Rahul Dravid: Made sure everybody got a game as India A coach
Updated On: 12 June, 2021 09:11 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Rahul Dravid will be head coach of the Indian team that will tour Sri Lanka for a white-ball series next month.
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Widely credited for creating India`s talent pool at the under-19 and A level, former captain and NCA Director Rahul Dravid says during his stint as coach with these teams, he made sure that every cricketer who toured got a game unlike his playing days. Dravid will be head coach of a Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian team that will tour Sri Lanka for a white-ball series next month. He doesn`t travel with the A and U-19 squads any more but it was he who made sure all the squad members played on tours.
"I tell them upfront, if you come on an A tour with me, you will not leave here without playing a game. I`ve had that personal experience myself as a kid: going on an A tour and not getting an opportunity to play is terrible," Dravid ESPNcricinfo`s `The Cricket Monthly`. "You`ve done well, you scored 700-800 runs, you go, and you don`t get a chance to show what you`re good at. And then you`re back to square one from the selectors` point of view, because the next season you have to score those 800 runs again.
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