Indian head coach Rahul Dravid known as Test cricket to be hard at instances but a format which is of nice satisfaction. Dravid’s phrases come after India’s historic 4-1 sequence win over England at dwelling. India turned the primary crew in 112 years to win a five-match sequence by 4-1 after dropping the primary recreation.
“Series like this have to be earned and this is tough. Test cricket is hard at times. It’s hard in terms of your skill. It’s hard physically, as you’ve seen, it’s hard mentally,” Dravid mentioned in a video posted on BCCI.television.
“But it’s great satisfaction at the end of it. The satisfaction that you get winning a series like this coming from one behind to be able to win four. I think it’s just phenomenal,” he added.
Plenty of youngsters stood tall for the Indian crew in the absence of some large names. While the likes of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami had been out of the entire sequence, the hosts missed KL Rahul for almost all a part of too. In their absence, youngsters like Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Akash Deep and others stood tall with star performances.
“For a lot of you young guys, especially coming into this group, you are going to need each other to succeed. Whether you’re a batsman or bowler or whatever you are, your success is tied in with other people’s success. All of you are invested in each other’s success. And that’s really important going forward. It’s not about your success, but it’s about how you can help other people succeed, which will also help you succeed,” he mentioned.
The Indian crew misplaced the primary Test and there have been a number of moments the place they might have gone down in extra video games. But the hosts pressured epic comebacks to clinch the sport. Dravid was happy with these fightbacks. “There had been instances in the sequence once we had been actually challenged and pushed and we discovered a manner to bounce again, which speaks to the abilities that we’ve, the resilience that we’ve, the character that we’ve.
“On many events in this sequence, the video games may have gone both manner. But we at all times discovered individuals in this dressing room who stepped up and turned the sport our manner. And that was improbable. So, you not solely want to win the video games when you have got to combat again, which we did rather well.
But you have got to additionally win the video games once you’re forward and you do not let the opposition come again in any state of affairs,” he added.
