Team India head coach Rahul Dravid has recalled a funny incident from his school cricket days when his name was seen in the newspaper for the very first time. However, Dravid used to score runs even before he became famous in the international arena. He smashed a lot of runs while studying in St. Joseph’s Boys High School in Karnataka. And, he revealed one incident when the newspaper got his name wrong and wrote ‘Rahul David’.
Speaking on Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra’s podcast ‘In the Zone’, Dravid said: “The editor obviously thought that there was a spelling mistake and there could be no one as Dravid. So, it had to be David, right? Because it’s a lot more common name. So, I think it was a good lesson for me as well to realize that while I might be really happy and excited about scoring a 100 in school cricket but I am still not well known. And people don’t even know my name. They can’t even trust my name to be right and have to change it.”
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However, Rahul Dravid has played for his stateteam Karnataka in U15, U17, and U19 and domestic cricket before making his India debut in 1996. He finished with over 24000 runs, including 48 centuries as well. However, Rahul Dravid also revealed how the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medalist Bindra’s journey had inspired him when he was going through a lean patch.
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“In 2008, I was in the middle of a lean patch. The runs had dried up and I was on the wrong side of the 30s. That isn’t a good territory in Indian cricket. I needed to pick myself up, I wanted to. I knew I had at least a couple of years of cricket left in me. Around this time, I watched with glee as Abhinav Bindra shot his way towards an Olympic gold in Beijing. I still remember the adrenaline rush that I felt at that time. Reading Abhinav’s autobiography was fascinating for me. I think his story must be read by anyone on the quest for excellence,” Rahul Dravid concluded.
