He has been the backbone of the Indian Test side since making his debut against England at Lord's in 1996. 15 years on and at 38 years of age, Rahul Dravid still remains India's most reliable batsman as he proved with his unbeaten 103 in the 1st inning of the 1st Test. We take a look at the achievements of the man who is too modest to even acknowledge them.
During his knock of 103 not out in the 1st inning against England at Lord's, Dravid surpassed Australia's Ricky Ponting as the 2nd highest run getter in Test cricket and is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar.
Dravid, who had 12,314 runs from 153 Tests at an average of 52.40 before coming into the match, overtook Ponting's 12,363 runs in 152 games. He was also the second Indian batsman, after Tendulkar, and the third international player to reach 12,000 runs in Test cricket. Of the 32 tons Dravid has scored before this game, India have not lost the match 31 times and off these, the team has gone on to win 14 matches. In those 14 matches Dravid's average is an astounding 202.09.
Dravid also holds the record of having taken the most number of catches in Test cricket. He had taken 203 catches prior to this match and is the only player to have crossed the 200 mark. He is the first and only batsman to score a century in all ten Test playing nations.
He has also been involved in more than around 85 century partnerships with 20 different partners and has been involved in 19 century partnerships with Tendulkar - a world record. In 2004, Dravid was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Dravid was awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004. 
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