Dravid Mantra To Team India Players
- 20-Jun-2022
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For Staking Claim To World Cup Spots
Mumbai: The T20I series between India and South Africa was shined with Umran Malik, the 22-year-old fast bowler who regularly challenged the speed gun during the Indian Premier League. India played five matches – the last game in Bangalore on Sunday was abandoned after 3.3 overs due to rain – but Malik didn’t get a game who belong to Rahul Dravid’s gurukul.
This series was Malik’s initiation as an apprentice, along with left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh, an opportunity to get a feel of the Indian dressing room. Dravid believed in the process as a player and then as a captain. He is following it as the head coach of the Indian team.
Back in 1996, as the India probables had a camp before the World Cup, Dravid as a young player was a strong contender to make the final squad.
The then selection committee, however, chose experience over youth and Dravid’s room-mate, the current Indian team batting coach Vikram Rathour, would confirm how the former told him about scoring centuries in the next Ranji Trophy matches to earn his selection for the Test series in England that followed the World Cup.
