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David Warner Credits Rahul Dravid For India’s Bench Strength
By SMCS - Jun 14, 2021 10:40 pm
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Team India has been considered as one of the best teams in world cricket right now. And, a lot of credit goes to the former Indian captain Rahul Dravid who has helped to grow Team India’s bench strength, which is considered to be the best in the business now. Rahul Dravid, who has coached India A and India Under-19 teams, is currently the head of NCA as well.

Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid

However, Team India’s bench strength was seen during the Australia series as well. In the absence of Virat Kohli and several veteran players who were injured, India’s youngsters like Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant stepped up and pulled off a historic win as well.

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Currently, they are preparing for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship final where they will take on New Zealand. And, Australian batsman David Warner applauded when he talked about India’s bench strength and said that they will be a force to reckoned with in future too. The swashbuckling batsman has also credited the batting legend Rahul Dravid for the ‘fantastic job’ of grooming the young talents throughout the years.

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Team India dominated England in the second Test

“When you take the captain (Kohli) away, who is a world-class player and has a lot of runs on the board, and you’ve got this youth coming with energy and performing against us the way they did, I think they are going to be a force to be reckoned with,” David Warner said on Sports Today.

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“The IPL has been a great platform and you have to give credit to Rahul Dravid. It seems like he is doing a fantastic job through the pathway system to get these players ready for international cricket. It showed when they came to play us here. In future India is going to be a very formidable side in Test cricket as they are now,” David Warner concluded.