Rahul Dravid is counted among the great players of India. He represented the Indian team from 1996 to 2012. In his 16-year career, he played 509 matches, in which he scored more than 24 thousand runs. During this period he also scored 48 centuries. But do you know that Dravid left India midway and started playing for Scotland. While playing for Scotland, he had scored a lot of runs. He had scored 600 runs in just 11 innings. Now the question is why did Dravid move to this country? Let us know.

Why did Dravid start playing for Scotland?

Actually, in March 2003, Team India played the final of the ODI World Cup. After this, during the off-season, team coach John Wright advised him to play in the county. During this time, he was in excellent form and was performing brilliantly in test matches. But he was not able to score runs as expected in ODI.

Therefore, on the advice of the coach, Rahul Dravid joined the Scotland team in the National Cricket League. He then played a total of 12 matches for Scotland, which included 11 ODIs and a tour game against Pakistan. However, all these matches were county matches, there was no international match.

Scored 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries

Rahul Dravid's start for Scotland was not good. In the first match, he could score only 25 runs, whereas against Pakistan he was out on the very second ball without opening the account. But after this he showed his class and scored 120 runs in 97 balls against England's county team Somerset. After this he did not look back.

Dravid scored 600 runs in 11 matches of the ODI tournament at an average of 66.66, which included 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries. After this, his new avatar was seen in ODI. His performance had improved a lot while playing for the Indian team. Let us tell you that the Indians living there helped him to play in Scotland. Money was arranged for them so that they could play the tournament.