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Rahul Dravid was probably one of the last classical Test match batsmen. His progress into the national side may have been steady and methodical, he has always tried to hold his place with aggressive and calculated performances within and outside the country. Dravid's immense levels of concentration also came in handy while he fields at slips. He holds the record for the most number of catches taken in the slips. Here is another example of his concentration and precision on saving his wicket, look at this and you will defintely have a one step higher respect for the classic batsman. You will feel interested to know : Records of Sourav Ganguly - India's Best Captain Why Tendulkar is God of Cricket The Funny Warney

AWARDS TO SOURAV GANGULY Sport star  Person of the Year - 1998 Awarded by the Sportstar Magazine Arjuna Award -1998 For outstanding performance in cricket CEAT Cricketer of the Year 99-00 , Cash prize of 5 lakh rupees and a trophy CEAT Indian Captain of the Year 01-02 For outstanding achievement as leader Award for Cricketing Excellence 2003 Presented to men who made "the difference" Padma Shri 2004 4th highest civilian award in India Rammohan Roy Award 2004 For outstanding performance as captain SOURAV IN WISDEN Sourav has 4 of his innings in top 100 ODI innings declared by Wisden Cricket and 3 in top 25. Ganguly S C 141* Ind vs SA, 2000, Nairobi. Ganguly S C 141 Ind vs Pak, 2000, Adelaide Oval. Ganguly S C 183 Ind vs SL, 1999, County Ground. Ganguly S C 153* Ind vs NZ, 1999, Captain Roop Singh Stadium. Sourav has 3 of his innings in Top 5 ODI innings played by Indian batsman as declared by Wisden Cricket. Ganguly S.C 141* 196.71 India V...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni , The richest cricketer and the richest sports person in India has performed to some excellent performances. Listed are the milestones that he has achieved as a wicket keeper batsman in ODI format.  On 31 October 2005 Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls against Sri Lanka in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, which is the highest score made by any batsman in the second innings (surpassing Lara's previous record of 153). His Helicopter shot became so famous during this season. http://crickitter.blogspot.in/2012/07/cricket-dhonis-special-helicopter-shot.html The innings featured 10 Sixes – the most by an Indian in an innings, and the fifth highest in ODIs. He broke Adam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper. The innings set the record for the most number of runs scored in boundaries (120 – 15x4; 10x6) breaking the record held by Saeed Anwar. However this was later broken by Herschelle Gibbs (126 runs i...

Rahul Dravid , The wall doesn't need an introduction to the cricket field. He established himself as an best middle order batsman, He also holds the record for the most number of catches in the international cricket. He has also served the nation keeping wickets during the world cup which helped the team to have an extra batsman.  Here is another avatar of the best cricketer as a bowler and what more you expect from him, he claims two wickets against South Africa, one of the best batting line ups in the world cricket. Watch, Jammy bowl with passion Related posts: MS Dhoni Bowling Shane Warne Funniest bowling Adam Gilchrist Bowling

Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team – Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as ' Mahi ' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004. Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in that year. Dhoni tends to play mostly from the back foot with a pronounced bottom hand grip. He has a very fast hand speed through the ball which often results in the ball racing across the ground. From this initial stance his feet do not show much movement which sometimes results in chasing balls while not coming to the pitch of the ball or to some deliveries catching th...