Veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid on 6 August 2011 announced his retirement from both the versions of the game- Test and ODI. His announced his retirement after he was chosen for the ODI and T20 series in England. He was recalled to the Indian squad for the one-off Twenty20 and five match One-Day International series against England on 6 August 2011 two years since his last appearance in an ODI.
Dravid decided to play in the five-match ODI series against England beginning on 3 September 2011 and the one-off T20 match on 31 August 2011 before retiring.
Dravid had last played an ODI match against the West Indies during the 2009 Champions Trophy in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He became the second highest run-getter in Test cricket-12576 runs from 155 matches during the India-England test series. Dravid also equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 Test tons during the ongoing Test series against England.
Dravid has to his credit over 10000 runs in both the Test and ODI cricket, with 10765 runs in 339 one-dayers which is the seventh highest scorer in that format. Dravid has made 10765 runs in 339 ODIs with an average of 39.43 with 12 hundreds and 82 fifties.
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