2011 World Cup successful participant Virender Sehwag put his weight behind present coach Rahul Dravid, saying that the criticism he’s being subjected to after dropping the World Take a look at Championship remaining towards Australia was uncalled for. The as soon as swashbuckling batter additionally mentioned that what the gamers do on the sector is their duty and a coach can’t do something about it.
Sehwag even mentioned that their 2011 World Cup win made Gary Kirsten the coach he’s immediately, mentioning that the South African has not received any main worldwide title since.
“We made Gary Kirsten after successful 2011 World Cup. He coached many groups after that, however didn’t win something besides IPL. There too, Ashish Nehra was working much more than Kirsten,” Sehwag mentioned in an interplay on the World Cup schedule launch occasion.
“As soon as a participant is out on the sector then the delight of the coach is within the arms of that participant. If the participant performs, then everybody praises the coach but when the gamers fails, the coach is criticised. We reached the World Take a look at Championship remaining and no person is speaking that it was our second consecutive look at such a giant event. Everyone seems to be simply speaking concerning the loss. Fingers are being raised on Rahul Dravid’s function as a coach. Rahul Dravid is an efficient coach, however on the finish of the day, a participant has to do the job,” he added.
After leaving the Indian setup, Kirsten had a 2-year stint because the South African coach. He would then coach Royal Challengers Bangalore and finally was picked by Gujarat Titans in 2022.