On Sunday, in Ahmedabad, Team India’s Cricket World Cup 2023 marketing campaign got here to a heartbreaking finish. The finish of the World Cup might additionally mark the top of an period. One has to attend and watch on what future holds, at the very least on this format of the sport, for the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Rohit is 36, Virat 35. Do they’ve it in them to play one other World Cup? Will they cotinue to play the format serving to different gamers within the transition interval? Only time will inform.
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Rahul Dravid, Team India’s head coach, ended his two-year keep on this function on Sunday. Speaking on the post-match press convention after loss to Australia within the World Cup closing, Dravid mentioned that he has not but considered his future with Team India as head coach. Dravid mentioned that his focus was fully on the World Cup marketing campaign. Dravid will quickly sit and take into consideration the long run quickly.
#TeamIndia put up a stable struggle however it was not our night time within the #CWC23 #Final.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 19, 2023
“I haven’t thought about it. I’ve just come off a game. I had no time to think about this and no time to reflect on this. Yeah, I will when I get the time to do that,” he mentioned at publish match media convention.
“At this point of time, I was completely focused on this campaign and there was nothing else on my mind. And I haven’t given any other thought to what happens in the future.”
Dravid mentioned that he’s not going to analyse and decide himself as a coach as he has loved the time with the Indian group and says it was a privilege to teach the Men in Blue.
“To be honest, I am not really someone who’s going to judge and analyse myself. I was really proud to work with. I think the players that I worked with over the last two years in all the formats, it’s been a privilege.”
“Honestly, I haven’t thought about it. I think all our campaign, all our energies were focused on this match, focused on this tournament, and focused till here. And I haven’t actually given it any thought or I have no plans, I have had no plans of what’s going to happen in the future,” mentioned the previous India captain.
Coming to Virat and Rohit, the duo have stopped enjoying T20Is after the debacle within the final World Cup. Both of them didn’t formally announce retirement from the format however it’s true that BCCI selectors are actually trying past them so far as this format is worried.Â
