Rahul Dravid bats for inclusion of T20 Cricket in the prestigious Olympic Games

Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid has backed T20 cricket to become an Olympic sport saying that he is all for expansion of game.

Maj Bale, le owner of IPL franchise Rajasthan in association with Simon Hughes on Friday anunced launch of ir new book, 'A New Innings'. book was launched through a virtual seminar and Dravid also took part in seminar.

'Get into Olympics': Rahul Dravid

"I think it will be great if T20 format of game can become an Olympic sport. Obviously, it will come with its challenges. Also, cricket is a game that requires a certain kind of facility for it to be successful," Dravid said during virtual seminar.

"We have seen in just-concluded IPL, success of IPL was on large part due to quality of wickets... if you can get all of that right and get facilities in place n why t. I am certainly for expansion of T20 game. If it is possible, cricket should endeavor to try and get into Olympics," he ded.

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Rahul Dravid's illustrious cricketing career

Dravid h first burst onto scene at highest level in June 1996 during second Test match against England at 'Mecca of Cricket'- Lord's. He narrowly missed out on his maiden Test century as he was caught behind for a superb 95. 

ex-Indian captain is one of few batsmen to have scored over 10,000 runs in both Test and One Day International Cricket. 

Sourav Ganguly's captaincy ended in 2005 after his fallout with former Australian cricketer/captain-turned coach Greg Chappell. Dravid who was Ganguly's deputy till that point in time succeeded him in 2005 and captained national team till 2007. Under his tenure, Team India beat Pakistan 4-1 in away ODI series in early 2006, registered ir first-ever Test series win against West Indies on Caribbean soil after a long wait of 35 years, won a Test series in England following year, and registered 17 consecutive wins while chasing in One-Day International cricket.

lowest point in his captaincy career happened when Men In Blue h suffered a humiliating group-st exit in World Cup 2007 after losing ir opening match against n minws Banglesh and a must-win encounter against eventual runners-up Sri Lanka. He relinquished captaincy after a bilateral series against England later that year. Mahendra Singh Dhoni succeeded him as Indian limited-overs captain while spin legend Anil Kumble was appointed as Test skipper till his retirement in late 2008. 

champion batsman anunced his retirement from international cricket in March 2012 and continued playing franchise cricket for ar year before calling it a day in October 2013.

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(With ANI Inputs)