Dravid - adds stability. (Allsport)
RAHUL DRAVID
Born: 11.01.73
One-day internationals: 178
Batting: Right Hand (Avge: 38.39)
Bowling: Right Hand Off Breaks (Avge: 42.50)
Catches: 110
The most eligible bachelor of the Indian squad, who over the past six years has emerged as arguably his country's premier batsman in both forms of the game.
Needed nine Tests to score his first century, against South Africa on the 1996-97 tour.
But a century in each innings of a Test (190 and 103) in New Zealand in 1999 changed the course of his career.
Later that year he was voted the player of the World Cup in England, scoring 461 runs at an average of 65.86.
Batting at number four, he adds stability to the Indian order.
Has utility value through keeping wicket allows for more flexibility in team selection.
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