Greatest Indian Test XI of the 21st century in Australia

#3 Rahul Dravid

"Is there a more calming sight in the world than Rahul Dravid taking a guard?" - Harsha Bhogle

There is a sense of calmness, dignity, class, elegance and pride in his name.

Rahul Dravid, known as the wall of Indian cricket, was a true classical Test batsman who did whatever it the team needed him to do. He is undoubtedly the greatest No 3 India has ever produced and is up there with likes of pointing and Kallis.

The Karnataka-lad was an epitome of selflessness. His whole career was spent under the shadow of Sachin Tendulkar because a man who has scored more than 23,000 international runs can't be more underappreciated than Rahul Dravid.

He kept wickets, opened the innings whenever the team needed him to. From 2001-2006 he was India's best batsmen across all formats. He played some of the best innings by an Indian cricketer in some of the toughest situations.

Though Dravid didn't perform well in his last Australian tour but still managed to have had scored 1166 runs at an average of 41.6 which included a series defining double hundred (233) and a second inning fifty (72) at Adelaide in 2003!