Indian cricket is blessed to have the services of Rahul Dravid who first dedicated his life as a cricketer over a couple of decades. And then, he went on to share his technical acumen to the next generation of cricketers, while coaching ꧑India U19 and India ‘A’.
🦂He is one of the only few to have crossed 10,000+ runs in both ODIs and Test cricket. A legend of the game, Dravid is sixth-highest run-scorer with a tally of 24,208 international runs. Dravid scored 48 tons and 146 half-centuries in the process.
Dravid was also responsible for building careers of Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill wh🅘o helped India clinch the 2018 U19 World Cup in New Zeala🐟nd.
Now, he has taken up mentorship role at the NCA in Bengaluru. Dravid, who was part of the famous Fab Four of Indian criꦡcket, has a huge fan-following. During his early days in international cricket, Dravid turned out to be quite the heartthrob foꦛr females.
Drav🍸id used to appear in several commercials endorsing Reebok, Thomson, Palmolive, Gillette and many other prominent br𝄹ands.
During a conversation with Vikram Sat🌳haye on What the Duck, Dravid talked about the incident when 💮one of his female fans refused to leave his house in Indiranagar in Bengaluru.
It all started when a woman came all the way from Hyderabad to meet Dravid who was sleeping until the eꦗvening coming back from a long toꦿur.
Dravid’s mother offered her tea as the admirer waited for him to wake. After having a conversation, things escalated when the girl refused to leave and wanted to stay at h🎉is place. The Karnataka stalwart conceded that the matter upset his family and from there on, they treated the instance as a wake-up call.
