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    "editor1": "<p>Kolkata, Jan 11 (CRICKETNMORE): Captain Virat Kohli led Indian cricket&#39;s birthday greetings for one of India&#39;s all-time greatest batsman Rahul Dravid, who turned 44 on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Happy Birthday Rahul Bhai. Thank you for your encouragement and for being a great role model for all the budding cricketers out there,&quot; tweeted Kohli, who was recently appointed the One-day International (ODI) and T20 International skipper after Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/anand-date-named-india-s-trainer-for-england-bangladesh-cricket-series--22823\">Anand Date named India&#39;s trainer for England, Bangladesh cricket series<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Happy birthday to the &#39;Wall of Indian Cricket&#39;, #RahulDravid!,&quot; tweeted former teammate and batting icon Sachin Tendulkar. Along with V.V.S. Laxman and Sourav Ganguly, the four formed the famed &#39;Fab 4&#39; during their playing days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He played in the V. But was the biggest C. Commitment, Class, Consistency, Care. Proud to have played together. Happy Birthday #RahulDravid,&quot; read Virender Sehwag&#39;s ever-cheeky message.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after: always\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Also Read:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/spotlight-on-pant-kishan-as-india-a-face-england-in-second-warm-up-match--22822\"> Spotlight on Pant, Kishan as India &#39;A&#39; face England in second warm-up match<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Former India opener Aakash Chopra stressed on Dravid being a team man.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Happy Birthday to Rahul &#39;The Team Man&#39; Dravid. Always put &#39;Team before self&#39; They don&#39;t make it like him anymore... #selfless #legend,&quot; Chopra tweeted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sharing a compilation of his pictures with Dravid, Mohammad Kaif posted: &quot;Happy Birthday #RahulDravid. One of the most selfless, likeable human being ever and the biggest reason to love the name &#39;Rahul&#39;.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dravid is the fourth highest run-getter in Test cricket with 13,288 runs from 164 matches, just a run behind South African Jacques Kallis (13,289), Australian Rickey Ponting (13,378) and Tendulkar (15,921).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also Read:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/kohli-warner-chase-top-ranked-odi-batsman-de-villiers--22821\"> Kohli, Warner chase top-ranked ODI batsman de Villiers<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 344 ODIs, the legendary right-hander and current junior India team coach amassed 10,889 runs while scoring 31 runs in his only T20 International game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy Birthday Rahul Bhai. Thank you for your encouragement &amp; for being a great role model for all the budding cricketers out there ",
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