Rahul Dravid’s tenure on the helm of group India ended on a excessive with the T20 World Cup overcome South Africa on the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday.
The previous India captain who took over as head coach in November 2021, lastly had his palms on an ICC trophy having didn’t clinch a title throughout his taking part in days. Dravid’s final stint as ODI captain had led to a group-stage exit for India in the course of the 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
The title marked Dravid’s most important title as India’s head coach over an almost three-year tenure the place the group had completed runners-up within the 2023 World Take a look at Championship closing and the 2023 ODI World Cup at dwelling.
“I’m actually in need of phrases however all I need to say is thanks to everybody for making me part of what’s an unimaginable reminiscence,” Dravid mentioned within the India dressing-room shortly after the ultimate.
“I believe all of you’ll bear in mind this moments. It’s not concerning the runs, the wickets, you’ll not bear in mind your profession. However you’ll bear in mind moments like these. I can’t be extra prouder of you guys. To come back again the way in which you probably did, the way in which you fought. The best way we labored as a group. The resilience,” Dravid mentioned in a video shared by the BCCI.
“There have been just a few disappointments over time the place we have now come shut however we have now not been capable of cross the road. However what this bunch of boys has executed, everybody within the help workers has executed. The entire nation is happy with each certainly one of you on what you’ve achieved. There are such a lot of sacrifices every of you’ve made. To see your households right here at present and so a lot of your households again dwelling, consider all of the sacrifices each certainly one of them have made for the reason that time you had been children. So that you can be right here within the dressing-room at present, your dad and mom, wives, youngsters, brothers, your coaches. So many individuals have made so many sacrifices so that you can get pleasure from this reminiscence, this second,” Dravid added.
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‘Thanks, Ro’
Dravid additionally thanked skipper Rohit Sharma for encouraging him to increase his tenure as coach after India’s ODI World Cup closing defeat to Australia in Ahmedabad final November.
“Thanks very a lot, Ro (Rohit), for making that decision in November and asking me to proceed. It’s been such a privilege and a pleasure to work with each certainly one of you, but in addition with Ro. Thanks to your time. I do know as captain and coach, there are lots of instances we have now to speak. We have now to agree; we have now to disagree. It’s been good to know each certainly one of you,” Dravid remarked.
India are set to see a serious overhaul within the T20I aspect with Rohit, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja additionally saying their retirements. Earlier on Monday, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had revealed that Dravid didn’t intend to hunt one other time period as head coach resulting from household commitments.
“He informed me that resulting from household commitments he needs to stop and we respect his resolution. I didn’t pressured him to increase,” Shah informed reporters in Barbados.
“Rahul bhai has served Indian cricket for the previous 5 and half years. He was director of the Nationwide Cricket Academy for 3 years after which for the previous two and half years, he served as head coach of Group India. Rahul Dravid’s position is as necessary as Rohit Sharma on this T20 World Cup title triumph. He’s a person, who took the group to the 2023 ODI World Cup closing and didn’t needed to go away as a result of he needed to complete the job,” Shah added.