Rahul Dravid Education Qualification
William Smith
Updated on March 17, 2026
Rahul Dravid:- Rahul Sharad Dravid is a well-known Indian cricket coach and former captain of the Indian national team. Recently, he has been serving as its head coach. Prior to his appointment to the senior men’s national team, Dravid was the Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy, and the head coach of the India Under-19 and India A teams.
Rahul Dravid Education Qualification
Rahul Dravid completed his schooling at St. Joseph’s Boys High School, Bangalore and took a degree in commerce from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore.
| School | St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| College/University | • St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, • St Joseph’s College of Business Administration, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Educational Qualification | Degree in Commerce |
Personal Information
| Full name | Rahul Sharad Dravid |
| Names Earned | Jammy, The Wall, Mr. Dependable |
| Profession | Cricketer (Batter) |
| Date of Birth | 11 January 1973 (Thursday) |
| Age (as of 2023) | 50 Years |
| Birthplace | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Address | Indira Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Girlfriends | Vijeta Pendharkar |
| Marriage Date | 4 May 2003 |
| Wife | Vijeta Pendharkar |
| Children | Sons- Samit Dravid and Anvay Dravid |
| Parents | Father- Sharad Dravid (worked in a Kissan Factory) Mother- Pushpa Dravid (Professor of architecture at the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore) |
| Siblings | Brother- Vijay Dravid |
Other Information
| International Debut | Test- On 20 June 1996 against England at Lord’s ODI- 3 April 1996 against Sri Lanka at Singapore |
| Jersey Number | #5 #19 |
| Domestic/State Team | • Karnataka • Kent • Canterbury • Marylebone Cricket Club • Royal Challengers Bangalore • Rajasthan Royals |
| Coach/Mentor | Keki Tarapore and Gundappa Viswanath |
| Batting Style | Right-handed bat |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm off-break |
| Favourite Shot | Square Cut |
| Hobbies | Reading books, listening to music, and spending time with his friends and family. |
| Controversies | • During an ODI with Zimbabwe in January 2004, he was fined half his match fees for ball-tampering. • He was criticized for declaring the Indian inning during the Multan Test in March 2004, when Sachin Tendulkar was at the crease with 194 runs with 16 overs remaining |
| Cars Collection | Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 Porsche 911 Carrera S |
| Salary (approx.) | Rs. 10 Crore per annum as an Indian coach |
| Net Worth (approx.) | Rs. 172 Crore ($23 Million) (as of 2021) |
Records (main ones)
- Most time spent at a crease in international cricket (735 hours and 52 minutes)
- Most balls faced in Test cricket (31258 balls)
- Most nineties in Test cricket (10)
- First Indian to score five double centuries in Tests
- Most number of hundred-run partnerships in international cricket
- Only Indian to score two back-to-back centuries at the World Cup
- Oldest player for India to debut in T20Is (38 years and 232 days old)
- Most match-winning partnerships in Test cricket
- Highest batting average by an Indian in a series across all formats (432.00)
- The first man to score centuries in all Test-playing nations
- Only Indian cricketer to score a hundred in four back-to-back innings
- Most runs in Tests that India won
- Longest time spent at a crease by a Test cricketer (736 hours)
- The highest number of partnership runs (32039 runs)
- The first batter to score 10000 runs in Test cricket while batting at number three
- The second most runs by a batter away from home in Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar (8705)
- Most number of hundred runs partnerships in Test cricket (88)
- First Indian captain to win a Test match on South African soil in 2006
- Only Indian batter to score four consecutive hundreds in Test cricket
- Most consecutive ODI innings without a duck (120)
- Most consecutive innings without a duck in international cricket (173)
- Most catches by a non-wicketkeeper in Test cricket (210 catches)
- Fastest fifty by an Indian wicketkeeper against New Zealand in 2003
- The only batter to have 10 or more century stands with four other batters in international cricket
- Most dot balls faced by a batter in Test cricket
- One of the two batters who have scored 21 or more hundreds in away Test matches
- Only Indian captain to win a test match in all six countries
- One of the two batters in Test cricket to score 7500 plus runs in away matches along with Sachin Tendulkar
- Most half-century stands between two batters in Test cricket
- The only fielder in Test cricket to take 50-plus catches of two bowlers
- Second most appearances in a partnership with a single batter (143 matches) after Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge
- Most fifty-plus runs partnerships in Test cricket
- First cricketer to play his 100th Test while batting at number three on home ground
- The most partnership runs for the third wicket in test cricket
- The only batter to forge two partnerships of 300-plus runs in ODI cricket
- Only pair in Test cricket to have put on 300 plus runs along with Sachin Tendulkar for the same wicket and against the same opposition on two occasions – once at home and another on away soil
- Second batter to score most fours in Test cricket (1654)
- Most occasions of bowled dismissals in Test cricket (54)
- Second fastest to 9000 runs in Test cricket.
#HappyBirthdayRahulDravid #HappyBirthdayDravid #Dravid #TheWall
— Rahul Dravid (@NotDravid) January 11, 2020
Awards, Honours, Achievements
- Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 1998
- CEAT International Cricketer of the World Cup in 1999
- Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2004
- Wisden Cricketer of the year in 2000
- ICC Award for the Test player of the year in 2004
- MTV Youth of the Year in 2004
- ICC Cricketer of The Year in 2004
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in 2004
- Sexiest Sportsperson in the year 2004
- Captain of the ICC’s Test team in 2006
- NDTV Indian of the Year’s Lifetime Achievement Award with Dev Anand in 2011
- Don Bradman Award with Glenn Mcgrath in 2012
- Wisden India’s Highest-Impact Test Batter in 2015
- Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2013
- Inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame in 2018
Favourite Things
| Cricketer | Gundappa Viswanath, Michael Holding, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar |
| Cricket Ground | Eden Gardens (Kolkata) and Lord’s Cricket Ground |
| Food | Chicken Tikka Masala, Dal and Rice, Mango Milkshake |
| Actor | Tom Cruise, Aamir Khan |
| Actress | Demi Moore and Michelle Pfeiffer |
| Film | Hollywood- Braveheart and Ghost |
| Singer | Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen |
| Colour | Blue |
| Sportsperson | Roger Federer |
| Book(s) | ‘Tough times never last, tough people do’ by Robert Schuller and Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach |
| Sports | Hockey, Football, and Badminton |
