"Was Never Going To Be Like Virender Sehwag": Rahul Dravid On How He Took A Different Route To Success

26.07.2022 - 08:39 sports.ndtv.com

Rahul Dravid, the current head coach of the Indian cricket team, was one of the most talented batters during his playing days.

The former India captain made his Test and ODI debut in 1996 and then went on to score 13288 and 10889 runs in the two formats respectively.

He had come under pressure too and faced tough situations due to lean patches in his career. But almost always he made brilliant comebacks and become one of the greatest batters ever in world cricket.

Now, in a recent podcast 'In the Zone', with India's first individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, Dravid has revealed how switching off from the game helped him mentally. "If I look back on my career, that..managing my energy, more of my mental energy was the real game-changer in terms of longetivity in my career and in terms of performance.

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With the T20 World Cup being paramount and Gill not exactly in the scheme of things as far as shortest format is concerned, he might be handed a number 3 slot in order to ensure that his captain gets enough game-time before the continental championship in the UAE, starting August 27. This provided all three are fit and available for all the games in the series. While there will be no Rahul Dravid heading the team of support staff for the short three-match series, starting August 18 in Harare, NCA head VVS Laxman is almost certain to follow the blue-print set by the head coach.

'There Are Almost 4000 Tigers In The Wild, But There's Only One Rahul Dravid': Ross Taylor

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one tournament where overseas players get to mingle with the Indian players, and the competition has been a big reason why players all around the world get along pretty well. 2011 IPL was the time when former New Zealand player Ross Taylor got to share the dressing room with the likes of Rahul Dravid and Shane Warne. That particular edition of the tournament made Taylor understand of how much fandom the Indian cricketers enjoy and how difficult it is for them to venture out in the public.

"Can't Have Such Huge Baggage...": Former Pakistan Star's Huge Statement On Virat Kohli

Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria feels Virat Kohli will have to perform in the upcoming Asia Cup if he wants to be a part of the T20 World Cup squad. While Kohli has been one of the most consistent players of the last decade or so, his recent slump in form has raised doubts over his place in the Indian team. Kaneria said that Kohli has the full backing of skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid and the star batter will have to repay the trust shown to him by the management.

Virender Sehwag's Savage Reaction To Pakistan Analyst's "India Javelin Hero Nehra" Post

Former India batter Virender Sehwag trolled a Pakistan political analyst Zaid Hamid after the latter confused javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra with cricketer Ashish Nehra in one of his Twitter posts. The post came after Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal for the country at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games. Referring to this achievement, Hamid tweeted: "And what makes this victory even sweeter is the fact that this Pakistani athlete has destroyed Indian javelin throw hero Ashish Nehra. In the last competition, Ashish had defeated Arshad Nadeem. What a sweet revenge to come back."

Virender Sehwag's Savage Reaction To Pakistan Analyst's "India Javelin Hero Nehra" Post

Tributes for South African umpire Rudi Koertzen after he dies in car accident

Koertzen, 73, was known as 'Slow Death' because of the time it took for him to raise a finger to indicate a batsman's dismissal. He stood in a then-record 331 international matches, including 108 Tests, between 1992 and his retirement in 2010. Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar, who has since surpassed Koertzen's record, described Koertzen's death as "a very big loss". "I stood in so many games with him," said Dar.