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Everyone like MSD, VK & SRT. I have respect for them but I like Dravid, Ganguly, Sehwag and Laxman more than them. Does anyone too???

Some awards given to Mr Rahul Dravid
1998:- Arjuna Awards
1999:- CEAT International Cricketer of the world cup
2000:- WISDEN cricketer of the year 2000
2004:- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy winner(Awarded for ICC player of the year)
2004:- Padma Shri
2004:- ICC test player of the year, ICC cricketer of the year, MTV youth icon of the year for 2004
2006:- Captain of ICC test team
2011:- NDTV Indian of the year Lifetime Achievement Award with Dev Anand
2012:- Don Bradman Award with Glenn McGrath
2013:- Padma Bhushan
2015:- WISDEN India's highest impact test batsman
2018:- ICC Hall of Fame

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ICC Announces 16 New Rules For International Cricket

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World Cup World Record

Most wc-titles Brazil- 5 wins- 58,62,70,94,02
Most wc-goals Brazil 92 g(64-14-14),Germany 92 g (55-19-18)
Most wc goals total Miroslav Klose (Germany) 16
Most goals in one wc Just Fontaine (France) 13 ;1958
Most meetings Brazil vs Sweden 7 times (incl. final1958)
Goals in 1 match team 12, Austria vs Switzerland 7-5, 1954
Goals in 1 match player Oleg Salenko (Russia) 5 vs cameroon

Highest career batting average
Average Player Period
99.94 (80 innings) Donald Bradman 1928–1948
61.87 (31 innings) Adam Voges 2015–2016
60.97 (41 innings) Graeme Po***ck 1963–1970
60.83 (40 innings) George Headley 1930–1954
60.73 (84 innings) Herbert Sutcliffe 1924–1935
Qualification: 20 innings.
Last updated: 30 August 2017

Most runs in each batting position
Batting position Player Runs Average
Opener England Alastair Cook 10430 45.95
Number 3 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 11679 60.83
Number 4 India Sachin Tendulkar 13492 54.40
Number 5 West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul 6883 56.42
Number 6 Australia Steve Waugh 3165 51.05
Number 7 Australia Adam Gilchrist 3948 46.45
Number 8 New Zealand Daniel Vettori 2227 39.77
Number 9 England Stuart Broad 1173 20.95
Number 10 South Africa Dale Steyn 502 12.55
Number 11 Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan 623 11.33
Last updated: 17 March 2017[39]

Team wins, losses and draws
Team First Test match Matches Won Lost Tied Drawn % Won
Australia 15 March 1877 803 378 216 2 207 47.07
Bangladesh 10 November 2000 102 10 77 0 15 14.70
England 15 March 1877 989 355 291 0 343 35.89
India 25 June 1932 515 142 158 1 214 27.57
New Zealand 10 January 1930 422 89 170 0 163 21.09
Pakistan 16 October 1952 410 132 120 0 158 32.19
South Africa 12 March 1889 415 153 138 0 124 36.86
Sri Lanka 17 February 1982 262 82 99 0 81 31.29
West Indies 23 June 1928 525 167 184 1 173 31.80
Zimbabwe 18 October 1992 102 11 65 0 26 10.78
ICC World XI 14 October 2005 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Last updated: 7 September 2017[24]