CARDIFF, Sept 15: Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid is all set to bid adieu to One-day Internationals as his team hopes to end their nightmarish English summer on a winning note at the final match on Friday.

The Indian team will be looking to give a fitting farewell to Dravid and this perhaps is the only motivation for the crest-fallen team, which suffered a whitewash in the Test series and have already lost the five-match ODI 2-0.

Before the England series, Dravid last played in the tri-series at Sri Lanka and the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa in 2009. He was earlier dropped from the squad in 2007. In his last Twenty20 match in August, Dravid made a 23-ball 33 but still couldn’t see India win. In the ODI series, he has averaged 55 runs in the first four games and now surely wants to go out with a bang.

It is a coincidence that Dravid will be ending his ODI career in England, from where he started his legendary career spanning 15 years. In 343 matches, Dravid has scored 10,820 runs, averaging 39.06 and at a strike-rate of 71.16.

He also has 196 catches and 14 stumpings that made him a true selfless player. Only Sachin Tendulkar (18,111) and Sourav Ganguly (11,363) are ahead of him among Indians as leading run scorers in one-dayers.—Agencies