“It’s early days, and there are a lot of positives,” he said confidently, brushing off the back-to-back losses.
Actor Siddharth, who plays the character of Arjun, a cricketer representing the country in director Sashikanth’s upcoming film ‘Test’, says that if there was one person he had to pick to dedicate all that he had done in this film as a test cricketer, it would be Rahul Dravid.
Dravid expressed his satisfaction at the composition of the new-look Rajasthan Royals side, saying that the likes of Riyan Parag could be younger by age but has rich experience of playing in excess of 50 games in the cash-rich league.
Former teammate Harbhajan also had a special message for 'The Wall', calling him an "epitome of discipline and commitment".
According to reliable sources close to the development, the talks between Dravid and the franchise have reached the final stages, and it is only a matter of time when The Wall returns to Rajasthan Royals ahead of the mega IPL auction.
Dravid felt confident about the fast-bowling attack doing well in the South African conditions.
It is not as if the format-specific captains will cease to matter but they are also likely to have had it driven home already that the coach of the team ~ think back to Anil Kumble, before Shastri ~ is not to be taken for granted by anyone within the squad and eventuality left undefended by the cricket board.
On Monday, with India's final T20 World Cup encounter against Namibia, the trio of head coach Shastri, bowling coach Bharat, and fielding coach Sridhar concluded their stint.
The development took place on the sidelines of the final of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League on Friday night.
Just before Dhawan and his peers flew into Sri Lanka, the hosts had, playing unbelievably poorly, lost limited-overs series to Bangladesh and England, which had Ranatunga saying that it was time his compatriots stopped watching the national team’s matches.
