Rahul Sharad Dravid pronunciation (help·info) is an Indian cricketer, and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He currently has the highest Test batting average of any Indian batsman in history. Dravid is one of only three Indian batsmen to have scored 9,000 runs in test cricket (the other two being Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar). On February 14, 2007, he became the sixth player in history and only the third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. As of now, he is the highest ranked Indian batsman in the ICC Test rankings.[4] On 14th September, 2007 he announced his resignation as captain of India team.