'Great learning experience for me': Rahul Dravid on his coaching journey

Ahead of his last match as the teams head coach former India skipper Rahul Dravid shared thoughts on his coaching journey on FridayThe ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final between India and South Africa at the Kensington Oval on Saturday will be the last match of Dravids coaching eraThe former righthand batter asserted that coaching the Indian Cricket Team has been a great learning experience for him and for his family tooIve really enjoyed myself I think its been a great learning experience for me and my family as well I think everyones got invested in the Indian team over the last two and a half years I certainly have obviously being here But so has my family in each and every result that the Indian team has been part of So its been really nice for me as well to see how my two young boys have taken to it The kind of people that Ive had the pleasure of working with my coaching staff the people who Ive worked closely with said Dravid in a video shared by BCCIldquo rdquoAn eventful coaching journey in the words of TeamIndia Head Coach Rahul Dravid who highlights the moments created beyond the cricketing field onhellip pictwittercomiiSb3LxgZ1mdash BCCI BCCI June 28 2024The 51yearold further stated that he will take back the connections that he has built during his tenureI know there have been results and weve had some really good results in this time weve had some times where its not been that easy And thats part and parcel of being a coach and being a cricket team But for me I think the fondest memories that Ill take back is the connections that Ive built the friendships that Ive built Thatll last long after I forget and remember some of these good results or bad results Dravid addedIndia came close on a couple of occasions to ending their hiatus of lifting an ICC World Cup trophy After their success in 2011 India came lost the 2014 T20 World Cup final In 2016 the West Indies thumped them in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup In 2023 Australia toppled India to lift their recordextending sixth ODI World Cup trophyIndia have a chance to finally end the wait to get their hands on the coveted prize if they defeat South Africa in the final of the tournamentWith South Africa also not having lost a match the T20 World Cup final will be a clash between the two unbeaten sides of the tournamentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever