We don’t actually really feel any stress of making an attempt to win an ICC trophy: Rahul Dravid

They couldn’t have obtained an ICC title in 10 years nevertheless India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday insisted his crew is not feeling any stress going into the World Test Championship remaining in the direction of Australia.

However, the earlier India captain talked about it will likely be good to win the trophy because it’s one factor his crew has labored in route of over the past two years.

India misplaced the inaugural WTC remaining to New Zealand in 2021 and have been accountable of faltering in knockout video video games.

“No, certainly not. I indicate we don’t actually really feel any stress by the use of making an attempt to win an ICC trophy. Of course it will likely be good to do it. It may very well be truly good to have the flexibility to win an ICC occasion. But moreover throughout the context of points, you take a look at this and likewise you see that’s the finish results of two years of labor.

“It’s a finish outcome of an entire lot of success that can get you proper right here. So there’s an entire lot of positives to take from that to see the place you stand on the desk. Winning assortment in Australia, drawing assortment proper right here, being very aggressive in every single place that this crew has carried out on the planet over the past 5 or 6 years.

“I think those are things that will never change just because you have or you don’t have an ICC trophy. That’s really the bigger picture,” talked about Dravid.

‘Rahane should not look at this as a one-off game’

Ajinkya Rahane is about to play his first Test in 18 months and a failure throughout the recreation could doubtlessly be career-ending. Dravid had a phrase of advice for the expert batter.

“Firstly it’s good to have him. We’ve had a few accidents which have most probably led to him having the possibility to return again once more into the squad. Great for us to have anyone of his prime quality once more.

“He brings clearly an entire lot of which have, he brings confirmed effectivity in overseas circumstances. Even in England he’s carried out some terrific innings for us.

“He brings terrific catching in the slips as well to the group. He just brings his personality to the group as well which is really important. He’s led the team to considerable success. And again, I wouldn’t want him to approach this as just a one-off.” Dravid talked about the 82 Test veteran might go on to play many further five-day video video games for the nation.

“Sometimes you get dropped from teams and likewise you make a comeback and you may play for as long as you’re collaborating in properly and as long as you’re performing. It’s not written in stone or rule that you just solely get one match. He locations in effectivity, truly reveals what he’s obtained.

“Who knows, even when people come back from injury, you never know what can happen. So again, from my point of view, it’s not really only about this match. Yes this match is important but then in the larger context of things there’s a lot of cricket to be played further down the road as well,” he talked about.

‘Pujara’s advice has been useful’

Cheteshwar Pujara has scored tons of runs in county cricket in England over the previous few years. While his teammates had been collaborating in throughout the IPL, he was piling on the runs for Sussex.

“We’ve had conversations with Pujee – about captaincy, about clearly batting, however as well as he leads Sussex. So he’s moreover obtained cope with on points by the use of the type of methods and the approach that’s utilized by an entire lot of the county bowlers that he’s carried out with.

“So we’ve had some conversations and discussions obviously with him in and around that and we’ll see how we can maybe incorporate some of that. Doesn’t drastically change some of the basics of the game. They always remain the same,” talked about Dravid.

The Oval will hosts its first ever Test in June and the circumstances will not be as batting nice as they’re later throughout the English summer season. However, Dravid is not finding out an extreme quantity of into it.

“We just have to react to what we see in terms of the conditions and how it plays out in the middle. And hopefully we have the resources and the ability to deal with whatever comes in front of us.”

‘Want more teams playing Test cricket’

Franchise cricket across the globe has jeopardized the best way ahead for the five-day recreation with solely few nations devoted to Test cricket. When it entails the usual format, Dravid feels the additional the upper.

“I truly hope that, because of points identical to the World Test Championship when you’ll have some context to an entire lot of those, to an entire lot of the bilateral video video games, not that – honestly, not that they don’t have context in itself.

“I indicate, anytime you play in your nation, play in the direction of one other individual, there’s always context, there’s always – you always want to win these assortment. But , truly hope that it’ll encourage way more teams to have the flexibility to doubtlessly play way more Test cricket or to have the flexibility to find a method to play way more Test cricket.

“I do know it is subtle and that it’s laborious to enter depth in a press conference and there are a selection of reason why that is most probably not going down, every by the use of time, funds, there are numerous points that go into it.

“But certainly, we’d like to see a lot more Test cricket – personally at least, I’d like to see a lot more Test cricket being played,” he added.