Head coach Rahul Dravid hopeful India performs “good cricket” in T20 World Cup remaining

India head coach Rahul Dravid heaped reward on his group’s consistency in making three finals of ICC tournaments, and this time, he’s hopeful that luck stays on their facet they usually emerge victorious after falling brief twice. In nearly a yr, the duo of Dravid and skipper Rohit Sharma will play their third remaining of an ICC event. Australia was current on each events to inflict heartbreak within the ODI World Cup and World Check Championship.

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However this time, as they appear to search out the right ending, India made positive that Australia would not be there to spoil the social gathering. With India aiming to finish their hiatus of lifting the ICC trophy, Dravid hailed his group for the consistency that they’ve managed to showcase for the previous yr. “Sure, after all. I feel it is good that we’re constant and enjoying good cricket. For a few years, particularly within the final yr, such as you mentioned, being quantity one in every of three codecs, and enjoying within the finals, is an efficient factor. It offers plenty of credit score to the boys, plenty of boys who’re Check cricketers, who’re our one-day gamers and in addition our T20 gamers,” Dravid mentioned within the pre-match press convention. “So, the Indian cricket has proven plenty of consistency, and it’s a very comfortable factor. And what you requested later, that if we play properly and if we’ve got the rub of the inexperienced, then we are going to win,” he added.

Dravid emphasised the necessity to keep calm and relaxed within the remaining as a result of, in accordance with him, a group can by no means have an ideal recreation.

“I feel you are at all times trying to enhance. And I do not suppose you possibly can ever have an ideal recreation. Definitely, we’ve got not had an ideal, excellent recreation in any recreation, and I do not suppose any group actually does. So, look, I imply, I feel in in the future it is not that, you are going to immediately begin altering issues an excessive amount of,” he mentioned.

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“So, for us actually, I feel now entering into this remaining, it is nearly staying relaxed, about trusting the great cricket that we have performed, about recognizing I feel that we discovered ourselves in stress conditions proper by means of this event, however we have at all times discovered gamers and other people to come back up and ship the products,” he added. India have had an ideal mix of expertise and have named a facet in accordance with the circumstances wherein they play.

Dravid acknowledged the steadiness that they’ve inside the group and is hopeful that his group goes out and performs good cricket. “Additionally simply recognizing that we have got a very good steadiness within the group, we have the gamers, and only for us to, like I answered earlier, perhaps simply come there rather well ready, do all of the issues that we are able to do, management all of the controllables, do every little thing that we have to do, after which simply exit and play hopefully an excellent recreation of cricket,” Dravid concluded. India will play the ultimate on Saturday in opposition to South Africa on the Kensington Oval. If rain does not enable the sport to happen, then a reserve day is in retailer.