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"It's The Captain's Team...": Rahul Dravid's Blunt Take Ahead Of India's ODI Cricket World Cup Opener

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Rahul Dravid has done his bit as the coach of the Indian cricket team. After preparing his players for the grandest arena of their career, he now wants to retreat to the backstage and let Rohit Sharma's bunch create their own beautiful story. "Honestly once the game starts, it's the captain's team.

It's the team that needs to take it forward, they need to execute it, they need to do the job," Dravid said during his interaction with the media on Friday. "As a coach I see my work in the lead up to the games, in the lead up to this World Cup, trying to get the squad we got eventually.

Building up the team, building up the squad and then hoping to allow the players to play and express themselves to have fun,” said Dravid, who is known for his economy of emotions.

Controlling the controllables is Dhoni's favourite phrase but no one believes in it more than Dravid. "Yeah... I mean I guess you recognise as a coach that once the game starts, once the guys cross the line, there is only so much you can do.

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