Rahul Dravid is one of the most experienced cricketers in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005.Dravid was honored as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000.Dravid was also awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004.

With a strong technique, he has been the backbone for the Indian cricket team.in a period of his career he began consistently scoring runs in ODIs as well, earning him the award of ICC player of the year. His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements has now become a tribute to his consistency. Dravid has scored 26 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 55.11, including 5 double centuries.He is one of the few Indians who average more at away matches than at home, averaging over 10 more runs a match abroad than on Indian pitches.

Dravid is the third Indian batsman, after Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket and the sixth player in history and the third Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. Dravid has been involved in 72 century partnerships in Test cricket - the most in history and is the only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.

In the first edition of the IPL, Dravid hit 371 runs in the 14 matches that he played at a strike rate of 123.67 and an average of 28.54. But after the Royal Challengers Bangalore finished seventh in the IPL, Dravid was criticised by Vijay Mallya for not picking the team with right balance. Dravid was replaced by Kevin Pietersen as the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.