Birthday Special Rahul Dravid: From most balls played to catches, it is difficult to break these five records of Rahul Dravid.


Former Indian team coach Rahul Dravid turned 52 on January 11. After leaving the post of coach of Team India, Dravid is spending quality time with his family these days. After a successful cricket career, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup last year under the coaching of Dravid. It was only after this that Dravid left his post. Under Dravid’s coaching, Team India has also played the finals of the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup. He has been one of the best batsmen of his time. His record in both Test and ODI formats has been excellent.
 
facing the most balls
 Dravid has been a nightmare for all bowlers throughout his career. During this time he harassed many bowlers. You just need to look at the number of balls he faced in Test cricket. Dravid faced a total of 31,258 balls in his Test career, which is approximately 5210 overs. He is the player who has faced the most balls in Test cricket. It is very difficult to break this record of his.
Record of most catches
Rahul Dravid is the fielder who has taken the most catches in Test cricket. He has taken 210 catches in his career. After him, England’s Joe Root is in second place. Root has taken 207 catches in Tests and is three catches away from Dravid’s record. Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka is in third place. Who has taken 205 catches.
Stayed at the crease for the longest time
Indian cricket fans always felt like Rahul when Dravid was at the crease. He knew that Dravid was a player who would not give away his wicket easily. He will make the bowlers work hard. Dravid was known for playing marathon innings. For him, batting was like meditation and it is no surprise that he holds the world record for spending most minutes at the crease in Test cricket history. He spent a total of 44,152 minutes at the crease while batting. Which is more than the highest scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.
 
Players with most century partnerships
The best thing about Rahul Dravid was that apart from scoring runs himself, he also contributed to the success of others. The batting magician had mastered the art of building long partnerships. He holds the unique record of making the most century partnerships in the history of Test cricket. He made 88 partnerships of 100 or more runs in the longest format.
Players who have made partnerships of 300+ runs
Dravid loved to build marathon partnerships. Apart from holding the world record for the highest number of century partnerships in Tests, this great batsman also holds the world record for the highest number of partnerships of more than 300 in the history of the game. They have made partnerships of more than 300 runs 6 times. Next in the list are Don Bradman and Graeme Smith who have five each.