How Rahul Dravid got the title “The Wall”, he played hockey before cricket

Coach Rahul Dravid proved once again why he is called “The Wall” after leading the under-19 cricket team to world champions. But do you know who gave him this name? Today we will share some such interesting facts related to Rahul Dravid.

Nima Namchu and Nitin Berry named
Nima Namchu and Nitin Berry, who worked at an advertising agency, called Rahul Dravid “The Wall”. We are talking about 1996-97. Nima Namchu and Nitin Berry were supposed to do a Reebook ad with the Indian team players. All players in the expansion had to be given a nickname. Which has a kick and matches that player’s style of play. Because of this, Rahul Dravid was nicknamed “The Wall“. In the same advertisement, Azhar was called the Killer and Kumble was called the Viper. But later people forgot the name and only remember the Wall because Dravid played long innings on the tick like a wall.

Headlines began to appear in the newspapers called “The Wall”
Cricket expert Vikram Sathe said in an interview that after Rahul Dravid was named The Wall, newspapers started running headlines with the same name. There were also headlines such as “The wall stands high” after Rahul’s good performance and “The wall collapses as a result of defeat” after his poor performance. From the first test in 1996 to March 9, 2012, Rahul Dravid played on the field with a wall.

Dravid was a hockey player.
Few people know that Dravid was a hockey player before he started playing cricket.

Rahul married Vieta Penderkar of Nagpur, a surgeon by profession, on 4 May 2003. This couple has two sons. The eldest son’s name is Samit, he was born in 2005. And the youngest son’s name is Anvay, he was born in 2009.

There is a wall named after Rahul Dravid.
Near the Chinnaswami stadium there is a wall named after Rahul Dravid, on which three words are written: “Commitment”, “Class” and “Persistence”. These three words perfectly describe the personality of Rahul Dravid.

After Rahul’s birth, his family moved from Indore to Bangalore. The star cricketer’s father worked in a baby jam factory, which led Rahul to be nicknamed Jamie as a child.

When he was first selected for the India team, he received an MBA from St. Joseph’s College.