IND vs NZ – Rahul Dravid’s Humble Ways: Team’s India new coach has a made winning start to his stint. In his first series officially as team’s Coach – Dravid led Indian team did a clean sweep of 3 match series. But like his playing days – Dravid stays humble to the core. First thing he did after winning the series was to address his team & pass a message – ‘KEEP FEET ON THE GROUND’
IND vs NZ: Rahul Dravid stays very humble in win, asks his team to ‘Keep Feet on the Ground’
Dravid’s Message for Indian Team: Dravid after the victory said he is happy with the team’s performance but at the same time ‘team needs to keep feet on the ground’.
Staying humble is the trait which Dravid carries from his playing days and nothing as changed since then. Dravid acknowledged that it is not easy for the Kiwis to play a World Cup final & then 3 days later play 3 match T20 Series.
“It feels good, nice to start well. But We are also quite realistic. We have to keep our feet on the ground and be a bit realistic about this win. Not easy for NZ to play a World Cup final and then to turn up three days later to play three games in six days, was never going to be easy for them. Nice from our perspective but we have to learn from this series and move forward,” said Dravid in a post-match presentation.
IND vs NZ: Humble in win, Rahul Dravid says ‘Need to be realistic, not easy for NZ to play series three days after WC final’
Rahul Dravid’s Humble Ways: Rohit Sharma’s 56-run knock followed by Axar Patel’s three-wicket haul helped India defeat New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20I here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Led by captain’s knock India posted 184/7. In the final three overs, the Men in Blue managed to add 36 more runs, taking the score past the 180-run mark. Deepak Chahar played a cameo of 21 runs off just 8 balls as India posted more than a competitive total on the board.
“It’s a long journey ahead over the next 10 months and we’ll have our share of ups and downs. It’s been really good to see some of the young guys come through. We have given the opportunity to some of the boys who haven’t played a lot of cricket over the last few months. We have seen some of the skills available to us and we have to keep building on those skills as we go forward,” he added.
IND beat NZ: Humble in win, Rahul Dravid says ‘Need to be realistic, not easy for NZ to play series three days after WC final’
With this win, India won the three-match series 3-0 and now both teams will square off in two-match Test series, beginning Thursday in Kanpur.
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