5 Indian players who were picked for the first time in a Test series vs England

Rahul Dravid

Dravid made an immediate impression on his first trip to England

The second of those decisions that India made in 1996 was to pick Rahul Dravid as the backup middle-order batsman. It was a much-deserved call-up for Dravid, who had been among the runs for Karnataka in the domestic circuit and was close to getting picked for the national team for the 1996 World Cup in the sub-continent.

However, that did not turn out to be the case and with Ganguly, Dravid was India's second debutant in the game and he too made an impression, falling five short of his maiden Test ton.

Like Ganguly, Dravid was to have a great impact in Indian cricket during the course of his career and continues to do so even after his retirement.