The former India captain, as well as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, has praised Team India’s new head coach Rahul Dravid for maintaining his humility despite being one of the stalwarts of the game.
Ganguly recently revealed his down-to-earth nature where he said that Dravid was carrying cones and wickets back to the dressing room after the practice session in Kanpur where the first Test happened between India and New Zealand last month.
Meanwhile, it was his first assignment as the full-time head coach of Team India as well. While talking about that, Ganguly said in an interview with News18:
“I wish him (Dravid) all the best. I heard that in Kanpur, after the day’s practice he was picking up the cones and wickets and balls and bringing them back to the dressing room. It must have been a great sight for cameramen and photographers to see Rahul Dravid do that (smiles). But he is that sort of a person. We will support him and Rohit and Virat in test cricket whichever way they want.”
“I personally requested Kohli not to give up the T20 captaincy” – Sourav Ganguly
Team India will next take on South Africa, where they will play three Tests and three ODIs, starting with the Boxing Day Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. However, a lot of controversies happened post-BCCI decided to replace Virat Kohli as ODI captain and named Rohit Sharma the new captain as well.
“It’s like I said… I personally requested him (Kohli) not to give up T20 captaincy. Obviously, he felt the workload. Which is fine, he has been a great cricketer, he has been very intense with his cricket. He has captained for a long period of time and these things happen. Because I have captained for a long period of time; therefore, I know. Also, they wanted only one white-ball captain. And that’s why this decision. I don’t know what’s going to happen in future. But as I said, it’s a good team and it has some fantastic players and I hope they will turn it around,” Sourav Ganguly concluded.
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