Rahul Dravid Becomes 6th Batsman to Score 10000 Runs in Test Cricket

Rahul Dravid completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket when he reached 80 on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.

Bangalore-based Dravid, 35, is playing in his 120th Test and averaged 55.11 at the start of his 206th innings.

With this Dravid became only the sixth batsman in history to score more than 10000 runs. Topping the list is Brian Lara followed by Sachin Tendulkar, A Border, S Waugh and S Gavaskar.

Dravid and Sourav Among the Best Paid players in IPL

Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid may have been axed from the One-day team for Australia, but there is some good news for them. In the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) which starts from April 18, BCCI has decided to pay them and some other senior cricketers 10-15% more money than the highest auctioned player of the Twenty20 event.

Sources said BCCI has shortlisted five cricketers — Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh — who will be called "icon players" and will be the highest paid players in the league. They will not be auctioned if they have a city team.

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Ganguly Dravid Dropped Again from the One Day Squad

MUMBAI, January 20: Selectors on Sunday sprang a surprise by leaving out former captains Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid from India's 16-member squad for the tri-series in Australia, which also involves Sri Lanka.

Though Dravid was not part of the Indian One-day team that played against Pakistan, Ganguly was a regular in the side since his comeback from the wilderness.

Explaining reasons behind ignoring Ganguly and Dravid, Shah said,

The emphasis was on fielding abilities and they wanted a young fielding side for the series. That's why you see a lot of youngsters in the side.

A Board source said the selectors had an eye on the future and hence they decided to invest in youth, rather than sticking with the seniors.

India squad: MS Dhoni (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh (Vice Captain), Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Piyush Chawla and Praveen Kumar.

Standbye: Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel.

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India beats Sri Lanka 2-1 to win the series

Indian captain Rahul Dravid holds the trophy after India beat Sri Lanka at the ACA-VDCA stadium in Visakhapatnam, 17 February 2007. India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth and final one-day international to clinch the series 2-1.

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