Rahul Dravid not Yashasvi Jaiswal’s ‘double ton’ but calls England series ‘outstanding moment’ Cricket News

Rohit Sharma’s captaincy has been rather low-key compared to Ben Stokes’ cutting-edge approach, but India head coach Rahul Dravid is pleased to see players buying into Mumbai’s leadership principles. Under Rohit’s leadership, India never made any high demands but silently and clearly negated the visitors’ much-talked-about “baz ball” and won the five-match series 4-1. . “I’m privileged to work with a lovely team. I’m constantly learning from them. It’s great to work with Rohit. I think he’s a great leader and the players are really attracted to him, which is really great It was fantastic,” Dravid told broadcasters after the match.

Dravid said India’s series win was filled with several shining moments but admitted Ravichandran Ashwin’s return from a personal emergency highlighted the character of the team.

“I just want to say that Ashwin is back in the team (as a standout moment) after what he has been through. Ashwin wants to come back and contribute to the team…I think, for To me, it means what this team is about and what the characteristics of this team are.

“I think that was probably the highlight moment of the whole series just for me. As a coach, it really makes you happy for the kind of environment that’s been created,” Dravid said.

Ashwin had to travel to Chennai on day two of the Rajkot Test due to a family emergency, but the veteran off-spinner rejoined the action on day four of the third Test.

There are rumors that the door is now closed for the Indian team after players like Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer defied BCCI orders to play in the Ranji Trophy.

But Dravid doesn’t agree with this.

“Rohit and I chose to play No. 11. Sometimes even I don’t know who has signed and who has not signed. So, as far as we are concerned, no one is left out,” Dravid later said in the post-match media. Meeting.

Kuldeep Yadav’s left-arm wrist spin has allowed him to shine, apart from some easy runs in the lower order.

Dravid is happy to see Kuldeep’s fitness improving.

“It was tough for Kuldeep Yadav. He was bowling at a time when two legends (Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja) were playing for the team. What he brought to the team Got the X factor. He also worked a lot on his batting. Bonus,” said the former India captain.

India all-rounder Shardul Thakur recently urged the big boys to look into the hectic Ranji Trophy schedule, which he said puts a lot of pressure on the players.

Take note of Dravid’s call carefully, players should have their say sooner rather than later.

“We need to hear the voices of the players. They are the ones who are putting their bodies at risk. If they say (heavy schedule), we need to look at how we can better manage the domestic schedule,” he added.