Two legends, one body: Brain Lara catches up with Rahul Dravid throughout India’s 1st ODI vs West Indies
India took on West Indies in Port of Spain on Friday, 22 July within the first ODI of the three match sequence. Trinidad legend Brian Lara met Indian head coach Rahul Dravid on the sidelines.
File picture of Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid. (Courtesy: Reurters)
HIGHLIGHTSBrian Lara and Rahul Dravid go manner again from their enjoying daysRahul Dravid is at the moment teaching the Indian cricket groupBrian Lara has dawned the function of batting coach with SRH
Trinidad legend, and probably the most profitable batters of all time Brian Lara met Indian legend Rahul Dravid on the sidelines throughout India’s first ODI sport in opposition to West Indies. Lara, who hails from Trinidad walked into the bottom and met the top coach of the Indian group.
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Brain Lara and Rahul Dravid have performed in opposition to one another within the Nineteen Nineties and the 2000s when each gamers have been of their prime. While Dravid was often known as probably the most technical batsmen of all time, whereas Lara was probably the most prolific left-hander to ever grace the sport.
A serial report breaker, Lara in his profession not solely made the best Test runs in a single innings, he hit the best First Class rating nonetheless stays unbroken. The former Windies captain at the moment coaches SunRisers Hyderabad within the Indian Premier League. Under Lara’s watchful eyes, teenager Abhishek Sharma had his greatest season within the IPL, whereas the likes of Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran put up sturdy performances.
While Lara has not ventured exterior the IPL, Dravid, after working as a coach for Rajasthan Royals, did the arduous yards with the Indian set-up, first mentioning gamers from the U19 group after which taking on the National Cricket Academy to maintain an in depth watch on children.
Under Dravid’s tutelage, many future superstars broke via the ranks – Ishan Kishan and Prithvi Shaw being the most effective of them.
After the top of Ravi Shastri’s tenure, Dravid took over the Indian aspect and maintains a superb report in the intervening time. The former India captain has needed to face many challenges in his transient interval, however has managed to place collectively a profitable group, regardless of not having a set mixture, simply months away from the World Cup.
India shall be enjoying two extra ODIs after which participate in a 5 match T20I sequence in opposition to West Indies as part of the World Cup preparation.
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