Cricket
Tried to convince Rahul Dravid to stay: Rohit Sharma
Ray Sportz News Desk: India skipper Rohit Sharma on Tuesday has made it clear that he had tried his best to get Rahul Dravid to stay as Team India Head Coach. Beside that he also hailed him as “a big role model.”
While meeting the press ahead of the T20 World Cup game against Ireland, Dravid made it cleared that the ongoing T20 World Cup would be his last tournament as Team India Head Coach. Dravid’s contract with the BCCI is set to end at the end of June and he has made it clear that he doesn’t want to continue at this post. He was incharge of the Team India Head Coach for almost three long years.
“I’ve enjoyed every bit of it, working with him,” Rohit, who has played under and with Dravid for India, told reporters on the eve of the Ireland game.
“I tried convincing him to stay, but obviously there are a lot of things that he needs to look after as well. I’ve personally enjoyed my time with him. I’m sure the rest of the guys will say the same. It’s been great working with him,” he added.
India has failed to win a global trophy under Dravid but Rohit was nevertheless full of praise for the 51-year-old former national skipper.
He further said that Dravid is a big role model for all of us. We grew up watching him play and we know what he’s achieved personally as a player and what he’s done for the team over the years. He’s shown a lot of great determination throughout his career, and that’s something that when he came here as a coach, I wanted to learn from him.
Dravid took over the team from Ravi Shastri after the 2021 T20 World Cup. This year’s edition in the United States and West Indies is his last chance to end India’s search for major international silverware that stretches back to 2013.
Dravid oversaw runs to the finals of both the World Test Championship and their home 50-over World Cup last year, but they came up short against Australia each time.
Ray Sportz Web Desk: India and South Africa will face the T20 World Cup final on Saturday. Former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle expressed his views on the two opponents in the press conference before the T20 World Cup final. Both teams entered the finals unbeaten. South Africa is looking for their maiden ICC trophy. On the other hand India is aiming to end their long ICC trophy drought.
According to Gayle, both the teams are very strong and equally deserve to win. He feels the World Cup final is going to be a high-scoring match. The batting and bowling of both the teams is very strong. So Chris Gayle thinks that the fight will not be easy for both team.
Virat Kohli is going through a bad-patch in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Chris Gayle, backing India’s star batsman, said, “Virat is a very big cricketer. We have seen Virat has played brilliantly in previous World Cups. He is going through a bad time now. It can happen to anyone.” The former Caribbean feels that a big cricketer like Virat will want to prove himself in the final.
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Ray Sportz News Desk: The pitch controversy of the Nassau County has taken a new turn on Saturday, when India skipper Rohit Sharma said that he has no idea what to except from it in the upcoming T20 World Cup clash against arch rivals Pakistan. He feels that the curator is “confused” about the drop-in wickets being used here.
“New York is not our home ground. We have played two matches here but we don’t have much awareness about its nature. It behaves differently on different days, so even the curator is confused,” Rohit said on the eve of the game against Pakistan.
“So, you can imagine the kind of thinking we need to put in. We don’t know on which pitch we are playing (against Pakistan), so, whoever plays better cricket will win the match,” he added.
The slowness of the outfield, Rohit said, has compounded the worries.
“The outfield is slow. Some shots get lot of bounce on the field, and some others do not roll on the field. So running between the wickets is important. We need to play as per conditions,” he explained.
However, the skipper said such external factors can be neutralised by playing good cricket and his teammates often thrive in tough situations. The Indians will also be the more confident unit as Pakistan are coming off stunning loss to tournament debutants USA in their lung-opener.
“Playing good cricket holds the key, not opposition, not pitch. Yes, it’s tough but that’s why I would like to highlight the experience we have. The blows count for nothing,” said Rohit, referring to the hits he and Rishabh Pant took in their tournament-opener against Ireland due to the uneven bounce.
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