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Rahul Dravid
India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter
Rahul Dravid represented India Cricket across ODIs, Tests and the IPL, also appearing for Rajasthan Royals (45 matches), Royal Challengers Bangalore (37 matches) and ICC World XI (3 matches). Across 280 career appearances in our records, he scored 11,822 runs at a batting average of 41.05. His primary competition is listed as ODIs, where he played 118 matches and averaged 41.37 at a strike rate of 72.60. His most recent recorded appearances came in the 2013 IPL season, where back-to-back half-centuries against Delhi Capitals and Pune Warriors were highlights in an otherwise mixed run of results.
Runs
0
Bat Avg
41.0
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Rajasthan Royals · Batter
Recent form
Dravid's last 10 appearances were all IPL matches in May 2013 for Rajasthan Royals, producing scores of 43, 12, 25, 4, 22, 4, 53, 58, 6 not out and 22. Two innings of 50-plus (53 off 48 and 58 off 40)
Strongest format
One-Day International — ODIs are listed as Dravid's primary competition, and across 118 matches he scored 3,723 runs at an average of 41.37 and a strike rate of 72.60. That a
Career stats overview
80 Test · 118 ODI · 82 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
80 matches
5,925
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
118 matches
3,723
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
82 matches
2,174
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
280 matches, 11,822 runs across three formats
Dravid accumulated 11,822 runs from 280 appearances spanning Test cricket, ODIs and the IPL. His career batting average of 41.05 across all formats reflects a player who converted starts into substantial contributions over a long period.
Test average of 48.17 from 80 matches
Across 80 Test matches, Dravid scored 5,925 runs at an average of 48.17, facing 13,733 balls. That volume of balls faced underlines how central accumulation and occupation of the crease were to his approach in the long format.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka: averages above 61
Against Pakistan Cricket, Dravid averaged 61.00 from 25 matches, and against Sri Lanka Cricket he averaged 61.05 from 23. Both figures sit well clear of his overall career average, marking these as opponents against whom he was consistently at his most productive.
Eden Gardens: 58.14 average from 8 matches
At Eden Gardens, Dravid scored 407 runs at 58.14 from 8 appearances. That average is comfortably above his overall career mark and places Kolkata among the venues where he delivered most reliably.
IPL career: 2,174 runs at a strike rate of 115.52
Dravid's 82 IPL appearances produced 2,174 runs at a strike rate of 115.52, a considerable gear-shift from his Test tempo. He represented both Rajasthan Royals (45 matches) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (37 matches) during his T20 career.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams R Dravid has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 1,335
England
- Matches
- 35
- Runs
- 1,718
Pakistan
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 1,403
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 1,221
West Indies
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 1,376
New Zealand
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 900
South Africa
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 883
Chennai Super Kings
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 277
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where R Dravid has turned out most often.
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 739
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 425
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 561
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 401
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 350
SuperSport Park, Centurion
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 249
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 407
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 392
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
R Dravid's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Rahul Dravid — photo by Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India · source