According to former Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria, India should dismiss Rahul Dravid as the head coach of their T20I team in order to improve their performances in the format. Kaneria believes T20 isn’t suitable for Dravid due to his slowness and suggests considering Ashish Nehra, citing his success with Hardik Pandya at GT in IPL.
On his YouTube channel, he stressed Nehra’s high level of proactivity in the IPL, where he maintains constant communication with players during GT’s matches. Kaneria remarked:
“Why is this Indian team not showing enough intent? Hardik Pandya has achieved a lot of success with Gujarat Titians because of Ashish Nehra’s presence. India must show more intent in T20Is, and a coach plays a big role in that.”
“Rahul Dravid, no doubt, was a world-class player, but Dravid doesn’t deserve to be a coach in T20s. He is very slow. On the other hand, you see Ashish Nehra constantly do something and pass on messages in the field. I think he should get an opportunity.”
Kaneria made these comments following India’s consecutive defeats in the ongoing five-match T20I series against West Indies. Hardik Pandya and his team must secure a victory in the upcoming third match to remain competitive in the series.
“Sanju Samson, when will you start scoring some runs?”- Danish Kaneria
Danish Kaneria reiterated his continuous support for Sanju Samson and revealed that he has repeatedly requested the Indian team management to provide him with a consistent chance. Kaneria expressed his belief that Samson had an opportunity to showcase his abilities against West Indies, but unfortunately, he couldn’t capitalize on those chances. He added:
“India rested Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli so that they could give others a chance, as many have complained that a few players haven’t had enough opportunities.”
Now that India have played them, when are you going to score runs, Sanju Samson? He has had enough chances now. I was among the people who supported him and wanted him to get consistent opportunities. However, he hasn’t made the most of these chances.”
In the ODI series decider between India and West Indies, Samson played a crucial innings of 51 runs. Yet, in the following two T20Is, he struggled to perform well, scoring only 12 and 7 runs respectively.
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