Today is the birthday of Rahul Dravid, the former captain and current coach of the Indian cricket team. He is popularly known as “The Wall Of Indian Cricket”. So, today on 11 January 2023 he celebrates his 50th Birthday. His fan following craze can be seen from flooded birthday wishes Bookey circulated all over the social media platforms. He is well-known far and wide due to his calm and quiet demeanour. He was born in the city of Indore in 1973. But soon after his birth, his family moved to Bangalore. Rahul thereafter received his early education in the Karnataka state capital.

Apart from being a terrific cricketer, something which makes him more interesting is his excellence at academics and knowledge of holding a good grip over four languages which includes Hindi, English, Marathi, and Kannada.  

Rahul Dravid’s Cricket Career, Records, and Achievements

Dravid made his debut with Ganguly.

At Lord's in 1996, Rahul Dravid and another former captain, Sourav Ganguly, both played their first Test match. In the first Test inning, Ganguly scored a century, while Dravid came just five runs short of a century. However, in 2002, Dravid smashed four straight Test hundreds, including 148 under challenging circumstances at Headingley.

Dravid’s Mesmerizing Cricket Records

His great mesmerizing performances were like an unbreakable wall to other cricketers and can be seen as—
164 Test matches - 13288 runs - 36 centuries - 63 fifties
344 ODIs - 10889 runs - 12 centuries - 83 fifties
1 T20 International match - 31 runs

Played only one T20 International

In 2011, Rahul Dravid faced off against England in his only T20 match. Where he had marked a spectacular inning of 31 runs.  

Only two of Team India's cricketers have scored more than 10,000 runs in both ODIs and Tests. The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Dravid. Dravid has scored 13,288 Test runs, including 36 hundred and 63 half-centuries and 10,889 runs in ODIs along with his 12 centuries.

His Achievements 
Rahul Dravid has won numerous honors from the Indian government. 
He won the Arjuna Award in 1998. The Indian government felicitated him in 2004 with Padma Shri – India's fourth highest civilian award and in 2013 with Padma Bhushan – India's third highest civilian award respectively. 
Notably, as of January 2022, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Jacques Kallis. 
Now let’s know what online astrologers have analyzed about the Horoscope that has all been stored for him for this new year ahead. 

Horoscope of Rahul Dravid in 2023
As per his birth date which is 11 January 1973 at 10:58 am in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. But David was brought up in Bangalore, where his family later moved. Just at the age of 12, Dravid started playing cricket and his great skill and love for cricket made him represent Karnataka at the under-15, under-17, and under-19 levels.

According to Rahul Dravid's Kundli, he is in Pisces ascendant and Moon is in the same sign. Saturn is placed in the third house and Taurus. Also, Ketu is in the 4th house and Gemini and Mars are in the 9th house in Scorpio. However, the planets like Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Rahu are in Sagittarius and posited in the 10th house.

Dravid’s 2023 horoscope predictions and Important Dashas
• Surya Mahadasha is the current Dasha, which will affect his life in 2023. What to expect during Surya Mahadasha in 2023:
• Sun is in the 10th house in his horoscope, so he will have commendable opportunities during this Dasha time. Apart from this, he is likely to receive various blessings during this period, be it wealth growth or achievement.
• Along with all this, he carries the potential to become even more famous and respected and perform exceptionally well in all kinds of conferences and discussions.
• During the Dasha period with Sun in the 10th house, he will probably develop courage in all walks of his life and will get recognition across the country.
• As the Dasha period goes on, he will get stronger and more self-assured, increasing his chances that anything he attempts will be successful. This is a crucial point to take into account because the ODI World Cup is overhead which will take place in 2023, and may have an impact on the Indian team's possibility of winning.
• We can see that the Sun is positioned in Sagittarius in his horoscope. As a result, in the year 2023, he will have good and beneficial outcomes in the form of positive energy.

Dravid’s Love Life
In the year 2003, Rahul Dravid married Doctor Vijeta Penderkar, a resident of Nagpur. From their marriage, the couple had two sons. The name of the elder son is Samit while the younger one is Anvay. 
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