5 life lessons we can all learn from Rahul Dravid

3 Ability to adapt

Rahul Dravid at the 1999 World Cup

When Rahul Dravid first came to the international scene, he was pigeonholed as a Test batsman and not thought to be good enough for one-day internationals. For good reason too, since he simply found it a bit difficult to force the pace in the earlier part of his career.

However, he worked it out three years into his career and forced his way into the Indian team with a superb show during New Zealand tour in 1998-99. Dravid was selected after he showed excellent form in the Test matches.

He never looked back; as in the 1999 World Cup he ended up as the highest run scorer and became one of India's finest one day batsmen with close to 11000 runs in the format.

That ability to mould his game according to the format of the game is a clear indication why Dravid is considered one of India's greatest ever batsmen and the ability to adapt to something that one finds difficult is surely a worthwhile lesson.