Rahul Dravid's achievements as captain 

#1 Series Win in England after 21 years (1-0 in 2007)

A look at India's results in the past two England tours (0-4 in 2011) and (1-3 in 2014), and ONE realize the magnanimity of what India achieved under Dravid in 2007. It was Kapil Dev's team back in 1986, who had last beaten the English at home and although Ganguly's team came close in 2002 (1-1 in a four-match series), a series win still eluded the tourists.

It all changed when the Indian team, desperate to reverse their fortunes after a heart-wrenching first-round exit in the Cricket World Cup played in the Caribbean, arrived on English shores in the summer of 2007. India, thanks to MS Dhoni's gritty batting and inclement weather conditions, managed to salvage a draw for themselves in the opening Test at Lord's. The second Test at Nottingham proved to be a better one for the Indians as Zaheer Khan and RP Singh, with some incisive seam and swing bowling, shot England out for 198 in the first innings. Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer led India's charge with a brilliant 147-run opening partnership before the shenanigans of the middle order took over as the tourists amassed 481 runs in reply to England's first innings total.

The third innings saw the English players allegedly scattering jelly beans on the pitch to distract Zaheer, but the tactics backfired as the outraged bowler displayed a pristine display of reverse and conventional swing bowling to rip through England's batting, claiming a match-winning haul of nine wickets across the two innings.

England was bowled out for 355, leaving India with a target of 73 runs, to take a 1-0 lead in the series, which they duly achieved with seven wickets remaining. The third Test played at The Oval too was dominated by India from the outset. Batting first, the tourists amassed a massive 664 in the first innings, which included eight half-centuries, a first in Test cricket. But the highlight of the innings was the sight of a certain Kumble compiling his maiden Test hundred- a sight which was probably one of the most romantic moments in the history of Indian Test Cricket.

India, then shot out England for 345, giving them the opportunity to enforce the follow-on. However, Dravid decided against it, and India found themselves in a hole at 11/3, having lost both their openers and Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar for one.

Ganguly (57) and Dravid (12) then steadied the ship for the tourists as they eventually set England 500 runs to win the match. England then batted out the remaining 110 overs, thanks to a brilliant century from Kevin Pieterson, ending the match in a draw. That meant, Rahul Dravid's India finally managed to topple their English jinx and become the first Indian team to win a series in England after 21 years.