The uncapped trio of Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana and Chetan Sakariya are looking to imbibe the traits of Rahul Dravid – the player, person and coach – during India’s tour of Sri Lanka.
As many as six uncapped players are part of the India squad for the series beginning in Colombo on July 18. NCA chief Dravid is head coach on the tour with the Test team and main group of support staff currently in the UK.
India will take on Sri Lanka in the limited overs series, comprising three ODIs and as many T20s, beginning from July 18, delayed by a few days due to the Covid-19 cases in the hosts camp.
Here’s what the players told Star Sports about learning from Rahul Dravid:
Sanju Samson“Each and every individual in the India A side or the juniors going into the Indian team have been fortunate to go through a person called Rahul Dravid. We are very lucky to learn our cricket from him. I remember going to the Rajasthan Royals trials one day – I batted really well – and he came up to me and asked me a question ‘can you play for my team?’. So, that was the biggest moment of my life, and...
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