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Rahul Dravid in figures

March 17, 2006 22:13 IST
Rahul Dravid will become the sixth Indian player and 37th player in the world to appear in 100 Test matches when he steps on the ground in the Mumbai Test on Saturday.

It must however be noted that one of Dravid's Test was for ICC World XI against Australia in Super 'Test' which was controversially given Test status by the ICC. So technically, Dravid is still one short of completing his century of Tests for India.

This is how all Indians - members of this exclusive club - stood before their 100th Tests. Clearly Dravid enjoys a higher run-aggregate and batting average than all others, though Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar were way ahead in terms of centuries.

Player Runs Inns NO HS Ave 100s 50s 0s
R Dravid 8492 167 21 270 58.16 22 41 6
SM Gavaskar 8394 174 14 236* 52.46 30 36 10
SR Tendulkar 8351 159 15 217 57.99 30 33 10
DB Vengsarkar 6331 159 22 166 46.21 17 31 12
Kapil Dev 4087 143 12 163 31.20 6 21 12
Anil Kumble had a tally of 1,687 runs (ave 16.87) and 478 wickets (ave.28.03) after exactly 99 Tests. Kapil Dev had also taken 347 wickets (ave.29.02) before his 100th Test.

Dravid's performance against all opponents:

Opponent Tests Inns NO Runs Ave Hs 100 50 0
Australia 19 35 4 1503 48.48 233 2 8 3
Bangladesh 3 4 1 229 76.33 160 1 0 1
England 11 17 2 1159 77.27 217 3 6 0
New Zealand 9 18 1 1004 59.06 222 4 2 1
Pakistan 12 20 2 1045 58.06 270 5 2 1
South Africa 12 23 2 829 39.48 148 1 5 0
Sri Lanka 11 17 1 832 52.00 107 1 7 0
West Indies 13 20 5 912 60.80 144* 2 6 0
Zimbabwe 9 13 3 979 97.90 200* 3 5 0

Dravid's pattern of scoring:

Opponent 0s 0*-9 10-19 20-49 50-89 90-99 100-149 150-199 200-249 250+
Australia 3 10 1 14 6 2 0 1 1 0
Bangladesh 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
England 0 3 1 4 4 2 2 0 1 0
New Zealand 1 6 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 0
Pakistan 1 5 3 5 2 0 4 0 0 1
South Africa 0 5 4 8 5 0 1 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 0 2 2 5 5 2 1 0 0 0
West Indies 0 3 5 4 4 2 2 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 0 2 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 0
TOTAL 6 31 18 49 32 9 13 4 4 1

This is how Dravid made his runs in each progressive chunk of 10 matches:

Match # Inns NO Runs Ave Hs 100 50 0
1 - 10 18 2 773 48.31 148 1 5 0
11 - 20 14 1 755 58.08 93 0 9 0
21 - 30 18 1 1012 59.53 190 5 2 1
31 - 40 19 3 782 48.88 200* 2 1 1
41 - 50 19 2 813 47.82 180 1 5 0
51 - 60 15 2 598 46.00 144* 1 4 0
61 - 70 17 2 1176 78.40 222 5 3 0
71 - 80 17 3 1032 73.71 270 2 4 2
81 - 90 15 2 832 64.00 160 3 4 1
91 - 99 15 3 719 59.92 128* 2 4 1

Year-wise progress of Dravid's run-scoring:

Year Tests Inns NO Runs Ave Hs 100 50 0
1996 7 12 1 436 39.64 95 0 3 0
1997 12 18 2 984 61.50 148 1 9 0
1998 5 9 0 413 45.89 118 1 3 1
1999 10 19 1 865 48.06 190 4 1 0
2000 6 11 3 624 78.00 200* 2 1 1
2001 13 23 3 935 46.75 180 1 6 0
2002 16 26 3 1357 59.00 217 5 5 0
2003 5 10 2 803 100.38 233 2 3 0
2004 12 18 3 946 63.07 270 2 4 3
2005 8 12 0 640 53.33 135 2 4 1
2006 5 9 3 489 81.50 128* 2 2 0

Dravid's performance in each series:

# Season Vs In Tests Inns NO runs Ave Hs 100 50 0
1 1996 Eng Eng 2 3 0 187 62.33 95 0 2 0
2 1996-97 Aus Ind 1 1 0 40 40.00 40 0 0 0
3 1996-97 SAf Ind 3 6 0 175 29.17 56 0 1 0
4 1996-97 SAf SAf 3 6 1 277 55.40 148 1 1 0
5 1996-97 WI WI 5 7 2 360 72.00 92 0 4 0
6 1997-98 SL SL 2 3 0 77 25.67 69 0 1 0
7 1997-98 SL Ind 3 4 0 304 76.00 93 0 3 0
8 1997-98 Aus Ind 3 5 0 223 44.60 86 0 3 0
9 1998-99 Zim Zim 1 2 0 162 81.00 118 1 0 0
10 1998-99 NZ NZ 2 4 1 321 107.00 190 2 0 1
11 1998-99 Pak Ind 3 6 0 162 27.00 53 0 1 0
12 1998-99 SL SL 1 1 0 107 107.00 107 1 0 0
13 1999-00 NZ Ind 3 6 0 239 39.83 144 1 0 0
14 1999-00 Aus Aus 3 6 0 93 15.50 35 0 0 1
15 1999-00 SAf Ind 2 4 0 94 23.50 37 0 0 0
16 2000-01 Ban Ban 1 2 1 69 69.00 41* 0 0 0
17 2000-01 Zim Ind 2 3 2 432 432.00 200* 2 1 0
18 2000-01 Aus Ind 3 6 0 338 56.33 180 1 1 0
19 2001 Zim Zim 2 3 1 138 69.00 68* 0 1 0
20 2001-02 SL SL 3 6 1 235 47.00 75 0 2 0
21 2001-02 SAf SAf 2 4 0 102 25.50 87 0 1 0
22 2001-02 Eng Ind 3 4 1 122 40.67 86 0 1 0
23 2001-02 Zim Ind 2 3 0 72 24.00 65 0 1 0
24 2001-02 WI WI 5 8 1 404 57.71 144* 1 2 0
25 2002 Eng Eng 4 6 0 602 100.33 217 3 1 0
26 2002-03 WI Ind 3 5 2 148 49.33 100* 1 0 0
27 2002-03 NZ NZ 2 4 0 131 32.75 76 0 1 0
28 2003-04 NZ Ind 2 4 0 313 78.25 222 1 1 0
29 2003-04 Aus Aus 4 8 3 619 123.80 233 1 3 0
30 2003-04 Pak Pak 3 4 0 309 77.25 270 1 0 1
31 2004-05 Aus Ind 4 7 1 167 27.83 60 0 1 1
32 2004-05 SAf Ind 2 3 1 181 90.50 80 0 2 0
33 2004-05 Ban Ban 2 2 0 160 80.00 160 1 0 1
34 2004-05 Pak Ind 3 5 0 333 66.60 135 2 1 0
35 2005-06 Zim Zim 2 2 0 175 87.50 98 0 2 0
36 2005-06 Aus Aus 1 2 0 23 11.50 23 0 0 1
37 2005-06 SL Ind 2 3 0 109 36.33 53 0 1 0
38 2005-06 Pak Pak 3 5 2 241 80.33 128* 2 0 0
39 2005-06 Eng Ind 2 4 1 248 82.67 95 0 2 0

Dravid's mode of dismissals:

Opponent Inns NO Bowled CW CF C&B HW LBW RO St RH
Australia 35 4 6 11 10 1 0 2 1 0 0
Bangladesh 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
England 17 2 3 4 3 0 0 3 1 1 0
New Zealand 18 1 4 5 5 0 0 2 1 0 0
Pakistan 20 2 3 4 6 0 0 3 2 0 0
South Africa 23 2 6 4 7 0 0 4 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 17 1 0 1 11 1 0 1 2 0 0
West Indies 20 5 5 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 1
Zimbabwe 13 3 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTAL 167 21 30 38 47 2 0 19 9 1 1

Dravid's nemesis:

Bowler For Total Bowled CW CF C&B HW LBW St
Warne, SK Aus 8 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
Gillespie, JN Aus 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
McGrath, GD Aus 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
Muralitharan, M SL 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hoggard, MJ Eng 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
Adams, PR SAf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
Pollock, SM SAf 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Vettori, DL NZ 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rose, FA WI 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Shoaib Akhtar Pak 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Vaas, WPUJC SL 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Lee, B Aus 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Danish Kaneria Pak 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
McMillan, BM SAf 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Wiseman, PJ NZ 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sanford, A WI 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dillon, M WI 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Streak, HH Zim 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blignaut, AM Zim 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mbangwa, M Zim 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Cairns, CL NZ 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Giles, AF Eng 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mashrafe Mortaza Ban 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oram, JDP NZ 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Tuffey, DR NZ 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mohammad Sami Pak 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Kasprowicz, MS Aus 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cronje, WJ SAf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Symcox, PL SAf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Powell, DB WI 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jayasuriya, ST SL 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Waugh, SR Aus 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mahwire, NB Zim 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lewis, CC Eng 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mullally, AD Eng 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ealham, MA Eng 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Doull, SB NZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ranatunga, A SL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ambrose, CEL WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
de Silva, KSC SL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bishop, IR WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robertson, GR Aus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Klusener, L SAf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dharmasena, HDPK SL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Blewett, GS Aus 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wasim Akram Pak 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butler, IG NZ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Umar Gul Pak 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Imran Farhat Pak 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lawson, JJC WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Styris, SB NZ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bond, SE NZ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clarke, MJ Aus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mohammad Asif Pak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Panesar, MS Eng 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flintoff, A Eng 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ntini, M SAf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hall, AJ SAf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arshad Khan Pak 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Boje, N SAf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mohammad Rafique Ban 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fleming, DW Aus 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hathurusingha, UC SL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nash, DJ NZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Donald, AA SAf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miller, CR Aus 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Black, MI WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuffy, CE WI 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cork, DG Eng 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hayward, M SAf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ormond, J Eng 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Price, RW Zim 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Rajneesh Gupta