After 16 yrs, Rahul Wall Dravid retires from intl cricket
Batting great Rahul Dravid, the second most prolific batsman in the game's hi and India's middle order bulwark for years, today bid adieu to Test cricket, bringing down the curtains on a glorious 16-year career.
The 39-year-old Dravid, a former India captain, became the first of the three ageing greats of Indian cricket, besides Sachin T ulkar and VVS Laxman, to retire in the aftermath of India's disastrous Test tour of Australia.
"I would like to announce my retirement from international and domestic first-class cricket. It is 16 years since I played my first Test match for India and today I feel it is an time to move on. Once I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling," Dravid said at a press conference here.
"No dream is ever chased alone. As I look back, I have many people to thank for teaching me and belieiving in me. My junior coaches in Bangalore and at various junior national camps inculcated in me a powerful love of the game which has always stayed with me," said Dravid who was flanked BCCI President N Srinivasan and former captain Anil Kumble.
"My coaches at the international level have added to my craft and helped shape my personality. The physios and trainers worked hard to keep me fit not an easy job – and allowed me to play late into my 30s.
"The ors, who rarely receive any credit in India, occasionally had more confidence in me than I had in myself and I am grateful for that. The various captains I played under offered me guidance and inspired me. Most of all i have to thank the teams i played with." Dravid said he would leave the stage with wonderful memories he shared with his team-mates who are leg s of the game.
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