Former Indian head coach and batting legend Rahul Dravid opened up on a possible Bollywood gig in future. Dravid, thought of one of many best batters to haven’t lifted a Cricket World Cup, was lastly capable of fulfil this dream of his as a coach with India defeating South Africa in an exhilarating ultimate by seven runs to seize the ICC T20 World Cup, ending their 11-year ICC title drought. With this, Dravid ended his stint with the Indian crew as a head coach on a excessive.
The 51-year-old has gained the hearts of cricketing followers and consultants all through his cricketing and training profession, each for his steely defence and composure and skill to create a constructive, supportive environment for gamers within the dressing room as a coach of the Indian crew.
Throughout a Q&A session throughout the CEAT Cricket Awards, Dravid responded hilariously when requested concerning the actor he would decide to play himself in a biopic, saying, “If the cash is sweet sufficient, I’ll play it myself.”
Talking on what modified between India’s 10-match win streak which ended with a heartbreaking loss to Australia within the 50-over World Cup final 12 months and this 12 months’s undefeated run to the ICC T20 World Cup title, Dravid stated that the crew couldn’t have executed something completely different when it comes to preparation, plans and execution and they didn’t need to change something.
“Truthfully, I didn’t need to do something completely different. I believe we ran a unbelievable marketing campaign within the one-day World Cup, Rohit and the crew, everybody concerned in that one-day World Cup, we ran an outstanding marketing campaign. There’s nothing we may have executed extra when it comes to our preparation, the planning, the execution of what we would have liked to do for 10 video games in a row to dominate, to win the sport we did, play the sport we did,” stated Dravid.
“I didn’t need to change something. Should you had requested me and we had a dialogue with our assist workers, we might get along with the coaches and say, what do you assume we must always do in another way?” The frequent consensus (among the many crew) was we would have liked to do precisely what we did. We have to create the identical vitality, create the identical vibe, the identical crew environment that we had after which simply hope that on the day, we may have somewhat little bit of luck,” he added.
Dravid stated that he was by no means part of a house World Cup as a participant and to journey all around the nation and expertise the eagerness of followers was an outstanding expertise to him.
“To journey throughout this nation and to have the ability to expertise that pleasure and keenness of the followers. I’ve by no means been part of a World Cup as a participant in India, however simply the expertise as a coach to go from metropolis to metropolis and simply stroll and see what this sport meant to the folks of this nation was phenomenal. It was unimaginable,” Dravid stated.
“I believed we ran an outstanding marketing campaign. We got here unstuck within the ultimate and Australia performed higher cricket than us on the day. They had been a greater crew and congratulations (to them). That may occur in sport and that is what sport is about,” he added.
Notably, throughout the title conflict in November final 12 months, Australia restricted India to only 240 runs, regardless of a tremendous begin by skipper Rohit Sharma (47) and half-centuries by KL Rahul (66) and Virat Kohli (54). Mitchell Starc (3/55) and skipper Pat Cummins (2/34) unleashed heavy harm on Indian batters. Although Australia was off to a shaky begin too with the scoreline studying 47/3 at one level, Travis Head (137*) and Marnus (58*) took the Aussies to their sixth 50-over crown with six wickets in hand.
The twenty sixth version of the awards honoured a distinguished group of cricketers and sports activities leaders who showcased distinctive expertise and management all year long.
Phil Salt was celebrated because the Males’s T20I Batter of the 12 months, whereas Tim Southee earned the title of Males’s T20I Bowler of the 12 months. In recognition of his tactical brilliance, Shreyas Iyer obtained the Award for Excellent Management for successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Sai Kishore was acknowledged because the Home Cricketer of the 12 months for his constant performances on the home circuit.
Virat Kohli took dwelling the Males’s ODI Batter of the 12 months award, and Mohammad Shami was named the Males’s ODI Bowler of the 12 months.
The Award for Most Matches as a Captain in Girls’s T20I Historical past was awarded to Harmanpreet Kaur, whereas Yashashvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin had been honoured because the Males’s Check Batter of the 12 months and Males’s Check Bowler of the 12 months, respectively. On the ladies’s facet, Deepti Sharma was named the Girls’s Indian Bowler of the 12 months, and Smriti Mandhana earned the title of Girls’s Indian Batter of the 12 months.
The Award for the Quickest Double Century in Girls’s Check went to Shafali Verma, whereas Jay Shah was acknowledged with the Award for Excellence in Sports activities Administration for his or her vital contributions to the game. For his superb contribution to the world of cricket, Rahul Dravid was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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