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[edit] copyright

To the user who added this article:

The Wikipedia has a strict copyright policy. Unless the author of any material agrees to release it into the public domain or under the GNU Free Documentation License, it has come out of copyright, or it comes under fair use, we can't use that material. Factual material cannot be copyrighted, and so the tabled information is ok, but that description can be and is copyright Wisden and I doubt they've given permission for use. See Wikipedia:copyrights for more information.


[edit] The Wall

The article states that the wall is borrowed from an ad,i am not so sure,Jammy was from an ad,can somebody who is sure about this just tell me which ad it is.Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prateek01 (talk • contribs)

The nickname comes from the fact that he played for the India Cements team (A second division team) for some time. I do not know of any TV/Newspaper commercial/Ad where Dravid appeas for India Cements. But It is well known that the name comes from this.

I strongly believe that the article is now neutral. So, shouldn't the tag be removed now?

[edit] Bias

A talented (even great) batsman, no doubt. But really, those first 3 paragraphs in the section "Dravid's style" reads like fan mail. I'm not quoting eveything that I found objectionable, but here's a sample...

"In cricket a player is judged by his performances in unfamilar conditions. Rahul is best when he plays in unfamilar conditions, backed by his sound technique, tempermant and attitude." (Source? Statistics?)

"Rahul Dravid is regarded as one of the brilliant thinkers of the game." (Source?)

"He has almost always saved the Indian team from bad phases by performing at his best, as he is the most dependable and consistent player India has ever produced." (People like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar might want to dispute that one.)

"Arguably the best Indian batsman of his era..." (There is a certain Sachin Tendulkar who belongs to Dravid's era, you know.)

  • I am not fan of Rahul Dravid. But I find everything that quoted in that article to be true!! I love Sachin..I feel that he is the best thing to happen to Indian Cricket for the past century...but even Sachin can't steal Rahul's share of glory.... Rahul Dravid has definetly been India's Most Successful player Overseas...and has played a major role in India's good performances both outside and inside India in the recent past. We do need to given the Devil its due!!! - PSRAMANUJ
My opinion is that Tendulkar is the greatest batsman produced by India. The current wave of declarations of Dravid being "India's best ever" is based on his exceptional performances in the last few years, and Tendulkar's (relative) lack of the same in this period. The opinions of the public and the newspaper columns on who's the "best ever" are almost always dependent on the recent past.
Anyway, so much for my opinion. Now, for some facts. Tendulkar was in both Richie Benaud's and Don Bradman's best elevens of all time. Some of the greatest bowlers of this era - Shane Warne, Allan Donald, Muttiah Muralitharan (who also named Brian Lara alongside him) - have named Tendulkar the greatest batsman they've ever bowled to - these are bowlers who have played against both Dravid and Tendulkar. And I have named but a few from amongst the current lot and former players who rate Tendulkar so.
Point is, while a statement like "Dravid is arguably the best Indian batsman of his era" will have its supporters, you will find legions of others (including great cricketers of the past and the present) affirming otherwise. Which is why that quote does not belong in the article. It is not NPOV. 202.80.59.3 07:51, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Agree with you to a large extent, especially 'arguably the best' part. Try if you can improve it . If not, I'll give it a try in a week or so. thanks, Tintin 13:43, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
    • I don't have access to statistics, and besides I'm not an authority on Dravid. It's probably best if I refrained from degrading the article even more.202.80.59.3 13:28, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Dravid averages about 63 away and 50 at home, which indicates that he does well adapting to "non-native" conditions. He has an overall average of 58, with an average in the first innings of about 65 and in the second of 50? For most other players, their second innings average is significantly lower than the first, because the pitch becomes scratched and physically damaged, so that the ball bounces more unpredictable, eg Virender SEhwag, another Indian averages 75 in first innings and 25 in the seond innings. If you check the articles on Pakistani players, for example Shoaib Malik, this gives you an indication that many cricket bios are written by fans Blnguyen 03:05, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
The way you have put it is very good and is the way that is should be in the article. The way it currently is in the article (the first of the quotes above) sounds like a fan's adoring words.
P.S. - That Shoaib Malik article is indeed very bad. But that doesn't mean that this article should plumb the depths of that one. 202.80.59.3 07:51, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  • As a general comment, please try to avoid putting statistics that are likely to change very often in the main body of the article. At the moment there is something about RSD's career average in Tests and the average since 2000 and to keep the article accurate, these will need to be updated after every Test match. When you add the stats, keep them in some way that they will be fairly stable over time. Tintin 13:32, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Of late, Rahul Dravid seems to have become an Arrogant person - after becoming the captain. Its just time before he goes to the dustbin...

The dude who's mentioned Sachin Tendulkar seems to be biased. Sachin is great but in terms of dependability is nowhere close to Dravid. Sachin and Dravid are two different players. Dravid typically is the backbone of the team aroudn which the innings are built. Today there are seveal players in the team who could replace Tendulkar but I'm not sure any of them could replace Dravid's role in the lineup

[edit] NPOV

This article has been getting a lot worse over recent days, especially the first paragraph under the contents box, and I've put an {{NPOV}} marker on it.

All statements need to be sourced and written from a neutral point of view. Among those which aren't at the moment:

He is an intensely committed,hard working,intelligent cricketer and a complete team man
He has proved that he is one of finest batsmen to have played the game
Most Indian victories have come with Dravid playing a significant role
There are many who feel that he has received the respect that he should have received in the first place
Along with Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Jaques Kallis and Adam Gilchrist he is among the best batsman playing the game now
Recently he has also won many accolades for his intelligence and inspiring captaincy

All of these are simply fans praising him, with no facts to back up whether the statements are true or false. Anyone want to have a go at rewriting this introduction?

Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:06, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Blnguyen! Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

"He is tied with Sachin Tendulkar in fourth place for having captained India in the most victorious matches "...Is it a record worth mentioning??221.128.161.89 17:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)Dodo

[edit] The boy who always stood first??

A book with that title & that too by Chappell? No offense, but live in India & saying that I live off cricket wouldn't be entirely wrong. So I highly doubt that a book of that title exists. There does exist a book called "The Nice guy who Finished First" by Devendra Prabhudesai which is a biography of dravid released in 2005. But a month in Wikipedia has taught me one thing - There are always guys who are smarter & know much more than you. So just to be safe I googled the book title in question. And as expected it turned up nothing except the Wikipedia article, a few other obscure sites & one very offensive MILF article! On the other hand the book I have mentioned has been read by me (google it if you dont trust me). So if I have pulled the rope a lot longer than it is, Please enlighten me! Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 18:38, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Be bold! If it's wrong, go ahead and remove it. Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:51, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

There is definitely no such book. And why is everyone advertising the book "The Nice guy who finished first"? There are so many books on Dravid. There is a biography on him written by Vedam Jaishankar the sports journalist of the daily, The Indian express. I think the reference to the book "The Nice guy who finished first" being released in Dravid's Timeline ought to be removed.

[edit] Criticism

Removing the criticism about VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble dropped from the team, since the Indian captain has no role in team selection. Mssnlayam 05:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Please tell whether the following statement is against NPOVDoctor Bruno 14:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong move as a captain

It is Dravid’s burden that he will forever be asked to account for that Multan declaration. And with this step,[1] his Mr Nice Guy image has taken a beating.

* Dravid is a good player. But he lost an opportunity to become a great player as he is not an aggressive person like Ganguly or Ponting or even like Lara. His captainship during EWorldcup 2007 was miserable so was his performance at crucial matches. The entire team India looked dejected and clearly lacked motivation under his captainship. But he managed and preferred to be be in the good book of BBCI and retained his captainship. But his credibility to junior players as a captain are at the bottom.

[edit] Doctor Bruno and POV

I think that Doctor Bruno's edits do not portray a fair picture of Dravid.

  • Especially where you have compared Dravid's fourth innings record to Tendulkars record in the second innnings (in thes sense of 3rd and 4th innings). They are not the same thing. Perhaps if you look at the averages, Dravid is about 50 in the fourth innings and Tendulkar is about 35.
  • The Multan incident (I know you didn't add this originally but you expanded it?) is about Dravid's attitude to Tendulkar's personal milestone - India won the game by an innings and it set up the series, so it isn't fair as an example of poor captaincy.
  • Srikeit has already removed some of the stuff about the Mumbai test, but "And with this step,[2] his Mr Nice Guy image has taken a beating" is original analysis which cannot be deduced from statistics and not from a proper opinion poll - in any case this is not particularly relevant as it is about strategy and not a lack of sportsmanship
  • Dravid's finest innings - these appear to have been disretionally selected, and as such is to be avoided if possible

Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 00:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I have already told that it an unintentional mistake about the fourth inning in the talk pages.
I did not tell about Multan incident. It was the opinion of a lot of people including Ganguly. I have just quoted it
I have added the finest innings, because it was not there in the page. Also I have just started and it needs to be expanded Doctor Bruno 02:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
    • That's OK I put many messages up simultaneously.I'm not trying to run you down. I mean that it is difficult to have a "select" group of innings, because you would have to justify why some scores which are numerically higher, were actually of lesser skill. He's made 5 200s, but three of them aren't there. I fully realize that some of the small scores were more skillful than the 200s, but it is hard to write this up without coming to POV. Regards, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:44, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
It was a fact that Dravid lost much of his mister Nice Guy image when he declared only 6 runs short of Tendulkar's double century, this is judging by opinion columns in newspapers at the time. However, I don't think the point about the third test in Mumbai is valid, it sounds very much like India lost because of Dravid (judging by this article). But I don't think it is our job to count a captain's mistakes in a match and put it against him. I do not see Ricky Ponting's page filled with criticism on how he couldn't defend 434 in an ODI, yet I see criticism of Dravid in a series in which I think he was top scorer and won a match too. Anyway, saying India should've batted first leads to IF and EVENIF which I'm sure isn't part of Wikipedia. Nobleeagle (Talk) 03:53, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Fair enough about the nice guy, but should that be moved to another section- because it is not technically about the effectiveness of his captaincy, rather more so about his rewarding of his players.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:59, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Third test

The statement "Right from making the wrong decision at the toss, to persisting with the mistaken 5-bowler strategy, to leading an ultra-defensive response to England's target, this has been Dravid's nadir as a leader" though cited tilts the NPOV scales. Calling this match the lowest point in his captaincy is a bit harsh & a bit too soon. Only if the tour ends disastrously for India or if this leads to Dravid getting axed at some later point of time can this statement be kept. Otherwise one must wait for the end of the tour before making such statments.

Thanks

Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 00:55, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

The series has alreasy ended. Please see Geof Boycott's article in Hindu today. He has also said the same thing . I am not against Dravid. When there is a critism para in one player's article, I thought it should be there is every player's page. After all no one is perfectDoctor Bruno 02:07, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Please understand that Dravid has had a very GOOD record. And in a series of GOOD RECORDS, a single loss is a downpoint in his record I did not tell that the match is the worst match by any Indian captain. The remarks was made in context with Dravid. If you have to rank Dravid's captaincy, this match will certainly be last on the list. Please understand that every player will have a nadir as a captain. There is NO captain in test history who does not have a nadir, and an encyclopedia should record both the high points as well as the nadirs.

We need not want Dravid to be axed, to call his one match as a low match. For example, the series where Bradman averaged 50 runs will be a low point in his career even though it may be a fantastic score for others.Doctor Bruno 02:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree that this might be a nadir in Dravid's captaincy record. But he has still got a very young record as captain. As Blnguyen says in the Sachin Tendulkar talk page, we are not a news paper or magazine but an encyclopedia albeit a rapidly updated one. Stats are the only info that can be rapidly updated without worrying about NPOV or any such stuff. But about performances, one must comment about a event that is remembered over a period of time. Reporting is not the job here, fact-finding & presenting it in a neutral way is. That is why I said that the topic must be touched after the tour (including ODIs) ended. Also you keep forgetting that citations are good but NPOV must be maintained.
Thanks
Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 05:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Just for fun. Any Dravid fan will sincerely hope that this should be his nadir. (In other words, he should have only positive features here after)Doctor Bruno 14:55, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bring to NPOV

After a long drawn debate about some NPOV violations, I think the article has finally returned to some semblance of normalcy. I think except some subtle NPOV violations, the article mostly is OK. So if someone could help remove them, we can get this tag of this page.

Thanks

Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 01:30, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I have removed a few NPOV violations from the page & I feel that the page is ready to lose the tag. Does anyone think otherwise?
Thanks
Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 07:36, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Is "Test team of the year" a reference to the ICC World Test XI? If so, the information given there is inaccurate. Sachin Tendulkar was a part of both the World XIs, and missed out only due to injury. Cricket Crazy 10:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
No, the ICC Test team of the year was declared at the ICC Awards while the ICC World XI wre a separate team who played test matches & ODI's against Australia. Sachin was part of the World XI while Dravid was part of the Test team of the Year. (see ICC Awards)

Thanks

Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 15:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Cricket Crazy 16:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dravid a Maharashtrian

Someone has put Dravid into this category. It appears he was born in Madhya Pradesh, and has been operating out of South India. So how is he a Maharashtrian?ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! 06:44, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

his mother is Maharashtrian born in indore, his father family from south india but living in peswa indore became Maharashtrian but called Dravid as they came from south india, his family still has south indian and Maharashtrian members .

his wife is Maharashtrian, her family in nagpur.

[edit] =====================================

Actually Dravid is a Maharashtrian Brahmin surname afaik... Rahul's mothertongue IS Marathi..

Image:England flag large.png अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey 17:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Afaik, his family had no surname, like many South Indians. When his ancestors moved to Indore, they had to adopt one as per the local convention. So they chose 'Dravid' as they were from the South.
It is like his ancestors are from Tamil Nadu, the last four generations have lived in Madhya Pradesh, one side of his family is from Maharashtra and they currently live in Karnataka. IMHO, it would be better to live with this ambiguity than insist on classifying him as one or the other. Tintin (talk) 05:27, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Rahul Dravid always insists that he is Kannadiga (and rightfully so), but his ancestors are Maharashtrain. Rahul Dravid has never come out and admitted that he is Marathi, but during his wedding his mother-revealed this to Rediff: "The Dravids are from Indore/Gwalior, and are Maharashtrian Deshastha Brahmins." http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/apr/02vijeta.htm

[edit] REwrite

This article is dreadful. I'm trying to completely rewrite it at User:Blnguyen/Rahul Dravid. Pls feel free to have a look and comment at User_talk:Blnguyen. Thanks, Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 00:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An example of Unimportant Record

Recently there has been a discussion regarding important records in cricket and useless records. One example of a useless record is

  1. He has the record for least number of innings required to score 1000 runs against West Indies by an Indian (26)
  • The only person who has got it in less innings in international cricket is Jacques Kallis (25)

Note that it is just the second least not even the least (and that too against only ONE country). So technically we have 100 players with equal or better records

  1. Least number of innings to score 1000 against West Indies
  2. Second to Least number of innings to score 1000 against West Indies
  3. Least number of innings to score 1000 against Australia
  4. Second to Least number of innings to score 1000 against Australia
  5. Least number of innings to score 1000 against UAE
  6. Second to Least number of innings to score 1000 against UAE

On the other hand, records like highest score in One Innings (Lara), Highest Career Average (Bradman), Highest Number of Centuries, Highest Number of Career Runs etc are important records  Doctor Bruno Talk 18:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Wall

His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements was treated by ODI fans as a derisory comment about his inability to rotate strike as he tended to hold up one end playing his front foot defence, neither scoring runs nor getting out.

Is this sentence verifiable? If not, it would be just a POV and might need to be removed. - KNM Talk - Contribs 03:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I had added {{fact}} tag few days back. No citations provided by any editor yet. Just removed the statement. We can always add it back, if any editor provides the citation supporting this sentence. - KNM Talk - Contribs 00:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keeping wickets in Early days

"He later stopped keeping wickets on advice from...."

Was he keeping the wickets before the advice? If yes, that needs to mentioned to make the sentences flow continous, as , there is no mention about "keeping wickets" before that sentence. - KNM Talk - Contribs 01:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Rephrased the sentences to include the information on keeping wickets, before stopping (in Early days).
"Along with the batting, he was keeping wickets. However, he later stopped keeping wickets on advice from.....". - KNM Talk - Contribs 03:52, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Either way its keeping wicket not wickets. --LiamE 09:59, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inline refs

Is there some quick and easy way to convert all the trillions of website references in the first few paragraphs to inline refs? Hornplease 00:14, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Just have to put <ref> and </ref> before and after all the references respectively.
One of the quick ways could be using a find and replace utility of any text editor (like notepad).
Replace "[" with "<ref>" and "]" with "</ref>"
- KNM Talk - Contribs 00:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failure to bail out

(Almost consistent) Failure to bail out his team from difficult situations (both regular / big matches and very consistent here as well) unlike Kapil Dev, Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, Inzamam, Abdul Razzak etc should also find a place in criticism section. His batting in crisis at max changes the match scenario from shameful loss to a respectable loss (sometimes a draw in test matches which his fans may strangely quote as great achievements). This should be put in criticism section using neutral language and fans pls don't quote 'once upon a time inning'.
My POV: Dravid along with his spineless team members reminds me of a dialogue from Sholay movie!!! (I am sorry for putting this but couldn't stop myself from conveying it in raw terms what many of Blue Billion feel as well) Vjdchauhan 12:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

  • See, another feather (2'nd ODI loss to South Africa on 22-Nov-2006) in long series of failure to bail out. Vjdchauhan 21:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC).
  • See, another failure to bail out by the WALL (3'rd ODI against South Africa on 27-Nov-2006) and another inning (50+) to assert what was said above (shameful loss vs respectable loss). Vjdchauhan 06:35, 27 November 2006 (UTC).
Wow, have you been doing this to all of the Indian batsmen? For other editors please see Talk:Sachin Tendulkar and Talk:Indian cricket team. Please read my comments on these pages as well. GizzaChat © 10:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Razzaq and Inzy better than Dravid? Well, find a cite, ....I guess you didn't see Calcutta 01, headingley 02, Adelaide 03, Rawalpindi 04, Calcutta 05, WI 4th Test 06? Especially with that average of 65 in away Tests....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:38, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Razzaq vs Dravid in ODI, Razzaq will win hands down. Inzamam vs Dravid in ODI and Tests and as a Captain Dravid doesn't stand anyway nearby. Only one notable Test innings per year from Dravid and there are players who do it regularly (Ponting, Yousuf, Lara have more instances of notable test innings in this calender year itself). Vjdchauhan 12:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC).

I don't mean to offend you but it is the die-hard passionate yet extremely critical cricket fans in India like you that put a lot of strain onto the players. No other team has to face as much pressure from the media and their supporters. And you wonder why they aren't consistent? When a Jaques Kallis or a Michael Clarke get a duck, are their houses set alight by fanatics? Earlier this year, India had set a World Record in ODIs. They had a winning streak of 16 games or so when batting second, which was more that was achieved by West Indies, South Africa or Australia ever.


By the way, Dravid's Test Average is 58.75 (Source:Cricinfo all of these stats), ODI Average & Strike Rate 39.68 & 70 respectively. Razzaq's ODI Stats: Ave 30.6 SR 80. Inzy's Test Ave 50.2, ODI Ave 39.8, ODI SR 74. Stop complaining. You are very close to Trolling IMO. GizzaChat © 06:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

BCCI selection committee/Bengal CM too uses 'Best Before Use' data of players like Dravid/Tendulkar/Sehwag etc for comparison. Compare theirs (Dravid/Tendualkar/Sehwag) ODI/Test average data of this/last calendar calendar year with that of Razzak and Inzamam. Vjdchauhan 09:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC).
Okay then... Dravid's ODI average in his last 20 games is 35.5 (See [3])
Razzaq's average in his last 20 ODI games is 36.5 ([4])

One run is barely anything.

Now for the suprise, Inzy's Test average in his last 10 games is 34.78 [5] and Dravid's is 74.71 [6]
Sorry, but the statistics speak for themselves. GizzaChat © 10:02, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
(in Hindi / Hindi mein) Yehi to mein keh raha thaa kee Indian cricket team members dil se majboot nahin hain, humari team tabhi theek perform karti hai jab opening theek hoo (dil kee majbooti kee jyaada jaroorat tab hooti hai jab aap out of form hain yaa match difficult situation mein naa kee opening mein) yaa phir firstly seamers and then spinners bhee chal jaayein.
Maine sirf Kapil Dev ko hee most consistently tight situation mein India ko jitwaate dekha hai baaki log sirf saal mein 1-2 baar hee difficult situation mein perform kar paate hain aur Rahul Dravid kabhi jitwa nahin paata hai aur wooh game ko sirf sharmanaak haar se respectable loss mein convert kar deta hai.
Tumne kabhi Sachin Tendulkar ko observe kiya hai against teams like Bangladesh/Kenya/Zimbabwe, wooh unpe (abhi bhee) haavi hoo jaata hai kyonkee wooh thodi kamjor teams hain per waisa arrogance against main teams saalon (I think it was in 2001) pehle Sharjah mein Australia ke against dikha thaa uske baad sirf weak teams pe hee josh dikha paata hai.
BCCI (unlike even PCB, SLCB) gritty players kee jagah unko select karti hai jo excel sheet pe behtar nazar aate hain. Vjdchauhan 13:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC).
Well I glad that you are at least not writing any of this unsourced rubbish on the actual articles. I'll now leave you to continue your rants on the talk pages if you want to. Also, you shouldn't be writing in Hinglish here. This is the English encyclopedia and only English is accepted. Have a good day. GizzaChat © 01:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

The title of this section still holds true. Vjdchauhan 15:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Very Outdated

Personal Records -> Test section mentions, "Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds."

Recall year Yousuf's and Ponting's 2006 form with >7 centuries in a calendar year. It was in the same no. of tests.


[edit] Controversy/Criticism

I was wondering about the uniformity of the sections between Sachin Tendulkar's page and here. While the Multan incident was listed as controversy in Sachin's page, it has been listed as criticism here. Also, there is no reference to the ball tampering charges in VB Series Australia 2004

Is it that we dont want objectivity and are willing to consider only limited facts when collating the article

Kalyan 19:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly articles are all in a deplorable state. I was wokring on an upgrade of this article at User:Blnguyen/Rahul Dravid and do have the lolly incident on my mind. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Season in Scotland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/6426059.stm

Dravid played in Scotland? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.75.128.200 (talk) 15:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Cleanup needed badly

This article needs some serious cleanup. I is near unreadable because of the sheer number of details in it. Anyone trying to read it will give up very quickly.

Unfortunately I do not know enough about the subject (which I came here to find out more, saw no photo and added on) to contribute.

What is really needed here is reduction of sheer detail, moving statistics out (maybe to a sub page or a separate article), condensing long drawn and rather rambling narrative down to a few readable paragraphs.

I'd be happy to help with reviewing and suggesting, but as I said I am not knowledgable enough about the subject to determine what should be kep and what should be removed.

Achitnis 12:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Considering Dravid is one of crickets icons and can be considered one of the big three in Indian team this page needs some serious work. There is little info in his domestic career. This article needs a section on:

  • Domestic career: Minimum info would be his current club, who he played for in the past. This section should ideally lead to international career by explaining how he got in the Indian team. Did he have an outstanding season or was he consistently good for a number of seasons?
  • International career: I feel needs expansion with separate parts for Test and ODI careers followed possibly by a part on his captaincy?

In general Dravid's page should be:

  • Lead: Should mention clubs and country he plays for (including previous clubs in the past).
  • Personal life/youth: Family, schools he went and played cricket with;
  • Domestic career
  • International career: Starting with a subsection on ODI as he made his first appearance for India in this. This would then be followed by the Test section which could lead to another sub section of captaincy.
  • Achievements:

Does anyone agree with this, or am I just talking rubbish? Monsta666 20:34, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Language Bigots - no vandalising, please

I notice that the Language Bigots are trying to make this yet another battle ground.

Please note that I have no compunctions about recommending a ban on anyone who tries to boost one language at the cost of another (and I have been fairly successful at that).

Whether you like it or not, Dravid lives in Bangalore, and is a resident of Karnataka, and his entire career was built there, even if he has a family background that is Marathi. No one is denying his family background, but let's not try and bury his life entirely, ok?

If you have a problem with that, may I point you at the Rajinikanth article? it is entirely possible for someone to be from one region of India, and be very much part of another.

If you *still* have a problem with this, I highly encourage you to read this article before you make another language-bigot edit.

Achitnis 12:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. Some user is not allowing Marathi script in Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Kumar Gandharva's article. They belong to Maharashtra as much as karnataka.
I agree - both those articles should allow both languages references. Gnanapiti, give it a rest please - you aren't helping with the edit/language wars. Stateofart, the Dravid article will mention both languages as it is shown now. If someone knocks off anything again, I will rewrite the article to show that Dravid has neither Marathi nor Kannada roots, since he is was born in Indore. :) Achitnis 14:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Captaincy

Shouldn't the first line say "former/ex- captain"? He has resigned, it's not gossip, it's formal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.161.22.161 (talk) 10:41, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dravid's "poor" 2007 World Cup

Surely this needs to be changed. While India obvouosly had a shocker, Dravid averaged 40.5 for the tournament and scored one fifty in three innings - his batting average and innings:50 ratio actually superior during the '07 World Cup than his overall career records. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.24.6.121 (talk) 03:30, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging article for re-write

This article has now become one the messiest pieces of writing I have seen on WP.

It has been allowed to become a collection of sometimes meaningless statistics, opinions and one-liners. Somewhere along the way, people lost track of the fact that this is an encyclopedia article about a person, and have turned this article into a repository of numbers and an constantly updated news stream.

It is impossible to read this article, and understand who Rahul Dravid is as a person. The sheer weight of statistics and meaningless trivia completely destroys this article. Anyone who comes here to read about the person is going to scoot really quickly.

If so desired, we should split this article into one about Rahul Dravid, and one about his player statistics.

Unless I see serious and valid objections, I am going to trim this article down to readability. That will mean removing almost all the stats.

Note that I am not a cricket fan, and it will be hard for me to choose selected statistics, so I am going to focus on the person, not his playing stats. I am going to need help with this, so I will clone the existing article to preserve it as a reminder of how bad things got :) and to allow us to retrieve stuff that others may find important.

I am NOT going to follow suggestions of "work on a copy" because that will lead to nothing. Never gonna happen. The sooner the article is trimmed down dramatically, the sooner it can be improved.

Achitnis 17:34, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

If your main complaint is because of the statistics, then your complaints are misdirected. Lots of prominent athletes have career AND season statistics on their page, like David Ortiz. In cricket, these stats are vital to rating a player since there are so many more factors. I do agree that there is unnecessary info in here, like a timeline.216.254.116.23 (talk) 17:58, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup and copyedit

Yesterday, I made some changes. Mainly rephrasing sentences and adding references. I also removed some information like endorsements, which has be undone by User:Blnguyen. I don't want to redo my change unless editors of this page express their views on whether endorsements need to be listed or not. Thanks.GDibyendu (talk) 04:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I also made these changes in Personal Life section, User:Blnguyen has undone these changes. I don't want to redo these changes unless editors of this page agrees or disagrees on my changes (I am adding explanations for these changes below): Rahul was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh (Reference 1) into a Maharashtrian Deshastha Brahmin family (Reference 2) living in Karnataka. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka. (Reference 3)

>>I removed Karnataka here as last sentence already mentioned that.

He speaks Kannada and Marathi. (Reference 4)(Reference 5)

>>It seems he speaks only those two languages! Thats why I changed it to: "He is fluent in both Kannada and Marathi."

He has a brother named Vijay. Dravid's father worked for Kissan, a company known for jams and preserves and thus he earned the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's, Bangalore. (Reference 6)

>>I changed perserves to perservatives. and rephrased the sentence.

Rahul Dravid has a degree in commerce from St Joseph's College of Commerce Bangalore, Karnataka. On May 4, 2003, Rahul married Dr. Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur (Reference 7)

>>Who needs a reference for his marriage? This may be the only wikipage which gives reference for a marriage. And why do we need to specify exact date of marriage?

and on October 11, 2005, their son, Samit, was born. (Reference 8)

>>Who needs to know when exactly their son was born and who needs a reference for this? GDibyendu (talk) 04:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)