Rahul Dravid on Sri Lanka tour: Opportunity for me to learn and improve

Indias head coach for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka Rahul Dravid on Sunday said he will try to use this opportunity to learn and improve furtherDravid who is presently the head of the National Cricket Academy was appointed as Indias head coach for the Lankan tour as Ravi Shastri and his coaching staff are in the UK for the Test series against EnglandIts a great blend of experienced players and fresh players As a coach its quite an exciting situation because you know if you create a good environment everyone will learn a lot Dravid saidWe have to be together as a large group there are opportunities to learn and grow Its a good chance for me as well as a coach youre always learning from every experience You learn about yourself and about cricket Its another opportunity for me to learn and improve Im quite excitedDravid opined that not only Prithvi Shaw but many young players are looking to mark their name to Indias squad for T20 World Cup from this tourIts crucial for a lot more people other than just Prithvi Obviously it is a crucial tour for someone like Devdutt Padikkal Ruturaj Gaikwad or a lot of the younger boys who have come on this trip and would be extremely keen to do well and set a marker for the selectors Whether theyll get selected in the T20 World Cup or not thats a call that the selectors and the Indian team management will take and you know what their plans and strategies are Dravid pointedThe 48yearold also stated that performing well against Sri Lanka will not automatically help players to get in the squad of the upcoming T20 World Cup and viceversaBut certainly good performances in tours like this against international oppositions would certainly help anyone whether its Prithvi or so many other people If youre able to put a marker down or if youre able to show that you have the ability to do it at this level against international quality opposition thats certainly something that selectors will take note of From that perspective its a crucial tour for a lot of people Its an important tour but at the end of the day it doesnt mean if you dont have a good tour of Sri Lanka that you dont make it And it doesnt mean that just because you do well against Sri Lanka youll make it automatically in the squadThe Sri Lanka tour includes a 3match ODI series and a 3match T20I series and all matches will be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo The team will be led by Shikhar Dhawan with Bhuvneshwar Kumar being picked as the vicecaptainAlso ReadNot taking Bhuvneshwar Kumar to England a huge mistake Sarandeep SinghThis 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