India’s head coach for the Sri Lanka tour, Rahul Dravid gave an incredible speech in the dressing room after the team’s incredible comeback win in a difficult situation in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo. BCCI shared the video of post-match scenes in the Indian dressing room, where Dravid can be seen addressing all the young Indian cricketers. He applauded the players for the fantastic effort to beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets but he wouldn’t have minded had India lost this match.
In the video shared by the BCCI, Rahul Dravid was heard saying, “We obviously finished on the right side of the result… It was fantastic. Even if we did not finish on the right side, it’s the fight that was absolutely important. Well done to all of you.”
Deepak Chahar was the star performer for India as he scalped a couple of wickets in the first innings and during the chase, he played a match-winning knock of 69 off 82 balls and stitched an unbroken 84-run stand with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19*) for the eighth wicket after India was reeling at 193 for 7, while chasing 276 for victory as the visitors win the game with five balls to spare. But Dravid said it was not the time to talk about individual performances.
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Talking about these same, Rahul Dravid said, “It’s not the time to talk about individual performances. We will talk about that in our meetings when we analyze everything. But when you look at the whole game, it was a really good team performance. There were so many performances right across in our bowling, batting even at the start obviously the batters, in the end, finished it off. It was a fantastic team performance.”
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Rahul Dravid added that he had expected Sri Lanka to make a strong comeback after losing the first ODI but he was proud that India responded like champions to the challenge thrown at them by the hosts. However, in the video, there were also scenes of the Indian players celebrating widely after the win.
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Elaborating the same, the Indian coach said, “We said that they were going to respond. We have to respect the opposition. They responded and we responded back like a champion team. With our backs to the wall, we found a way to win. Proud of all of you, very well done.”
