Former India cricketer and Head Coach, Rahul Dravid, has praised the talent pool in Indian Cricket. He feels that Indian Cricket is very strong and powerful at the current moment. Dravid feels that the big reason behind this is the talent that comes to the national team from all over the country.
Earlier, youngsters had to come to big cities to play cricket and kick off their career. However, at the current stage, the players are coming out from every corner of this diverse country.
“If you look at Indian cricket today, Indian cricket is extremely strong, it’s extremely powerful. One of the big reasons for that is that talent comes from everywhere, from all over the country. Even if there were talented boys in smaller places, they had to come to the big cities to play cricket. But today I think you see in Indian cricket that boys are coming from everywhere,” Dravid said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Rahul Dravid led India to the ICC T20 World Cup win in 2024 as the Head Coach
Team India does have a quite powerful and strong bench strength. At the current moment, there are competition for places and India can afford to send two teams together in different places. The domestic circuit is quite strong and there are different domestic competitions getting held that are bringing up talents based on consistency and class. The IPL has also served as the breeding ground of emerging talents where they can play against world class international cricketers at high pressure moments.
Recently, he has been appointed as the Head Coach of Rajasthan Royals ahead of IPL 2025. Meanwhile, Dravid led India to the ICC T20 World Cup win in 2024. After the World Cup, his contract with the BCCI ended and he stepped away from his position of head Coach. Dravid has led India to the final of the ODI World Cup 2023 in India without losing any game and also to the final of the ICC World Test Championship in 2023.
