Most unexpected record: Rahul Dravid was bowled most number of times

Former Team India captain Rahul Dravid was the batsman with arguably the most compact defence in the history of the cricket. His defence was so much rock solid that he was given the sobriquet of ‘The Wall’. However, that very defence has been breached the most number of times in Tests. Dravid was bowled for record 55 times which may sound incredible for fans.

Dravid’s career lasted 16 years from 1996 to 2012. It can be divided into two different halves, the first from 1996-2004 and the other from 2005-2012. During the first half of his career, he was bowled 26 times. This is mainly because he was evolving as a batsman and was therefore bound to be a little vulnerable.

During the early part of the second half of his career, he was pretty solid and was ‘The Wall’ in every sense of the word. However, it was during the fag end of his career when his defence was breached time and again. 

Off the last 13 innings that ‘The Wall’ played, he was bowled in nine of them. He had a particularly hard time on the tour of Australia wherein he was bowled as many as six times in eight innings. He was time and again troubled by incoming deliveries.

Well, it is definitely one of the most unexpected, embarrassing and unusual record in world cricket.