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Rahul Dravid, India's captain, won the toss and elected to bat, and after Virender Sehwag had taken three fours off the Sri Lankan opening bowlers Farveez Maharoof and Dilhara Lokuhettige, things looked up, as India had made 17 off the first two overs.
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Rahul and Dravid
As the batsman started to walk back, captain Rahul Dravid declared the innings when confusion started as the umpires were not certain if the fielder stepped on the ropes and Dhoni stayed for the umpire's verdict.
* He scored 34 centuries ; joint-fifth along with Sunil Gavaskar, on the all-time list behind Sachin Tendulkar (), Jacques Kallis ( 43 ), Ricky Ponting ( 41 ) and Rahul Dravid ( 36 ).
* With 164 catches, He is the fourth all-time catch-taker of non-Wicketkeepers, behind Rahul Dravid, Mark Waugh and Stephen Fleming.
* 1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
He was also an excellent first slip – his 157 catches, at the time, a Test record ( now held by Rahul Dravid ).
He is regarded as one of the best slip fielders ever to play cricket, and held the world record for most Test catches by a non-wicketkeeper until Rahul Dravid broke it in 2009.
Rahul Dravid (; born Rahul Sharad Dravid on 11 January 1973 ) is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian Test and One Day International ( ODI ) teams.
Rahul Dravid had been dropped from the ODI team in 2009 until he was included in the team in 2011 for a ODI series in England.
Rahul Dravid played his last ODI innings against England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Friday, 16 September 2011.
In the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy of 1995 / 96 season against West Zone, Laxman scored 47 in the first innings and a spectacular 121 in the second innings, sharing a 199-run partnership with skipper Rahul Dravid.
The innings also contributed to a record partnership of 376 with Rahul Dravid who made 180 and together they survived the whole 4th day.
* Rahul Dravid
After being eliminated by neighbours Sri Lanka on home soil at the 1996 Cricket World Cup, the team underwent a year of change as Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, later to become captains of the team, made their debut in the same Test at Lord's.
However, the new core-Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly-swore not to let this happen to them again-and lead Indian cricket out of the dark ages.
The tension resulted in a fallout between Chappell and Ganguly, resulting in Rahul Dravid being made captain.
Recently, it has a very strong batting line-up with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag all being selected to play for the ICC World XI in the 2005 " SuperTest " against Australia.
After winning the Test series against England in August 2007, Rahul Dravid stepped down as the captain of the team following which Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made the captain of the Twenty20 and ODI team.
During the innings, he became only the third player and the first Australian ( after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who were playing in the same match ) to pass 13, 000 career Test runs.
Javagal Srinath counts among the few fighter cum gentlemen in Indian cricket in the same league as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, and Robin Singh.
In the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he was involved in a partnership of 318 runs with Rahul Dravid, which remains the highest overall partnership score in the World Cup tournament history.
However, after teammate Navjot Singh Sidhu left the touring, citing ill-treatment by then captain Mohammad Azharuddin, Ganguly made his Test debut against England in the Second Test of a three-match series at Lord's Cricket Ground alongside Rahul Dravid.
His partnership of 318 with Rahul Dravid is the highest overall score in a World Cup and is the second highest in all ODI cricket.
Rahul and India's
In 1997 he came under intense scrutiny from the international cricket media after he was alleged to have used racially abusive language against India's Rahul Dravid in the finals of a one-day series.
Both of these were major factors at the famous Test Match at Eden Gardens in 2001, when India's V. V. S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid put on a fifth wicket stand of 376 runs, staying at the crease for the entire fourth day's play without being dismissed.
Rahul and captain
He was previously often characterised as having attitude problems, but later often assumed leadership positions during Rahul Dravid's tenure as captain.
During the second Test in Kolkata, he bowled a single over when V. V. S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid defied the Australian attack for the entirety of the fourth day, forcing captain Steve Waugh to try almost all his players as bowlers ; it was the only time Langer ever bowled at Test level.
* 13 October-India name Rahul Dravid as captain for the two home ODI series with Sri Lanka and South Africa, replacing Sourav Ganguly.
With the arrival of Greg Chappell and Rahul Dravid being appointed captain, the number 3 slot was given to either Irfan Pathan or Mahendra Singh Dhoni to accelerate the scoring rate.
He also captained the national ODI team in the 2005 – 06 Challenger Trophy in the absence of regular captain Rahul Dravid.
Later in the same match, he bowled in an ODI for the first time, and with his 17th delivery, took his first ODI wicket, the victim being the Indian captain Rahul Dravid.
Having been put in the field by Rahul Dravid-still captain of India, despite Sourav Ganguly's return to international cricket following his four-match ban-the opening bowlers were taken for 67 runs in 15 overs, Virender Sehwag and Ganguly enjoying the moment.
Rahul and won
Her performance in the 2006 film Pyaar Ke Side Effects, co-starring Rahul Bose, won her praise from around the industry, and the film also did moderately well at the box office.
In the final against India, he picked up one wicket bowling Rahul Dravid as Australia won, completing an undefeated campaign.
In 2009, the ACS ( BR ) water polo ' B ' Division ( Also Known as Barker Titans ) was the first school in Singapore to have won the School Nationals consecutively for three years in a row ( 2007, 2008, 2009 ). In 2007, ACS ( BR ) edged out its brother School ACS ( I ) 7-5 in the waterpolo final with 2 superb shots from Rahul Shankar Pandey in extra time.
Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar then put on a world-record 331 run partnership off 46. 2 overs as India amassed on 376 runs and easily won the match by 174 runs.
Rahul Dravid won the toss and chose to bat in Colombo, his team-mates were immediately worried by the hostile bowling of the West Indian seamers, who got plenty of swing and awkward bounce.
Rahul and toss
When Australia's stand-in-captain, Adam Gilchrist, went to the toss, he noticed Rahul Dravid was waiting instead of Ganguly, leaving him to ask Dravid where Ganguly was.
Rahul and after
Rahul Gandhi joined St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1989 for his undergraduate education but moved to Harvard University after he completed the first year examinations.
On 11 May 2011 Rahul Gandhi was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police at Bhatta Parsaul village after he turned out in support of agitating farmers demanding more compensation for their land being acquired for a highway project.
Khan played the role of Rahul Khanna, a college student, who falls in love with his best friend ( Kajol ) after the death of his wife ( Mukerji ), years after breaking contact with her.
Nandini sends Sayeeda ( Farida Jalal ), Rahul and Rohan's nanny, after Rahul to take care of him.
However, she explains to her mother ( Reema Lagoo ) that she does not really love him and is marrying him as a compromise as she feels she can never love again after losing Rahul.
Nayyar for shaping Asha Bhosle as a singer of repute, who became his daughter-in-law after she married Rahul Dev Burman.
His first-class record is even more impressive, with a batting average of 58. 38 for his 18, 740 runs ( highest first-class aggregate for an Indian player after Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid ).
One day Prakash's brother Rahul ( Chandrachur Singh ) comes to visit after 2 years, who is a master-chef working in Mumbai.
Dilshan got three of the next four wickets, but only after India had moved to 117 for 1-VVS Laxman departing first for 22, Ganguly quickly following suit after having hit 51-and 10, 000 ODI runs in his career, and Rahul Dravid was deceived by the drift and clean bowled by the spinner for a golden duck.
The film was released some time after the death of the music director, Rahul Dev Burman.
Famous Santoor artist Rahul Sharma named a track after Amarnath temple as " Shiva Linga: The Amarnath Cave "
The film centres around the character of Rahul Seth ( Rahul Khanna ), a young, rich, Indo-Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother ( Moushumi Chatterjee ) is anxious to get him married after the freak-accidental death of his Caucasian pop singer girlfriend, Kimberly ( Jessica Paré ).
Prodded by his understanding, Shakespeare-quoting grandmother ( Dina Pathak ), Rahul goes after Sue and professes his true opinion of her, and proposes marriage to her as well.
His wife Rukmani ( Farida Jalal ), daughter Kajal ( Preity Zinta ) and son Rahul are shattered by his death and soon Arjun is fearful that the same person that killed his brother-in-law will come after him or his family.
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