Rahul Dravid Speech -- Sir Donald Bradman Oration 2011

[purkiify]

wow !!!..just seen mark antony of cricket.....he not only speaks well with the bat, but also with his epiglottis...........wonderful dravid...proud to see this man play for india....as well as learn from his knowledge and history of the game...

[TheCrystalHeart2]

Quintessential Rahul Dravid! :) Truly a gentleman, the paradigm of a perfect cricketer.

[dhaneshshastri1]

Nice one ....



[ArunPatterson]

A great player that obviously has alot of respect and knowledge for Cricket, i hope when he retires he gets into admin, the B.C.C.I would do well to have a man like him in charge. Well done mate.

[Kannans619]

only indian to deserve the speech at bradman oration. ♥ u dravid

[prasadreddy3377]

fantastic mind blowing marvelous speech by great {LEGEND}

[kinkongization]

long live rahul dravid

[GetBackToNowhere]

Too bad Mark ruined it

[TheShowStopper28]

Fabulous

[meghna2210]

awesome. amazing. so honest and inspiring! Rahul, u are the BEST!

[sufiyankhan123456]

Turn the audio caption ON and enjoy!!

[pritamban]

fantastic speech :)

[prabhudmpyou]

A person to emulate, A person to look up on with very high regards, A person to cherish. THE person to run cricket in India and elsewhere.

[Liverpool14796]

Dravid is a great cricketer and i think that he is one of the best in the world. Cheers Dravid

[MrPadoosh]

sachin is the god of indian cricket. But whatver you do, cricket or otherwise, carry yourself like rahul dravid-The Wall, the legend :)

[maygnify]

The best test batsman ever!!!

[PS189]

Wow... Just no words to describe it! Rahul Dravid is such a legend! An excellent orator in addition to being a fine captain, a true gentleman, an excellent cricketer and above all, a great ambassador of cricket! Makes me feel proud to be an Indian and privileged to be living in a generation that has seen him selflessly devote his services to Indian cricket! Hats off to you Sir Rahul "the Wall" Dravid... May you continue playing for Team India for many more years to come... God bless you! :D

[amaldevj007]

He is the great personality in the world cricket.The worls best and classic test batsman-The one and only Rahul Dravid -"THE WALL"

[lalitadityamuktapida]

Is this guy cricketer or a statesman? Maybe the Indian Diplomatic Corps can hire him after he retires? You know, to defuse international tensions and the such like.

[lalitadityamuktapida]

you know how non Indians have this image of indians as emotional, sentimental, easily excitable, mercurial poeple who are given to hyperbole! Well, ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce Rahul Dravid. The Other side of Indian people. Yes, hard to believe, but it is true! There are Indians like him who are rational, objective, calm and given to speaking in plain measured tones. The other man ofcourse is a guy called Dhoni.

[vaseey]

@lalitadityamuktapida seriolusly whats ur point :|

[humheyglobal]

what a wonderful talk.....

[Poornagyan]

Rahul you made me feel proud for living in the same era of yours. You are superb...

[ROCK68326]

dislike bar nt visible, lolz...

[realsupremo]

rahul bhai i salute you.to me you are the best batsman india has produced,always consistent and always dignified.you are a role model for every indian

[siddharthkothari93]

awesome... A simple speech with a pinch of humour, emotion with ,more importantly, cricket.

Dravid you have proved that you a style in field other than cricket

[jallapavan]

Dravid a true gentle man

[asksiva]

what can i say about rahul dravid.

a true gentleman

a true cricketer

a true sportsman

a true human being

one who inspires the generation next

great great great great...keep going rahul

[utsavcric]

Rahul dravid: The true cricketer.

[DrCuepid]

11,30 my fav lines.

[juss7111]

How can anyone dislike this? This speech speaks to all the fans of cricket, it felt like a common man was speaking rather than a legendary cricketer. Dravid no longer belongs to India, he belongs to cricket. He's truly the definition of a gentleman.

[prakharkarya]

if cricket is a gentleman's game...then the true ambassador is here...RAHUL DRAVID

[madhureddy456]

maybe cricket is named as gentleman's game after seeing this great gentleman.

[pinhead9810k]

A brilliant speech from a great sportsman. A true gentlemen. Rahul Dravid is a great ambassador for cricket.

[iain075]

What a man. Cricket is such a fabulous sport that it garners folk such as this. I can't imagine a soccer player making this speech.

Over-used phrase, I know, but this man is a Legend, a genuine Living legend, as a man and as a player. Long may the gentleman's game continue if characters such as this is the result.

Dravid's most beautiful shot? Just look at the balance of his forward defensive.

Anyway, warm regards to my Australian and Indian cousins

[sandeshbn6585]

gentleman speech

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[kashnitin]

the most important think was seeing it from the fans point of view..kudos to RD!!

[muthalib77]

shitttttt.......14 dislikes

[plantneem4gud]

@muthalib77 make that 15! sure this world is not short of morons!

[ROCK68326]

fucking feel proud 2 be an indian

[logs53]

He is one of the stand out example for calling cricket "A Gentleman's Game".

[TheCoolguy143]

There was a time whn I thought tht Rahul was behind Dada's eviction, n tht led to me starting to hate him a bit. Bt thanks tht Dada came out clear on this issue, n said tht at tht time it was all abt Chappel, n during his time the coach was the dictator......I was a big fan of Dravid evn whn he was nt pickedi n ODI for his batting style, bt I knew he had it in him to succeed in all formats!! I feel lucky to b born in an era whr I could c dravid,sachin, ganguly,sehwag,kumble n zaheer play live :D

[sahilchitnis]

this man should be knighted........Sir Rahul Dravid

[prasadsarode]

@ventreacle .... hehehe .. mate thts whr you are wrong abt this guy ... this guy no longer belongs to India .. he belongs to Cricket ... one of the very few ... a rare species ...

[jumpnjza2]

One of the more cultured cricketers out there. He'd make a good commentator.

[anuragparmar1]

Sachin Tendulkar may be the best batsman in the world but Rahul Dravid is the best batsman and cricketer on the Indian Team.

[terrencedcruz]

At last he was honoured more than any Indian Cricketer, who really deserve it. True gentleman to represent this great sport....Hats off to you Dravid..you inspired us to be the followers of real cricket.....May God bless you and let India produce more Dravids in future...

[araeyes]

Wall Delivers and HOW !



[santoshvatrapu]

Sachin Tendulkar may be the most famous cricketer, but Rhaul Dravid is surely the greatest cricketer that India has ever produced. So humble, down to earth Rahul is not just an inspiration for cricketers, but he is to many millions in the world.

There may come a day when the Great Wall Of China could break....

But our 'WALL' will stand firm for ever...

[gopkrish88]

11 players of team england and its coach disliked this video!

[bencoates70]

@gopkrish88 I'm an Englishman (and a fan of the England cricket team) and I have a huge amount of respect for the achievements of Bradman and Dravid. As do all of the people I know who follow cricket so I don't really understand why you made that comment.

[1910kk1910]

@bencoates70 wid due respect sir i request u 2 kindly not mind my fellow men wrds...its jus dat dis is nt jus a game here...its a religion...nd dey cant see nythin against deir gods...!! bt stil its d game of cricket dat unites us al...irrespectiv of our backgrounds...nd we wil collectively wrshp evry god d game wil evr wrshp...

[majid2k10]

Thumbs up if you watched the complete video!

[vijayanandksrv]

@majid2k10 

[dkhandge]

@ventreacle: I think Rahul Dravid has moved beyond just being an Indian or an cricketer...i think he has graduated to being and international icon who everyone should try and follow not just as a sports person but also a human being. Also a huge applause to his parents and teachers for foming such an extra ordinay gentle man

[moohit55]

unbelievable speech by most humbled cricketer better than sanga's speech at MCC, dravid a genuine student of game May god bless this wonderful cricketer

[makatozi]

what does he say around 02:56? right after, "..and more."? Sounds like "This _building_ however recognizes".. which doesn't really make sense...

[sbr1601]

the only 30+ minute on youtube that I've watched multiple times

[chakri4udarlings]

True Gentleman

[poolside666]

Fck Lalu prasad yadav....Get Sir Rahul Dravid to IIM's to deliver speech's and guest lectures.

He's gonna be a great management guy in the future!!!!!

Respect.......he is not next to the cricketing god but with him!!

GOD OF TEST'S!!!

[MrKulsank]

Descent and Classic Speech.

[vadapalliraju123]

Real Gentleman ..

[ankushgupta1987]

Feel like crying !!!!!!

[GoonersofNavarone]

Classy as always... :)

[nagmec90]

A great speech from a true legend of cricket,its really bad to know how often we overuse the word great to describe someone BUT if the word is used to describe DRAVID, then the word itself gets more meaning and respect in the English language ...

[raghu2096]

He called Dhoni as OUR Captain! @19:28 Yay!!!

[rasiyaamit]

rsd on a different pitch but with same class n elegance..ABSOLUTE MASTERCLASS...dnt think rsd n srt sud b compared..rather v sud feel really good to have such personalities as INDIANS....great both on n off the field....

[rahulkpg]

Spellbinding, I dropped something and was actually afraid that i may have disturbed the speech. Respect .

[007sanshetty]

84K views in two days...... Awesome.......

[vvs666666]

Outstanding speech..!! and I don't think someone else wrote Rahul Dravid's speech. Every Rahul doesn't need someone else to write his speech..:)

[muklops]

super

[Hharpreett]

I can confirm Shane Warne is not eating imported bean bacon now 12:54 infact loooking at him the other day i guess he is not eating anything :P :P Thumb-up if you really laughed at this line!!!

[ajaykhaladkar]

@mayurchaudhari: Dravid is first non australian "cricketer" to deliver the Bradman oration. Previous speakers: Sir Tim Rice and Michael Parkinson were Brits

[sudhanshuchawla]

Cricket is a gentleman's sport because of people like him. Respect.\m/

[jayrocksify]

what an awesome speech mr wall.

rahul dravid u made us proud on the field everytime u come to bat or field but this time u made us proud with ur analytical thoughts abt the game...

love u dravid!!!!

[stalin4k]

Super like.. Amazing speech, crowd would have spell bound for his speech..,hats off Dravid.

[manoharpaik]

Super!!! This speech has shown us the business analyst skills in Dravid. Liked his reasons why we are having fewer crowds these days @tests and experimentation of day/night tests,…maintaining 3 formats(tests,ODI,20-20) to fit the 21st century lifestyle. The story of his UP and Kerala under 19 teammates using the language of cricket to score 100 run partnership, how small towns are now the source of cricketing talent- very inspiring.

[goku2222222222222222]

Sachin may b the God of Cricket, Ganguly may b the God of off side, VVS Laxman may b the God of 4rth Inning but when doors of the Temples are closed even all the gods rests behind 'THE WALL' :)

[sachinism92]

@goku2222222222222222 Dude "GOD " is omnipresent!! :P He is present everywhere!!If ur assumption is that god lives oly in temple then you are wrong!! P.S am a big big dravid fan as well!! :)

[goku2222222222222222]

@sachinism92 do you really think i'm talking about The Almighty??

get some humor man...

[Spideym007]

Super like...I didn't think would see complete speech..but I did..such beautiful speech..hats off to Great Dravid..

[Spideym007]

Super like...I never thought I would see this full complete speech...but i did..such beautiful speech..hats off to Dravid...simply awesome..

[sanrafaa]

His oratory skills are as perfect as his defensive skills...!! Great man with a humble character....!!

[answersaaa]

all these 55,000 views don't show who watched the full video

[adigenius1]

brilliant speech....i agree with almost everything he said...The Wall-u hv made us proud!!:)

[rickyvijan]

well done jammy, u have made us proud with this exceptional speech i feel u r the sir don of india we luv u

[winash1]

Fantastic, as solid as his batting !!! Brilliant speech, i just couldn't help myself from hearing it all over again... I hope someone in ICC takes cues from his words for the sake of the great game.

[UkkadamRakes]

this is a piece of shit !!

[ashishsuvarna]

excellent speech

[niraimathi123]

Great speech Mr consistent

[narryk]

Good work Dravid :)



[ParixitNaik]

Brilliant......

[varun050]

well like a few creaking terminators we r back ,,, lolllll class

[nachiket747]

The beauty of this speech lies in the comment section!! No hate comments (well except for the dislikers ;)

[slapper0070]

I CERTAINLY DONT MIND THE 40 MIN I SPENT WATCHING THIS...... :)

[namankumaragrawal]

excellence @ its best...

[shakes1992]

5 fuckers don"t know about cricket or sir don bradman...or about rahul dravid

[drnitshiv]

why would anyone dislike this video....these five guys must be high on some kind of drugs

[springsam]

Awesome speech rendered in style; rich in content; as solid and elegant as his batting. Dravid's humility punctuates every one of his pronouncement. The narration is lucid, extremely absorbing with wit and wisdom. He has made India proud.Thanks for sharing this precious video.

M.R.Sampath, Bangalore

[vishalsinghghosh]

Thumbs Up..if you wanna say Hats Off to Rahul Dravid :)

[ventreacle]

He dignifies the game - and an entire nation. From this Aussie to the all the Indian's commenting here - how proud you must be to claim Rahul Dravid as one of your own.

[Agnostic21]

@ventreacle Thanks mate. We are indeed proud of The Wall.

[vijaykartik1989]

SIR RAHUL DRAVID



[ganeshvittal]

313 views but 1108 likes.. how come?

[vincentlcarter]

@ganeshvittal youtube update lag

[vibhasthegreat01]

Man........good words by a great man!!!!!!!!

[mithu17ful]

well done wall,ur great personalty

[paravindreddy]

The wall has finally spoken...!! Not with words but with wisdom...........!! salute ur thoughts sir....!!

[ericisnotstupid]

what's epic?

This Is!

[sizzlance]

Bravo.... Awesome speech......

[Starbucks382]

Seriously I cant understand the morons who dislike this video. Perhaps they cant understand english? LOL.

[pharmarajmysore]

3 persons who disliked this video lalit modi, sharadh pawar, ravi shasthri

[TheKkdesign]

He is a man of few words and he pleasantly surprised the world with his wonderful words....

[ayushvashisht]

smart, sober, fun & just about the right level of modesty!

[SLICKR392]

Thanks for the upload :)

[SLICKR392]

Hats off to you jammy. Class speech from a top class cricketer.

[dimnishing]

incredible speech jammie ....hw anyone dislike this ???

[pv777]

The true Mr.Cricket :) No offense meant

[vicky7007]

Awesum speech man! He rocks!

[pradeepnagol]

Proud... A real perfect cricketer... Indian crickter..

[siddharth30]

No wonder women fall for this guy !! he is so composed and has proved why he was chosen to speak... N awesomely written speech

[19dravid]

The likes r triple of the no. of views ! :O Woahhh So finally Mr.Best is getting wht he deserved B-)

Wonderful man !! the speech ws awesome ya !! <3

Harsha tweeted saying tht many asked if he help Dravid with his speech bt he din ;)

[njaaaan]

#respect!

[mayurchaudhari]

30 k viewers in 1 day gr8 to see rsd getting so much popularity than srt

PS - i m No. 1 dravid fan

[dhaneshshastri1]

@mayurchaudhari ME too ..... he is real god of cricket for me .... :) the One who stays till end, supporting, is real god .....

[316sahil]

@mayurchaudhari : no 2.no 1 is me

[basicnatn]

@mayurchaudhari Sachin gets 300000 in a day

[316sahil]

@basicnatn u are an ashole

[basicnatn]

@316sahil Sahil beta. Papa se aise baat nahi karte. Teri maa ko bolunga to tujhe aaj raat woh dodh nahi pilayegi bete. Jaa munna so jaa. Love you beta. :-)

[316sahil]

@basicnatn :teri maa to yahi hain mere saath.1 kaam kar tu bhi aaja..3 time kar lenge.aur kitna soyega apni behen ke saath.

[basicnatn]

@316sahil Haan Sahil bete. Pata hai ki teri daadi (meri maa) tere saath hain). Aur nahi main tere chachi (meri behen) ke saath nahi so raha. :-)

Sahil 3:16?

Sachinist 3:16 says "We just owned your ass"

[316sahil]

@basicnatn :abe bachche pehle baat karni seekh le..fir aayio..aur 316 tere baap ke liye jaana jaata h..u might not have an ass if thats what u are talking about..and yeahh u are the rock's fan.that asshole..""""fairy with a tooth"""".he will get his ass kicked this wrestlemania.thats what owning an ass means.

[basicnatn]

@316sahil RISE ABOVE HATE. As fruity pebble says. @JohnCenaHardknocks looks like even your own Fruit Loop Troop pre-puberscent kids dont follow your hypocritical pile of garbage. Even this kid sees through your bullshit Turd.

@Sahil bete BTW Tooth Fairy opened at #1 at the BO and did more than 100 million business at the box office. unlike Legendary which failed to even get a theatrical release.

[basicnatn]

@316sahil Looks like C U L8R NATION is as jealous of THE MILLIONS earned by THE PEOPLE's movies as Mrs. Fruity Pebble herself.

[316shaina]

@basicnatn : le lii beta teri to..aur karle sachin sachin.

[basicnatn]

@316shaina Sachin Sachin :-)

[basicnatn]

@316shaina Lol. Tu toh Fruity Pebble fan hain re bacchu. Chee.

THE MILLIONS and THE MILLIONS of PEOPLE in TEAM BRING IT wont waste their time HENCEFORTH on a 12 year old TRANSVESTITE supporter of Wonder Woman Barney's turd. Grow up baby and start appreciating REAL MEN and REAL CLASS.

#TeamBringItOwnsFruitLoopTroop

@TheRock and @JohnCenaHardknocks IF YA SMELLLLLAAAALLLAAL WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE COOKING

Go on rising above hate hermy as THE PEOPLE'S BOOTS rise to your LADY PARTS.

[mayurchaudhari]

those 3 ppl who disliked the video plz show yourselves think you might need help

[manchandaswati]

@mayurchaudhari :- well said Mayur!... he is such a wonderful human , whom even the buzzing mosquitoes are likely to admire( i read this line somewhere..and this is SO true)

[mayurchaudhari]

@pragith i, the uploader, wrote "No Copyright Infringement intended" and not youtube so that this great video doesnt get deleted which i found with gr8 difficulty

[vidhi2max]

3 people here have no clue about Cricket and the spirit of the game.

[guptaprasha]

I love it a lot...

Cant imagine...

[paatchu]

wow!!...Such a great thinker...It's really a quality speech where History, Culture...everything blended with pure professionalism and spirituality...

[anoophp]

Rahul Dravid for the Prime Minister!

[ashwinthedexter]

No doubt its our beloved and favorite RD.. I've always watched his game and talks with the jest and inspiration and still cant get enough of his presence on ground and on mike.. diligent, gentle, humble, calm and confident.. words are no match to his caliber..

[pragith]

Youtube uploads saying "No Copyright Infringement intended." is like stabbing someone and saying, "I didn't mean to hurt you."

[pragith]

Not at all a fan of cricket. Hardly watch any matches, but respect a few cricketers. One of them is Dravid (The Wall, The Front Wicket Keeper) :)

[swaroopsoppu007]

nice and cool :) :)

[manoj6994]

The Youtube Counter is Stuck! It Happens to Videos which have High Traffic! Nothing Else.

Whenever you refresh the page, The Views are updated. It Doesn't matter if you view the Video or not! I Hope It will be updated by hours now!

BTW Jammy! You Are Awesome!!

[swaroop68]

cool :)

[Agnostic21]

Namma huduga.  Proud Josephite.

[ksvsrm]

313 views , 818 likes , 3 dislikes LOL youtube

[yvsajay]

@ksvsrm youtube checks the authenticity of views once its crosses 300views and then publishes it after some time.. noob U

[princerajesh007]

hw the fuck can anyone dislike dis.......grow up people.

[vedhasp]

@princerajesh007 Why do you care?! YOU grow up, ignore stupid dislikes! Oh well, should have ignored your comment, apparently I need to grow up too! :D

[Tyloo4life]

What a way to stand up for the GAME . I cannot imagine a better person from the Indian team to come and stand up for the game. Cheers jammy you have made Kannadigas and Indians proud.

[adriantasty]

I Like this....

[theprateekdham]

aftr dis speech Ravi asshole Shastri wudve said, "so in d end, cricket is d real winner."

[amaanthekhan]

Rahul Dravid..you are a legend! even sachin cant over-shadow your contribution to indian cricket..! A true gentleman...all i have for you is respect brotha! :)

[prmd99]

hats off.... to Rahul Dravid Proud Indian!

[prmd99]

hats off.... to #RahulDravid Proud Indian!

[mars24682]

Dr u go ma favorite...... clr cut as always....strgrt frwd always... love you

[rjvernesto]

My Applause to that Speech ,Jammy !

We are Proud to say that we lived in the Era of Rahul Dravid as well as Sachin Tendulkar :)

[postcardsfromj]

Very proud of Rahul Dravid - the cricketer, the Indian, and above all, the human being. Brilliant speech... and I must congratulate Cricket Australia for choosing Dravid as the first non-Australian to deliver the Bradman Oration. The man deserves every bit of praise and respect for all that he has achieved, and for all that he stands for. Kudos, Jammy!

[prasanthchekuri]

The wall gave his best words from the best speech

[ud641]

hats off !! Proud to be an INDIAN !

[kadakz]

who the 3 @ssh0les disliked him? such a nice gentleman..

[51cenation]

Simply the best (cricketer+orator+human). The wall is above all.

[mohini2411]

Ohhh hez soooooo cuteeee!!!!!!!! and offcourse a gr8 orator,cricketer n human being! :)