Twitter turns back the clock as Rahul Dravid turns 45

Rahul Dravid is arguably one of the finest batsmen who has graced the game of cricket. Currently, the legend is serving as the coach for the Indian U19 team, that is in New Zealand for the Junior World Cup. Alongside that, Dravid also is the head coach for the Indian ‘A’ team. Both the teams full of youngsters have done really well under his guidance.

While the U19 team was the runner-up in the previous edition of the World Cup, the India A team has proved to be just the right platform for those who’ve done well in the domestic circuit to showcase their talent and get into national reckoning.

Fondly called ‘The Wall’, Dravid has been hailed for immense patience as a batsman. He holds the record for playing most number of deliveries in the longest format of the game. The 45-year-old featured in 164 Tests, 344 ODIs and a T20I for the Indian Cricket Team. He scored 13288, 10889 and 31 runs respectively that includes 36 centuries in whites and 12 in ODI cricket.

In his final series against England, Dravid carried his bat through the innings against a menacing English bowling attack. It was his third ton in the series, and the other Indian batsmen struggled to get their act together in the conditions that assisted the pacers.

He holds the second position on the list of Indian batsmen with the most Test centuries and owns the same spot in the list of batsmen with most Test runs. Overall he is the 4th highest in the world amongst individual run-scorers and only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis lead him on that list.

Twitterati turned back the clock and talked about the knock that the loved from Dravid. Many praised him as the best of the cricketers to have graced the game.

Here are some of the best reactions: