Rahul Dravid, India - Player profile

Rahul Dravid is described as ‘textbook’ so often that you wouldn’t be surprised to see him in a school library with rude pictures scrawled in his margins.

People seem reluctant to give Dravid the credit he’s due because he doesn’t play with as much panache as some batsmen. The fact that he’s pretty much universally lauded tells you how far beyond ‘good’ he’s gone. People may be loath to admire him, but you’ve really got no choice. He’s as close to flawless as a batsman can be.

Rahul Dravid is sometimes nicknamed ‘the Wall’. We’re led to believe that this is because the French have a tendency to try and urinate on him. Or it could be because it’s hard to get him out.

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