<div class="img-caption-wrap "> <img alt="Rahul Dravid congratulated for Padma Bhushan by Ajinkya Rahane" src="https://st2.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/cricket/image_20130405180721.jpg" title="Rahul Dravid congratulated for Padma Bhushan by Ajinkya Rahane" /> <p class="imgcaptionnew" style="width:618px;"> Rahul Dravid (above) received India's third highest civilian honour recentIy © ANS</p> </div> <strong>New Delhi: April 5, 2013</strong><br /> <br /> <a href="/tags/Rajasthan-Royals/post" target="_blank">Rajasthan Royals</a> batsman <a href="/tags/Ajinkya-Rahane/post" target="_blank">Ajinkya Rahane</a> congratulated teammate and skipper <a href="/tags/Rahul-Dravid/post" target="_blank">Rahul Dravid</a> on receiving India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, from President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan's Darbar Hall Friday.<br /> <br /> Rahane tweeted:<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p> congrats rahul bhai. really proud thati know a padma bhushan now. thanksfor being what u are to us. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Rahuldravid">#Rahuldravid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23champion">#champion</a></p> — ajinkyarahane88 (@ajinkyarahane88) <a href="https://twitter.com/ajinkyarahane88/status/320123559471112192">April 5, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /> The 40-year-old Dravid will be leading the Royals against the <a href="/tags/Delhi-Daredevils/post" target="_blank">Delhi Daredevils</a> in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroze Shah Kotla here Saturday.<br /> <br /> The prolific batsman scored 13,288 runs in 164 Tests at an average of 52.31 and amassed 10,889 runs in 344 ODIs, averaging 39.16 in his cricketing career.
