5 players you did not know who had their roots in Madhya Pradesh

#5 Rahul Dravid

One of India’s finest Test batsmen

Rahul Dravid is perhaps Madhya Pradesh’s greatest export. Born in Indore, he is one of India’s greatest ever—if not the greatest—Test players. He was known for his technique that was as beautiful as the scenic Madhav National Park in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, but if he chose to, he could be as fierce as the tigers in Bandavgarh, as he showed against New Zealand by smashing a 50 in just 22 balls!

The Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan holder, who is also known as The Wall, played in a mammoth 164 Tests, scoring 13288 runs with an average of 52.31. It was his unparalleled diligence that made him one of the toughest batsmen to bowl against and India’s finest product in Tests.