Dravid lauds youngsters for performing ‘straightaway’ in India’s transition

A decade later, Dravid has a ringside view of one other Indian group in transition, this time as a head coach and somebody who has spent appreciable time within the system, particularly the age-group and pathway programmes.

“It is a tribute to the home system,” Dravid stated on the eve of the second Take a look at in Port-of-Spain starting on Thursday. “It is a tribute to the surroundings across the group that a whole lot of younger gamers are capable of are available in and carry out straightaway. Plenty of credit score ought to go to the home system for producing these form of gamers, particularly within the batting division, and likewise the relaxed surroundings the group right here has been capable of create to permit younger gamers to return and categorical themselves.

“So it is good from our perspective as a coach to see younger gamers are available in, carry out straightaway and do rather well, whether or not it is Yashasvi within the final sport or the way in which Shubman has grown during the last six-eight months or seeing the way in which Ishan [Kishan] got here in and saved within the final sport on a tough wicket, he did a extremely good job. So there’s been a whole lot of younger gamers, we have seen even in a single days and T20s, who’ve come by and accomplished rather well. So yeah, credit score to our home system, NCA and a whole lot of different individuals who could make that doable for us.”

In lauding the children, Dravid additionally struck a word of warning, hoping they may counter harder challenges to mark the subsequent degree of studying and development.

“I do know individuals like Jaiswal and Gill will probably be confronted with harder challenges as they go on and play extra cricket,” Dravid stated. “Groups will get to know them higher. Even on this Take a look at, we’ll see the West Indies in all probability give you ways and techniques having seen Jaiswal within the final Take a look at match, they usually’ll reply to that.

“The problem for Jaiswal is to answer the ways and techniques West Indies are going to give you on this sport. As a result of immediately, as a younger participant, when you get recognized, when you begin performing effectively, groups begin planning and making ready for you higher so you want to reply to that as effectively. So, wanting ahead to that however actually excited to see his expertise, how effectively he carried out. Simply the way in which he tailored, was actually happy to see that he was prepared to play an attacking sport when required but in addition knuckle down and be defensive, and work laborious for his runs when required. As a coach, nothing pleases you greater than that.”