Former India head coach Rahul Dravid narrated his fondest memories with the national team ahead of his final day in the office on Saturday.
Under the tutelage of Dravid, Team India delivered commendable performances as they reached the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finals, World Test Championships final, and 2024 World Cup final but failed to sail over the line. However, it is expected that Team India will clinch its first silverware in the Dravid era in the T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa on Saturday.
🗣️🗣️“𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭”
An eventful coaching journey in the words of #TeamIndia Head Coach Rahul Dravid, who highlights the moments created beyond the cricketing field ✨👏
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“I’ve really enjoyed myself. It has been a great learning experience for me and my family as well. Everyone’s got invested in the Indian team over the last two-and-a-half years. I certainly have, being here, but so has my family in each and every result that the Indian team has been part of. It’s been really nice for me to see how my two young boys have taken to it,” Dravid said in a video shared by the BCCI on social media platform X.
“The kind of people that I have had the pleasure of working with. My coaching staff, the people who I have worked closely with, and then just overall around that. The support staff as well – the professionalism around them. That for me is really the fondest thing. I know there have been results and, we’ve had some really good results in this time, we have had times when it has not been that easy and that’s part and parcel of being a coach and being a cricket team. But for me, the fondest memory that I’ll take back is the connections that I’ve built, the friendships that I’ve built. That will last long after I forget and remember some of these good results or bad results,” he added.
South Africa defeated Afghanistan to enter the T20 World Cup 2024 final while India overcame England. The two sides remained unbeaten in the marquee event in their run-up to the final showdown.
