Kohli’s poor form and strike-rate coming in at No. 3 have been questioned time and again and for the fifteenth time, Dravid came to the rescue of the former India captain.
“He (Kohli) is also coming back after a break, good to see that he is back fresh, looking forward to playing all these games. He got time to spend in between. Hope he is back.” Will kick in from here and he will have a good tournament,” Dravid added. Asia Cup Super 4s game against Pakistan.
But he once again tried to say that Kohli’s form is not the least of his concerns and also urged people not to get confused about the number of a particular player.
‘The Wall’ said, ‘For us, it doesn’t really matter how many runs he scores. Especially with Virat, people get a little obsessed with his stats and numbers. For us, it’s not really about him.’
“It’s about the contribution he made at different stages of the game. It’s not in the 50s or 100s or one figure for us, even a small contribution is very much for us in T20s. does something. He is really keen to put up a good performance,” Dravid said.
non-committed Ravindra Jadeja Knee Injury
Their leading spin bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the Asia Cup and is also set to be out of the World T20 as he is scheduled to undergo a knee surgery that will rule him out indefinitely.
Although the head coach has been there for other players as well, he has remained largely non-committal on Jadeja.
“Jadeja has suffered a knee injury. He is under the supervision of the medical team seeing specialists world Cup There is a fair way away. We don’t want to jump to any conclusions, we don’t want to dismiss or rule them, Dravid said in his unique style.
“People get injured, a lot of rehab, depends on the severity of the injury. I don’t want to dismiss him, comment too much unless I have a very clear picture or a better idea, especially when World Cup six It’s seven weeks away now,” said the head coach, trying to hide the seriousness of the injury.
Indian fast bowlers are not glamorous but impressive
Pakistan’s fast batteries have gained a lot of traction over the years, but Dravid is happy with his bunch which he thinks is effective for the original.
“Of course, they (Pakistan) are a very good bowling side, but we also did well to restrict them to 147. You are judged by the results you give,” Dravid said before clashing with the arch-rivals. ”
“I would say in numbers that they hit 145kph, 147kph, we would have hit the 135-125kph mark, swing or no swing, but the bowling performance of our fast bowlers was also very good.
“I believe we also have a good bowling attack that delivers results, that can’t happen…” Dravid paused, refraining from using a word.
“I wanted to use a word, but I can’t use that word (here). It’s blowing out of my mind, but I can’t use it here,” he said dividing everyone.
“It’s a four letter letter that starts with an s, but that’s okay,” he said.
slightly under the weather
Dravid, however, indicated that the out-of-form fast bowler Avesh Khan A bit is under the weather and may miss Sunday’s game.
Dravid said, “Ahsha is feeling under the weather, fever and stuff, doctors are handling that. Hopefully it’s not serious, it’s fine for tomorrow or the later part of the tournament,” Dravid said.
Rishabh Pant no longer the first choice
For the T20 World Cup, Dravid said that Rishabh Pant is not the first choice keeper as there will be no pecking order for him and Dinesh Karthik.
The surprise package in their match against Pakistan was Pant’s omission as the Rohit Sharma-led side preferred the experienced glove in Dinesh Karthik ahead of the flamboyant left-hander.
“There is no first-choice wicketkeeper in the side… we play according to the conditions, the situation, the opposition and what we think is the best XI.
“There is no such thing as a first-choice playing XI for every single situation. It will vary. Against Pakistan that day, we felt Dinesh was the right choice for us.
But he admitted that it was difficult to get Pant out.
He said, “It is very difficult to drop someone, but we are focused on picking the best XI. There is a little bit of team culture in our team which believes that we have a very good XV team and anyone can play ”