Our stock are now pretty good in spin all-rounder's department: Rahul Dravid

Head coach Rahul Dravid is happy with the way the Indian spinbowling allrounders department is shaping up saying our stocks are pretty good at the momentRahul Dravid also indicated that Ravindra Jadeja could be in the mix very soon which will put the India in happy space visavis the spin allrounders departmentI think in our spin bowling allrounders slot our stocks are pretty good at the moment Rahul Dravid said at the postmatch press conference after Indias 16run loss in the second T20I against Sri Lanka here on ThursdayShahbaz Ahmed was also part of the squad and considering that Washington Sundar is there and then Jadeja as well so we are happy with that he addedWith Axar Patel playing his role to perfection on Thursday taking two wickets in an economical spell and also scoring a swashbuckling 65 off just 31 deliveries the coach said it had given him quite a few options in that areaI think in T20 cricket whenever he has got the opportunity hes done really well so thats really a good sign for us people like him people like Washi not getting a game hes batting really well and obviously Jadeja coming back soon as well gives us nice little options in that spinbowling allrounder areaWith Axar trading more in sixes than fours Rahul Dravid also commended the allrounders batting Axar smashed six maximums and three boundaries and scored at a strike rate of nearly 210 to keep India in the game till the time he was at the creaseAlso readHopefully from January onwards we can pick our full strength ODI squad barring injuries DravidHe is certainly doing a really good job and his batting is coming on in leaps and bounds We always knew his quality with the ball and it was just about developing his batting He is working really hard on it Honestly we had identified him more than a year agoIts batting an area of his game that we have identified we know that its important for us to have that and whatever opportunities Axar has got especially with Jadeja missing quite a lot of cricket he hasnt let us down in Test cricket ODIs whether its been here added Rahul DravidSri Lanka after setting a target of 207 for India to win the second T20I here on Thursday restricted Hardik Pandyas side to 190 to take the series to the decider at Rajkot on SaturdayIn the fastbowling allrounders department with Shivam Mavi proving to be an ideal foil for skipper Hardik Pandya Dravid said it had brought a smile on his faceThe young pace bowler scored a quickfire 26 at the backend giving the coach hope that he could be relied upon as a pinchhitter in the closing oversIn the fastbowling allrounder area we rely heavily on Hardik and we are looking around for other people to step up and may be do the job for us And it was nice to see Mavi bat today Thursday so thats like brings a smile on your face I mean you can see one of you fast bowlers being able to bat like thatThis 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