Rahul s interest in cricket began to blossom when he was 10 years old. Paes wants to emulate inspirational dravid, gopichand after retirement. It was with mixed emotions that rahul dravid bid goodbye to. There are numb eyes but the traffic of the city hasnt come to a standstill. President sourav ganguly and head of cricket at the national cricket academy rahul dravid met at the boards headquarter in mumbai on thursday and discussed at length matters related to the nca. In his retirement speech if you can watch on youtube, he said its the right time for retirement. Paras mhambrey sir ensured that everyone took this as any other game. A critique of rahul dravids bradman oration the cricket. The nice guy who finished first is a remarkable story of rahul dravid s illustrious career in international cricket that commenced in 1996. A proud father satisfied with his sons achievements.
Dale steyn names sachin, dravid, ponting in his list of. Dravid s farewell speech dravid announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket and domestic cricket. Wishes pour in as former india skipper rahul dravid turned 47 on saturday. Dravid not happy with twoday results in ranji trophy sports inspirational speeches. Stadiums house full, trp the highest, specially the speech. Rahul dravid reveals why csk, rcb share different fortunes in ipl. It tells the tale of a young man who has succeeded in his chosen profession through an ardent faith in the three ds of dedication, discipline and determination. We watched a short video from rahul dravid sir who motivated us and his words helped us a lot. The wall rahul dravid retires newsx video dailymotion. Here is the complete speech made by rahul dravid who announced his retirement from tests and firstclass cricket.
The cold nip in the air is more than made up for by the very warm welcome i have received. Dont push dhoni into retirement too early, cautions hussain. The 39yearold dravid, a former india captain, became the first of the three ageing greats of indian cricket, besides sachin tendulkar and vvs laxman, to retire in the aftermath of indias disastrous test tour of australia. There is no doubt that rahul dravid is one of the greatest cricketer of all the time but i do feel that many. Rahul dravid, second most prolific batsman in test history, announced his retirement from international cricket where he has been a star for over 15 y. Rahul dravids speech at the bcci felicitation ceremony. Since his retirement, people always compare him with sachin and say that he is a better batsman. Its the retirement of rahul dravid, one of the best cricketers ever produced by india that has enabled me to understand the true meaning of the above proverb. Certain images licensed from getty images credits terms of use privacy policygetty. Here is the live coverage of rahul dravid s press conference. In what way is vvs laxman a better test batsman than rahul dravid. It was a great speech to be read and not heard but he is trained to be a professional cricketer and not an orator, so that is all right by me. In his retirement speech, he made sure he thanked his many junior coaches who instilled in him, his powerful love for the game.
I hereby announce my retirement from international cricket and domestic as well. Rahul dravid s speech about his retirement at the press conference in chinnaswamy stadium, bangalore. Rahul dravid retirement speech archives the common man. Rahul dravid announces retirement press conference youtube. Dravid says goodbye to odis sports news india today. Heres a snippet from the inaugural tcm sports lecture earlier this year where rahul dravid speaks on how the likes of sania have inspired so many and why it is important for india to encourage women in sport. A look back at the career of the wall, who continues to contribute to indian cricket, on the. His honesty and straightforwardness fetched him immense respect. He is the director of cricket operations at national cricket academy, bengaluru, india. Rahul dravid is a former indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket born in a marathi family, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented the state team at the under15, under17 and under19 levels hailed as the wall, dravid was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by wisden cricketers almanack. Adorable love story of rahul dravid and dr vijeta pendharkar.
Sarfraz ahmed and kamran akmal are fit for pakistans t20 team. He also monitors the progress of india a and india under19 cricket teams. Dependable, the wall is one of the best batsmen cricket has ever seen. Though rahul dravid lived in the spotlight, vijeta was oblivious to it. Rahul dravid makes an emotional speech, made at the function organised by the bcci to felicitate him in mumbai on march 27. I would like to announce my retirement from international and domestic firstclass cricket. Indian crickets formidable the wall rahul dravid s retirement from international cricket left everyone emotional. In his announcement, which came hours after he was handed a. Congratulations to sania mirza and martina hingis on last nights win at wimbledon. Time and again, with his simplicity and humility, he has proved an absolute gentleman. These are the one which give me inspiration in life and some are just tell you about the class of dravid. Before he retired from public life in his 80s, i do know that bradman watched. Rahul dravid announces retirement from international cricket. Sachin tendulkar, rahul dravid feature in dale steyns.
Dont push ms dhoni into retirement, cautions nasser hussain. Dravid s greatness is such that by merely saying, he was a great cricketer, isnt an enough tribute to him. Rahul dravid retires from cricket, comes back and scores a century to save his side. He thanked players, coaches, bcci, the selection committee, media and fans as he bid farewell. Even after retirement, dravid played for his old club in bangalore, the bangalore united cricket club bucc. Rahul dravid s speech at the bcci felicitation ceremony. What are the inspirational stories of rahul dravid. Dravid insisted the disastrous australian series did not play a part in his decision to retire.
Rahul dravid felicitation speech espncricinfo youtube. Veteran south african pacer dale steyn named five best batsmen that he has ever played against, which included former players ricky ponting, sachin tendulkar and rahul dravid. I am excited to be back in new delhi among you all. While rahul dravid believes that the owners are key to chennai super kings three iplwinning success, the test great said that rcbs failure is down to their unbalanced team.
Rahul sharad dravid is a former indian cricketer and captain of the indian national team. I have lost respect for rahul dravid, declared my wife, a great fan of the wall, even as she surfed the internet in vain to get a version from dravid or his bride, vijeta pendharkar, about. Rahul dravid announced his retirement from test cricket on march 9. Indias star batman, popularly known as the wall rahul dravid announced his retirement from test cricket at a press conference in bangalore. Why did people give a big send off to sachin tendulkar and not. It has been nearly three weeks since i announced my retirement from international cricket and firstclass cricket. Rahul dravid is an indian team batsment and also is the gentelman of the cricket,let us know rahul dravid biography,age,height,family,twitter, retirement. Cricket fraternity wishes rahul dravid as the wall turns 47. Rahul dravid has announced his retirement from international limitedovers cricket following the england series. This despite the fact that his team had been relegat. Rahul dravid was born on 11 january 1973 is a former indian cricketer and a former captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of 23 real life stories of rahul dravid that will leave you awestruck. Although, dravid retired from limited overs cricket with more than 10,000 odi runs besides his name.
He announced his retirement just before the series and hence he got the normal. In his announcement, which came hours after he was handed a shock recall to the one. For his achievements,records, hes been the unsung hero. Here are the reactions to indian batting greats retirement from test and domestic firstclass cricket. Rahul sharad dravid on 11th january 1973, in indore a kannada couple sharad and pushpa dravid were gifted with a son, they named him rahul. From dravid to gavaskar, four iconic speeches that are filled with inspiration cricket has some prestigious lectures at which some of its great exponents have spoken, and in doing so, made some strong indictments. Paying tribute to an alltime great as he turns a year older. Rahul dravids retirement from international cricket was announced at his home ground, the chinnaswamy stadium, in a function room filled. Full text of rahul dravid s retirement speech batting great rahul dravid bids adieu to test cricket, bringing down the curtains on a glorious 16year career. The cricket fraternity extended wishes to the wall with some recalling his illustrious career which spanned for. The motivational speech consisted of dravid dispensing his knowledge on how to keep focus during crunch games.
I would like to announce my retirement from international and. Dravid announced his retirement from test and domestic cricket on 9 march 2012, after the 201112 tour of australia, but he. Rahul dravid delivered the 10 th annual sir donald bradman oration at canberra on wednesday click here for the entire text and video of the speech. I would like to announce my retirement from international and domestic firstclass. Why rahul dravid, a gentleman to the core, totally. It is 16 years since i played my first test match for india and today i feel it is an time to. Dravid announces retirement from international cricket. He said, remember that cricket is played in those 22 yards. It is why i leave with sadness but also with pride. This stat, more than anything else, defines the kind of. Rahul dravid speech equal opportunity cricket scribd. Rahul dravid s retirement speech ndtvsports friday march 9, 2012 here is the complete speech made by rahul dravid who announced his retirement from tests and firstclass cricket. Get realtime alerts and all the news on your phone with the allnew india today app. I would like to announce my retirement from international.
Do you think rahul dravid has been overrated since his retirement. Here is the text of rahul dravid s statement at his farewell press conference in bangalore on march 9. Paes wants to emulate inspirational dravid, gopichand. A proud father satisfied with his sons achievements the. Full text of rahul dravids retirement speech sports news. Most news channels show glimpses of what seemed, a typically studious dravid inning, where hes carefully guarded his emotions and yet been candid about them.
Rahul dravid, sourav ganguly discuss matters related to nca. The best quotes on rahul dravid in india, where cricket is followed as the religion, there have been many legends and one of them is rahul dravid. From dravid to gavaskar, four iconic speeches that are. Rahul dravid biography,age,height,family,twitter,retirement. You can also download the ndtv cricket app for android or ios. There are many iconic quotes on him by legends of the game. Never thought id play t20 cricket for so long, an emotional dravid. Visiting the man behind the wall a tribute to rahul dravid. In his retirement speech, he made sure he thanked his many junior coaches who instilled in him, his powerful love. Former india cricket captain rahul dravid will be retiring from oneday internationals after. Dependable rahul dravid the wall of indian cricket team 3. With a choked voice, yuvraj singh read out his final farewell speech.
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