 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akaita mutambo wake wekutanga weWorld Cup achipesana neSouth Africa kuHove achirova hafu yezana, asi akawana 13 chete mumutambo unotevera neZimbabwe. India yakarasikirwa nemitambo yacho yose iri miviri. Pashure pokurasikirwa nemitambo miviri yokutanga, India yaida kukunda mitambo mitatu yakasara yedenderedzwa rokutanga kuti ive nomukana upi noupi wokupfuurira kupinda muchikamu cheSuper Six. Dravid akabatanidza nhabvu naSachin Tendulkar pamakwikwi eKenya kuBristol - rekodhi yeWorld Cup - uye panguva iyi akarova zana rake rekutanga reWorld Cup, achibatsira India kukunda nemakwikwi makumi mapfumbamwe nemana. Muchengeti wemitambo weIndia Mongia akasiya munda pakupera kwe9th pamusoro panguva yeKenya innings, achimanikidza Dravid kuchengetedza mawiketi emamwe ma innings. Mukushayikwa kwaNayan Mongia akakuvara, Dravid akatamba ODI yake yekutanga semuchengeti akasarudzwa achipesana neSri Lanka kuTaunton. Dravid zvakare akaisa rekodhi yekuputsa kudyidzana kunokosha 318 runs yekutanga yekudyidzana kwemazana matatu munhoroondo yeODI asi panguva ino naSourav Ganguly, vachitungamira India kuhwina 157-run. Dravid akarova 145 kubva pamabhora 129 aine 17 mana uye matanhatu, achiva wechipiri mutambi wenhabvu munhoroondo yeWorld Cup kurova mazana emashure-kumashure. Dravid akarova makumi mashanu akanaka mumutambo wekupedzisira weboka apo India yakakurira England kuti iende muchikamu cheSuper Six. Dravid akarova 2, 61 uye 29 mumitambo mitatu yeSuper Six vachirwisa Australia, Pakistan neNew Zealand zvichiteerana. India yakatadza kupinda mumasemi-fainari ichinge yarasikirwa neAustralia neNew Zealand asi yakawana kukunda kunonyaradza pakurwisa Pakistan mumutambo wakanga wakaoma, chii nechirwisano chemautozviri kuitika pakati penyika mbiri muKashmir panguva imwe chete. Dravid akabuda semutambi wepamusoro-soro wemutambo uyu aine 461 runs kubva mumitambo misere paavhareji ye65.85 uye chiyero chekurova che85.52. 