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup behind AC Gilchrist(149).
->He was only the second wicketkeeper-batsman after Zimbabwean Dave Houghton to score an ODI hundred in the World Cup.
->He was the second batsman after Mark Waugh to score back-to-back hundreds in the World Cup
Captaincy Records
->He is tied with Sachin Tendulkar in fourth place for having captained India in the most victorious matches
Other Records
->Has the record of not being dismissed on duck for 120 consecutive ODI matches
->3rd Highest number of fifties, after Sachin Tendulkar (89) and Inzamam Ul Haq (83)
Captaincy
Achievements
->Rahul Dravid is the only other Indian to be the top scorer (first one is Sachin Tendulkar - twice - 1996,2003) in a World Cup. He amassed 461 runs in the 1999 World Cup, the first World Cup he played.
->Rahul Dravid led India to a historic Test series win, against the West Indies in their home soil in 2006. Since 1971, India had never won a Test series in the West Indies. This is also their first prominent series win outside the Indian subcontinent (barring the win against Zimbabwe in 2005) since 1986.
->Under Dravid's captaincy the Indian team tied the previous record of most consecutive One-Day International wins for an Indian team thus equalling the record run that the Indian team had achieved under Sourav Ganguly in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa (8).
->During his captaincy the Indian team broke the 14 match West Indies record for most consecutive won matches in One-Day Internationals while chasing a total. For this 17 match run, Dravid was the captain for 15 matches and Sourav Ganguly was the captain for the other two. This streak was broken on 5/20/06, when India lost to the West Indies by one run, at Sabina Park, Jamaica.
->Rahul Dravid is the first captain to lead India to a Test match victory against South Africa on South African soil
->He became only the third captain from India to win a Test series in England. This feat was achieved after 21 years. The other two captains being Kapil Dev (1986) and Ajit Wadekar (1971).
->He has hit 10,000 runs in both tests and one day internationals, making him only the third batsmen after Tendulkar and Lara to achieve this feat. Ponting is the only other man to have done this.
->Dravid is the 3rd Indian (6th in World) to score more than 10,000 test Runs
->Has been involved in the most century partnerships in Test history - 72 (28th March 2008).
->Has the best away Test batting average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs.
->Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.[29]
->2nd longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (93 + 1 in ICC XI) missed 95th test at Ahmedabad due to fever, behind Adam Gilchrist (96).
->Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home.[31]
->Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (also, the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain).
->He is the 4th fastest (in terms of innings) to reach 10000 runs in Test cricket after Brian Lara,Sachin Tendulkar and Ponting.
->Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.[32]
With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid is behind only to Tendulkar(8) among the Indian batsmen. IVA Richards holds the record for most with 11.
->He is currently 2nd among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (5968 as of April 2008). Only Sachin Tendulker(6726) has scored more away Test runs.
->He has played 150 innings off 94 tests at number 3. He has scored 7677 runs at the position. Both of these two feats are world records.
->2nd Indian batsman to score twin hundreds in a Test thrice, after Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar, Dravid and Ponting are the only batsmen to score twin hundreds in a Test thrice.
->One of only two Indians to score 5 double hundreds.(each bigger than the previous 200* vs Zimbabwe, 217 vs England, 222 vs New Zealand, 233 vs Australia, 270 vs Pakistan).
->He has taken the highest number of catches (177) by an Indian fielder (non-wicketkeeper) in test cricket and 2nd behind Mark Waugh (181) in the world.
->Has the best away batting average in tests among the current batsmen (with at least 5000 away runs). [33]
Partnering with Tendulkar, has scored more runs than any other pair, excluding opening pairs. They are the 3rd best in terms of total number of partnership runs scored by a pair in test cricket. [34]
One Dayers
Partnership Records
->The only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.
->First batsman to be involved in a 300 run partnership in a Cricket World Cup along with Sourav Ganguly in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
->Involved in all three highest 4th wicket partnerships against South Africa, two with Yuvraj Singh.
->Involved in the highest partnership in the history of ODI cricket with a 331 run partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.
World Cup Records
->He was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.
->Has the 2nd highest score(145) by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup behind AC Gilchrist(149).
->He was only the second wicketkeeper-batsman after Zimbabwean Dave Houghton to score an ODI hundred in the World Cup.
->He was the second batsman after Mark Waugh to score back-to-back hundreds in the World Cup
Captaincy Records
->He is tied with Sachin Tendulkar in fourth place for having captained India in the most victorious matches
Other Records
->Has the record of not being dismissed on duck for 120 consecutive ODI matches
->3rd Highest number of fifties, after Sachin Tendulkar (89) and Inzamam Ul Haq (83)
Captaincy
Achievements
->Rahul Dravid is the only other Indian to be the top scorer (first one is Sachin Tendulkar - twice - 1996,2003) in a World Cup. He amassed 461 runs in the 1999 World Cup, the first World Cup he played.
->Rahul Dravid led India to a historic Test series win, against the West Indies in their home soil in 2006. Since 1971, India had never won a Test series in the West Indies. This is also their first prominent series win outside the Indian subcontinent (barring the win against Zimbabwe in 2005) since 1986.
->Under Dravid's captaincy the Indian team tied the previous record of most consecutive One-Day International wins for an Indian team thus equalling the record run that the Indian team had achieved under Sourav Ganguly in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa (8).
->During his captaincy the Indian team broke the 14 match West Indies record for most consecutive won matches in One-Day Internationals while chasing a total. For this 17 match run, Dravid was the captain for 15 matches and Sourav Ganguly was the captain for the other two. This streak was broken on 5/20/06, when India lost to the West Indies by one run, at Sabina Park, Jamaica.
->Rahul Dravid is the first captain to lead India to a Test match victory against South Africa on South African soil
->He became only the third captain from India to win a Test series in England. This feat was achieved after 21 years. The other two captains being Kapil Dev (1986) and Ajit Wadekar (1971).
->He has hit 10,000 runs in both tests and one day internationals, making him only the third batsmen after Tendulkar and Lara to achieve this feat. Ponting is the only other man to have done this.
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