Rahul Dravid heads National Cricket Academy (NCA) where he shapes the young generation of […] M&Ms? It's not all about results but results are incredibly important. Do you worry about where Indian cricket is at the moment - that we are going to be a very good, competitive team in ODI cricket rather than a successful Test team? I don't like getting out, period. What separates doubt from foresight? Paul McGregor / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd. Against fast bowlers, the one that is memorable is catching Ricky Ponting off Ishant Sharma, at third slip in Perth. It was not a slip catch strictly - it was at backward short leg off Harbhajan in Chennai. Hopefully these guys will go on challenge that notion, to show us that it is not the case. "You need to have relaxed hands. You get used to it and then there are new things to challenge you and you must move on. I have never considered myself a natural slip fielder, but I worked hard on it, I practised it, and I have taken my fair share of them. But you've got to quickly move on because the worst thing you want to do is to be lingering on it and not be in the right state of mind to grab another opportunity that comes along. What about switching off between deliveries? From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back. I can't remember every one off hand, but if you show me the scorecard I will remember. In fact, Rai revealed in an interview last year that Dravid turned down the opportunity to become the Head coach of the senior team and instead chose to … While Gill went on to win the World Cup captained by teammate Prithvi Shaw, Pant and Sundar failed to get their hands on the trophy. (Source: Reuters) Aside from his technique, determination, and more than 25,000 runs in international cricket, Rahul Dravid was also renowned as a brilliant fielder on the pitch. It is very similar to batting. It has been a fortnight since Rahul Dravid retired and already the world has turned upside down. The second one is once again against Australia, in Adelaide: Damien Martyn against Sachin [Tendulkar] in the 2004 series, again the third innings. Interview with Rahul Dravid. It'll come down to coaches at junior levels, how they talk to their wards, how they inspire them about Test cricket. That was tough in terms of some of my performances, that whole period, 2007-08, getting knocked out of the World Cup and not performing so well after I gave up the captaincy for a while. Not only as players but also as spokesmen. Where you are in your life, where the team is at that point of time, what the future challenges are, how you fit into that. One of my favorite interviews in my radio career ... ಕನ್ನಡಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತಾಡಿದಾರೆ ರಾಹುಲ್ so double like ️ ️ Feb 2018 .. the day I met "the wall" Mirchi Kannada Bengaluru FC Fanatics Bengaluru FC Rahul Dravid RAHUL DRAVID's fan club “That (Rahul Dravid) will be a very good inclusion. There have been some good examples recently of people who have been good players in Twenty20 and have come out and done well in Test cricket. One thing that could help is having a set routine, a pattern where you know exactly what you are going to do each ball. We were always known as poor travellers. I like to believe we played some of the world's greatest spinners better than some of the other teams did. Batting legend Rahul Dravid has given a thumbs up to Ravi Shastri and said the current Indian cricket team director has done a terrific job in his role so far. It's a good thing for kids to see that you can succeed in all three forms of the game. The day before the next Test that India plays, if the team called you into the dressing room to make a speech, what would you say to them? But those are challenges you face all your life. When John Wright came in [as coach] he was very keen that we get specalist fielding positions and stick to one position. Rahul Dravid’s message for Hanuma Vihari. You spoke of switching on. What about the position - where and how you stand? You could tell that they were emotionally violent but that they would fade. They might have to make a few sacrifices in terms of money. We were going through a rough patch, we had come out of this match-fixing thing. In fact, Rai revealed in an interview last year that Dravid turned down the opportunity to become the Head coach of the senior team and instead chose to head the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to aid in creating India's supply line of players. Vengsarkar, in an interview to Times of India, said that Dravid’s presence in the nets will be a huge boost to the men in blue. You've not been worn down so much. I think that was a really hard period, when I questioned myself a lot and wondered whether it had all just disappeared and gone away. What it does is, you can transfer weight and quickly move in any direction and make sure that you don't have your weight only on your heels. The first man to take 200 catches in Test cricket, Rahul Dravid speaks about what it takes to stand in the cordon, "You are putting yourself in the firing line if you stuff it up, but you must want to be in that position to make a difference, and recognise sometimes that you might make mistakes" You had Saqlain, who bowled well against us in a couple of series. I would say there are challenges that Indian cricket faces today. While most in India were aware of the cricketers winning the series against Australia, only a few die-hard cricket fanatics knew why Dravid's name started dominating the 'trending list'. I wouldn't have played for wanting to make comeback, but because I still wanted to just play the game. Did it have a direct impact on your game in the last few years, you think? I'm not saying you can control everything in fitness - there are a lot of guys who have injuries, who, whatever they do and whatever they try, sadly they can't do much about. In the past you had only the cream at the top who were making a good living, but now it's spread a lot more and you have a lot more people who make a very good living. Especially if you start with a prolific but heart-breaking 95-run-innings. It always makes me happy. It's slowly changing. So I did that stint,” Singh told SportsKeeda in an interview. Maybe [time] just wears you down - the travelling, the pressure, the dealing with expectations, those things slowly start chipping away, chipping away. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills. Sometimes the toughest bowlers, I found, were always the guys who gave away nothing in terms of the way they thought - what got them angry, what got them frustrated. At some level it does affect you. There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. You should want it to be there. As for Australia, Taylor, Mark Waugh, Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting. He was part of the touring party under the leadership of MS Dhoni that lost 4-0 to Australia between December 2011 and January 2012. I think Australia was disappointing. Rahul Dravid was renowned as an excellent slip-fielder. If someone thinks, "I'll spend the off season working on my fitness and I'll come back a better cricketer," I don't think that's enough. "It was important for me how the team was projected. At the moment Gary [Kirsten] is the coach and we get a lot from the left-hander's angle. When you retired, you called your team-mates and spoke to them before making the announcement. All your career, you're taught to never never give up. ", "It's got to move on from being the team that was led by my generation, which is already happening slowly" It is foolish to compare Rahul Dravid with anyone else in the world. Rahul Dravid has earned his rest. What was that about? It will be a group of players, who I think are already seniors, who will set the tone for the next generation coming through. I guess that's the way it's going to be. In some areas I was fitter than I was at 24-25 and in some areas I was not. The ball was flying across me. Rahul Sharad Dravid (/ ˌ r ə h uː l d r ə v ɪ d / (); born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team.He is the Director of Cricket Operations at National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru, India. I feel now that now good body language is sometimes equated to being abusive or aggressive, and I think that that's not true. You can lose players in your team and you have to try and fight and get them back sometimes. Whether it's been conversations with Kapil Dev or through the years with John [Wright], Greg [Chappell], Gary [Kirsten], and even Duncan [Fletcher] now. Your captaincy had some good results and at the same time many dramas. So I guess it clouds a lot of what happened. I'll be the first one to admit - and my whole career is based on looking to improve and try to do better - that there were times then I could have done things differently, in the way that I approached it and handled it. You're not trained to admit these things. Because I've always tried to do my best - you've always got to try to be the best you can be and hope that the results fall your way. Or sometimes it's phases that players are themselves going through in their own careers that pushes them away from the team. Mahela Jayawardene has lovely hands and is good from Sri Lanka. The reality is that when I grew up, playing Test cricket was the ultimate. It was a natural progression. As you get older, the freshness gets lost, the sense of excitement. But I was lucky to get a chance to play a couple of years of cricket. From a personal point of view? Being probably a little less intense. For Rahul Dravid the person, how important was this? Slowing down of reflexes, eyesight etc? No one can guide the batsmen better on how to play the moving ball in those conditions. Being probably a little less intense. Related Link: Rahul Dravid Career Stats This interview of Rahul Dravid was compiled by Vidyuth Jaisimha (son of Former Indian Test Star ML Jaisimha and Managing Partner of the ML Jaisimha Cricket 365 Academy) in Colombo, July 2008.. Vidyuth : Well Rahul, 10,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs and along with that a lot of great individual achievements you already have had. Just because someone is not over-the-top competitive doesn't mean he's not a good competitor. Dependable. It was said we were scared of fast bowling, we were arrogant, rude, or that because of match-fixing you can't trust anyone. The only problem is, you are doing it at 40 rather than at 17 or 18 and with skills you've worked on for 20 years at the exclusion of other skills. Browse more videos. I enjoyed being part of the process of trying to build a team, trying to be creative, to see how we could get the best out of players, see how we could win and compete with the resources we have. So these guys were good. People were scared, and everyone would have been scared, but I guess those who showed it were considered weaker and that was not considered good to be. Here both share their experiences in their own aspects. That has changed now and it's pretty obvious that, with the kind of audience and support that cricket generates in this part of the world, a tour to this part of the world is extremely important now. Did the Chappell drama weigh you down as a captain? New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Rahul Dravid turned 48 on Monday and social media was flooded with birthday wishes for the former India captain, both from fans and I know some who spread their feet a little more, some a little less, and they catch as well as anyone that I know. In awe of the work being done by Rahul Dravid in grooming talented Indian players, former captain Shahid Afridi has called on Pakistan greats to take a cue and nurture the young cricketers of the country.. How does a player pick the right time to retire? Talking about the knock in an interview with Sports Today, the right-handed batsman recalled how he was praised by his mentor and Indian batting pioneer Rahul Dravid in a … After 8-0, how can the transition be made smooth? You can't just let things flow. All of them have gone through that and they say it takes a bit of time to get used to. In that way Australia must have been the tour from hell? But fitness is a lot simpler. It had come very quickly. Dravid also spoke about the reason for not continuing with India captaincy, reasoning that he gave up leadership of the team in 2007 because stopped enjoying it. Daryll Cullinan talks about the technique and temperament involved in becoming a world-class operator in the cordon, Poachers, divers and snafflers: our expert quarter tells you who the finest slip fielder of all is, ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the day of the second day of the Durban Test between South Africa and India, South Africa v India, 2nd Test, Durban, 2nd day, 'A good slipper needs to train as hard as some of the best keepers'. In the end you have to accept that you are judged a lot by the World Cup in India, whether you like it not. Shahid Afridi Asks Former Pakistan Greats To Groom Young Talent Like Rahul Dravid Afridi noted that Dravid had done a lot of hard work with the young Indian players at the under-19 level There were some good results. And when they were at their A game, they knocked us over a few times, no doubt about it. Maybe it came to me that I was so keen to do a good job that I got too caught up in it. 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