Rahul Dravid(About this sound pronunciation (helpinfo); born 11 January 1973) is a

former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen
in the history of cricket.[1][2][3] Born in a Marathi family, he started playing cricket
at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under-15, under-17 and
under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid was named one of the best five
cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the
Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards
ceremony in 2004.[4][5] In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian
cricketer to deliver the Bradman Oration in Canberra.[6]

As of October 2012, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after
Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, and is only the second Indian
cricketer, after Tendulkar to score 10,000 runs both in Tests and in ODIs.[7][8] In
2004, after completing his century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became
the first and the only player till date to score a century in all the ten Test-playing
countries.[9] As of October 2012, he holds the record for the most number of
catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, with 210.[10]

In August 2011, after receiving a surprise call in the ODI series against England,
Dravid declared his retirement from ODIs as well as Twenty20 International (T20I),
and in March 2012, he announced his retirement from international and first-class
cricket. He appeared in the 2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan
Royals.[11]

Rahul Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath were honoured during the seventh annual
Bradman Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012.[12] Dravid has also been
honoured with the Padma Bhushan award, India's third highest civilian award.[13]

In 2014, Rahul Dravid joined the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore as a member of

their board of advisors. In collaboration with GoSports Foundation he is mentoring
India's future Olympians and Paralympians as part of the Rahul Dravid Athlete
Mentorship Programme.[14] Indian badmiton player Prannoy Kumar, Para-swimmer
Sharath Gayakwad and young Golfer Chikkarangappa S. was part of the initial group
of athletes to be mentored by Rahul Dravid.