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Rahul Dravid

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Rahul Sharad Dravid ( ; born 11 January 1973) is a former cricket player, ex-captain and ex-coach of the Indian national cricket team. Known for his outstanding batting technique, Dravid scored 24,177 runs in international cricket and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is colloquially known as Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rahul Dravid has received more than 8,524,420 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Rahul Dravid is the 15th most popular cricketer (down from 12th in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from India (down from 955th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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  • 45.78

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  • 30

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  • 1.50

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  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Rahul Dravid ranks 15 out of 136. Before him are Willie Watson, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Ravindra Jadeja, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Garfield Sobers. After him are Sourav Ganguly, Montagu Toller, Jack Hobbs, Alfred Bowerman, Ian Chappell, and Anil Kumble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Rahul Dravid ranks 595. Before him are Małgorzata Szumowska, Alex Tagliani, Olena Zubrilova, Fatuma Roba, Darvin Ham, and Dan Harmon. After him are Bridget Marquardt, Roberto Orci, Khamis Al-Owairan, Caroline Corr, Eric Lindros, and Stanislav Pozdnyakov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rahul Dravid ranks 1,101 out of 1,861. Before him are Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Deepak Tijori (1961), Leela Chitnis (1909), Begum Samru (1746), Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920), and Lara Dutta (1978). After him are Parveen Sultana (1950), Karnam Malleswari (1975), Toru Dutt (1856), Prakash Padukone (1955), Muzaffar Ali (1944), and Sushma Seth (1936).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Rahul Dravid ranks 8. Before him are Sunil Gavaskar (1949), Kapil Dev (1959), Virat Kohli (1988), MS Dhoni (1981), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), and Ravindra Jadeja (1988). After him are Sourav Ganguly (1972), Anil Kumble (1970), Harbhajan Singh (1980), Mithali Raj (1982), Syed Kirmani (1949), and Virender Sehwag (1978).

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