Head coach Rahul Dravid delivered a motivational speech after India’s thunderous 4-1 win over the Ben Stokes-led England within the recently-concluded 5-match Check collection.
After India gained the Ranchi Check by 5 wickets, they claimed the collection, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead. On Saturday, Rohit Sharma’s males beat the visiting crew by an innings and 64 runs within the fifth Check on the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala and completed the collection in the absolute best means.
Dravid, who has been accountable for the Indian crew since Ravi Shastri’s departure in 2021, lauded his crew’s gamers for placing their palms up within the hour of want.
“There have been instances within the collection after we have been actually challenged. We have been pushed, however we discovered a technique to bounce again. It speaks to the talents, resilience and character that now we have. And in lots of events within the collection when the video games may have gone both means, we all the time discovered folks within the dressing room to step up and switch the sport our means,” Dravid mentioned in a video uploaded on BCCI’s social media.
“Not solely do now we have to win video games when now we have to combat again, however you additionally need to win video games when you find yourself forward, and also you don’t let the opposition come again in any scenario.”
‘We now have confronted challenges’
Dravid praised India for passing the stiff Check of enjoying in a protracted collection towards a high quality opposition with flying colors.
“No matter whether or not we win or lose, that is going to show us loads. You’re going to undergo plenty of ups and downs in a 5-match collection. It’s a protracted collection and you’re going to be examined. And it was going to show us loads about us as gamers, us as a crew and lot about you folks. And I feel now we have come by that exceptionally with flying colors.
“We now have confronted challenges each on and off the sphere, however the way in which we caught collectively as a bunch has been completely phenomenal,” Dravid mentioned.
‘Check cricket is tough’
Through the course of the collection, the likes of Dhruv Jurel, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan and Akash Deep made their debuts. Sarfaraz smashed back-to-back fifties within the Rajkot Check whereas Jurel gained the Participant of the Match award within the Ranchi Check.
Akash Deep additionally made the brand new ball discuss in Ranchi. Dravid had a powerful message for them and mentioned that children must rejoice one another’s success.
“For lots of younger guys coming into this group, you’re going to want one another to succeed. No matter you might be, your success is tied with different folks’s success. And that’s actually necessary going ahead. As a younger group, going ahead, I hope that plenty of you’ll play collectively for a very long time and assist one another develop,” Dravid mentioned.
India made a tough begin to the collection after dropping the Hyderabad Check by 28 runs. Nevertheless, Rohit Sharma’s males staged an unimaginable comeback to win the collection with victories in Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamsala.
Dravid mentioned that enjoying in Check cricket isn’t straightforward by any stretch of the creativeness. However he additionally mentioned that profitable a protracted Check collection can deliver plenty of satisfaction.
“Collection like this must be earned. Check cricket is tough, by way of your abilities, bodily and mentally. However there may be nice satisfaction on the finish of it. Profitable a collection from 0-1 down is phenomenal. There are going to be more durable challenges, so long as effectively keep tight as a unit, we might be positive,” Dravid added.
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