Is Rahul Dravid Destroying Indian Cricket?

[Suhaan]

 

Edited August 14, 2023 by Suhaan

[AKane]

Dravid impressed by Mukesh.

 

"Mukesh as well. He debuted in all the formats in this series and I thought he acquitted himself really well. His ability to bowl at the death, sometimes he was called upon to bowl against some really big powerful hard hitters and he acquitted himself well for someone who was just playing his fourth or fifth game."

 

I mean this is against a team that has not qualified for the WC. One of the worst teams in the world in all formats of the game. Everytime you think Dravid can't sink any lower.....

 

 

 

[express bowling]

2 hours ago, AKane said:

Dravid impressed by Mukesh.

 

"Mukesh as well. He debuted in all the formats in this series and I thought he acquitted himself really well. His ability to bowl at the death, sometimes he was called upon to bowl against some really big powerful hard hitters and he acquitted himself well for someone who was just playing his fourth or fifth game."

 

I mean this is against a team that has not qualified for the WC. One of the worst teams in the world in all formats of the game. Everytime you think Dravid can't sink any lower.....

 

 

 

Dravid loves bowlers whose Ceilings are low ...  and whose Floors are not too low in the numerous low profile matches but may be very low in a few high profile matches. 

 

Basically, he is trading high effectiveness of his team for his own mental peace on most days. Sad case !

[Suhaan]

[Suhaan]

2 hours ago, AKane said:

Everytime you think Dravid can't sink any lower....

Not only him each and everyone in Indian cricket circle ,old and young talk old school and boring

We need to import a new staff from SENA countries

[putrevus]

 

 

Dravid has identified lack in batting depth as a challenge in T20Is. 

 

In terms of squad we had here, it didn’t allow us the flexibility to be able to change the combinations. 

 

Only a certified loser gives out excuses for losing to a team which did not even qualify for last world t20 .

 

Dravid needs to be kicked out of the team ASAP or this team is going down the drain in world cup.

 

This loser is losing unlosable series and matches ever since he took over as coach.

 

How many more matches does he need to lose before he is given the boot.

[vvvslaxman]

15 minutes ago, putrevus said:

 

 

Dravid has identified lack in batting depth as a challenge in T20Is. 

 

In terms of squad we had here, it didn’t allow us the flexibility to be able to change the combinations. 

 

Only a certified loser gives out excuses for losing to a team which did not even qualify for last world t20 .

 

Dravid needs to be kicked out of the team ASAP or this team is going down the drain in world cup.

 

This loser is losing unlosable series and matches ever since he took over as coach.

 

How many more matches does he need to lose before he is given the boot.

 

Dravid has just learnt about gravity lol 

[vvvslaxman]

7 hours ago, AKane said:

Dravid impressed by Mukesh.

 

"Mukesh as well. He debuted in all the formats in this series and I thought he acquitted himself really well. His ability to bowl at the death, sometimes he was called upon to bowl against some really big powerful hard hitters and he acquitted himself well for someone who was just playing his fourth or fifth game."

 

I mean this is against a team that has not qualified for the WC. One of the worst teams in the world in all formats of the game. Everytime you think Dravid can't sink any lower.....

 

 

 

 

He is going to be happy about things like Chahal properly wore the shoes,  Pandya was on the field for the entire match. His expectations are extremely low. He said Bharat's 14 was invaluable. 

[Vijy]

15 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Dravid has just learnt about gravity lol 

someone needs to teach him electromagnetism. just send a 1 kA current through his body.

[Nikhil_cric]

On 8/14/2023 at 5:38 PM, vvvslaxman said:

 

Dravid has just learnt about gravity lol 

Probably was under the impression that we have already quantized gravity 

[vvvslaxman]

https://www.insidesport.in/cricket-two-hour-talk-down-for-rahul-dravid-jay-shah-reinforces-world-cup-2023-promise-in-miami-meeting/

Two-hour talk down for Dravid, Jay Shah reinforces WC promise in Miami meeting

 

 

he Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has sent a strong message to India’s head coach Rahul Dravid ahead of Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023. In a meeting that lasted nearly two hours in Miami, Florida, Shah reinforced how important it is for India to win World Cup that it is hosting in October-November. India have had underwhelming performances over the last few years in ICC and multi-national events. The recent series loss to West Indies in T20s has also not gone down well with fans as well as former cricketers.

 

To put it mildly, Rahul Dravid is now under pressure to deliver. While he may not lose his job if India don’t win Asia Cup 2023, he will certainly if India can’t end a 10-year ICC trophy drought and win World Cup 2023.

 

As per Cricbuzz, Rahul Dravid drove down to meet the BCCI secretary before the last two IND vs WI T20s in Florida. Jay Shah was visiting Miami in a personal capacity.

 

Why Jay Shah meeting Rahul Dravid is warning sign?

• Rahul Dravid is the costliest India coach. He replaced Ravi Shastri who won India two Border-Gavaskar trophies in Australia.
• However, under Dravid, India have only identified itself as a bilateral bully.
• India failed to win the 5th Test in England and ended up drawing the Test series.
• Under Dravid, India have lost one WTC Final to Australia.
• India lost Asia Cup T20 last year and could not even reach the final of the tournament.
• There was another humiliation waiting in T20 World Cup as England hammered India by 10 wickets.
• India lost to West Indies away (T20), Bangladesh away (ODI) and South Africa (Test & ODI).
• The only significant performance has been at home against all opponents.

While Rahul Dravid cannot be blamed alone due to frequent injuries to important players, the lack of results is telling. But with Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023 approaching, the team is still unsettled.

 

Hence, it is only natural that the board secretary wants assurance from the head coach. As things stand, failure is not an option.

 

Former players like Venkatesh Prasad, who has been Rahul Dravid’s teammate in Karnataka and India, has been vocal critic. He criticised the inconsistency in team selection as well as lack of intensity.

What has gone wrong for India cricket team?

Workload management: While it’s important to manage workload, NCA hasn’t done anything to help the situation. With frequent and repeated injuries, Dravid has had to work with depleted squads in almost all series including Asia Cup 2022 and World Cup 2022. KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah all have suffered frequent long injuries.

 

Multiple captains: To make things worse, Rahul Dravid never had consistency in terms of captains. He has had to work with 8 captains in his tenure across three formats.

Excessive rotation: With workload management, India have had to rotate squad frequently. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been the two most rested players.

Inconsistency in selection: However, where Rahul Dravid and the selection committee have to take the blame is in selection. Sanju Samson never got the backing barring West Indies tour and it’s still unclear which role he is fit for. In ODIs, despite repeated failures, Suryakumar Yadav has been backed. R Ashwin was brought back for ODIs but with an ODI WC in India, he is not in the picture. Mohammad Shami was not in T20 plans, but he was brought back along with Ashwin.

Lack of long-term vision: Ajinkya Rahane was brought back and he was made the vice-captain for West Indies Test series. Now, it’s doubtful whether he will get another go. Bumrah, Pant, Hardik and Chetshwar Pujara have all filled in the spot. But there is no answer to the question on who will succeed Rohit Sharma as India captain.

[Vijy]

On 8/19/2023 at 8:51 AM, vvvslaxman said:

https://www.insidesport.in/cricket-two-hour-talk-down-for-rahul-dravid-jay-shah-reinforces-world-cup-2023-promise-in-miami-meeting/

Two-hour talk down for Dravid, Jay Shah reinforces WC promise in Miami meeting

 

 

he Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has sent a strong message to India’s head coach Rahul Dravid ahead of Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023. In a meeting that lasted nearly two hours in Miami, Florida, Shah reinforced how important it is for India to win World Cup that it is hosting in October-November. India have had underwhelming performances over the last few years in ICC and multi-national events. The recent series loss to West Indies in T20s has also not gone down well with fans as well as former cricketers.

 

To put it mildly, Rahul Dravid is now under pressure to deliver. While he may not lose his job if India don’t win Asia Cup 2023, he will certainly if India can’t end a 10-year ICC trophy drought and win World Cup 2023.

 

As per Cricbuzz, Rahul Dravid drove down to meet the BCCI secretary before the last two IND vs WI T20s in Florida. Jay Shah was visiting Miami in a personal capacity.

 

Why Jay Shah meeting Rahul Dravid is warning sign?

• Rahul Dravid is the costliest India coach. He replaced Ravi Shastri who won India two Border-Gavaskar trophies in Australia.
• However, under Dravid, India have only identified itself as a bilateral bully.
• India failed to win the 5th Test in England and ended up drawing the Test series.
• Under Dravid, India have lost one WTC Final to Australia.
• India lost Asia Cup T20 last year and could not even reach the final of the tournament.
• There was another humiliation waiting in T20 World Cup as England hammered India by 10 wickets.
• India lost to West Indies away (T20), Bangladesh away (ODI) and South Africa (Test & ODI).
• The only significant performance has been at home against all opponents.

While Rahul Dravid cannot be blamed alone due to frequent injuries to important players, the lack of results is telling. But with Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023 approaching, the team is still unsettled.

 

Hence, it is only natural that the board secretary wants assurance from the head coach. As things stand, failure is not an option.

 

Former players like Venkatesh Prasad, who has been Rahul Dravid’s teammate in Karnataka and India, has been vocal critic. He criticised the inconsistency in team selection as well as lack of intensity.

What has gone wrong for India cricket team?

Workload management: While it’s important to manage workload, NCA hasn’t done anything to help the situation. With frequent and repeated injuries, Dravid has had to work with depleted squads in almost all series including Asia Cup 2022 and World Cup 2022. KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah all have suffered frequent long injuries.

 

Multiple captains: To make things worse, Rahul Dravid never had consistency in terms of captains. He has had to work with 8 captains in his tenure across three formats.

Excessive rotation: With workload management, India have had to rotate squad frequently. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been the two most rested players.

Inconsistency in selection: However, where Rahul Dravid and the selection committee have to take the blame is in selection. Sanju Samson never got the backing barring West Indies tour and it’s still unclear which role he is fit for. In ODIs, despite repeated failures, Suryakumar Yadav has been backed. R Ashwin was brought back for ODIs but with an ODI WC in India, he is not in the picture. Mohammad Shami was not in T20 plans, but he was brought back along with Ashwin.

Lack of long-term vision: Ajinkya Rahane was brought back and he was made the vice-captain for West Indies Test series. Now, it’s doubtful whether he will get another go. Bumrah, Pant, Hardik and Chetshwar Pujara have all filled in the spot. But there is no answer to the question on who will succeed Rohit Sharma as India captain.

is this article really trustworthy? jay shah is hardly a paragon of excellence

[Kothili]

On 8/2/2023 at 9:36 AM, Lord said:

Need foreign coaches. And each one should be separately appointed. Head coach shouldn't bring his 'team'. Each one should be on merit.

Foreign coaches have no chance with our superstars.

[Kothili]

On 8/11/2023 at 1:52 PM, Sandz said:

Rathoure has been failing for years and seems to have no accountability. Surely we can do better!

He has the tapes.

[Kothili]

On 8/14/2023 at 1:24 AM, express bowling said:

Dravid loves bowlers whose Ceilings are low ...  and whose Floors are not too low in the numerous low profile matches but may be very low in a few high profile matches. 

 

Basically, he is trading high effectiveness of his team for his own mental peace on most days. Sad case !

Total Rubbish. What is he supposed to do? Deflate a bowler who did a reasonably good job with the ball? He did not pick Mukesh. Selectors did.

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, Kothili said:

Foreign coaches have no chance with our superstars.

on the contrary, they can call the BS and bring superstars back to earth.

[Kothili]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

on the contrary, they can call the BS and bring superstars back to earth.

Superstars with super inflated egos are running their own fiefdoms in cohort with BCCI babus.

[vvvslaxman]

2 hours ago, Vijy said:

is this article really trustworthy? jay shah is hardly a paragon of excellence

 

There was another medium carries the news. Agree this one has more masala. But there might be some review coming up. Dravid has been trending on twitter for the last month or so for all the bad reasons.

[express bowling]

11 hours ago, Kothili said:

Total Rubbish. He did not pick Mukesh. Selectors did.

 

The selectors gave him Umran Malik too, who ended up playing just 2 of the 8 LOIs while Mukesh played all 8. 

 

And Umran has a better T20I and IPL record than Mukesh. 

[Nikhil_cric]

On 8/19/2023 at 6:21 PM, vvvslaxman said:

https://www.insidesport.in/cricket-two-hour-talk-down-for-rahul-dravid-jay-shah-reinforces-world-cup-2023-promise-in-miami-meeting/

Two-hour talk down for Dravid, Jay Shah reinforces WC promise in Miami meeting

 

 

he Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has sent a strong message to India’s head coach Rahul Dravid ahead of Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023. In a meeting that lasted nearly two hours in Miami, Florida, Shah reinforced how important it is for India to win World Cup that it is hosting in October-November. India have had underwhelming performances over the last few years in ICC and multi-national events. The recent series loss to West Indies in T20s has also not gone down well with fans as well as former cricketers.

 

To put it mildly, Rahul Dravid is now under pressure to deliver. While he may not lose his job if India don’t win Asia Cup 2023, he will certainly if India can’t end a 10-year ICC trophy drought and win World Cup 2023.

 

As per Cricbuzz, Rahul Dravid drove down to meet the BCCI secretary before the last two IND vs WI T20s in Florida. Jay Shah was visiting Miami in a personal capacity.

 

Why Jay Shah meeting Rahul Dravid is warning sign?

• Rahul Dravid is the costliest India coach. He replaced Ravi Shastri who won India two Border-Gavaskar trophies in Australia.
• However, under Dravid, India have only identified itself as a bilateral bully.
• India failed to win the 5th Test in England and ended up drawing the Test series.
• Under Dravid, India have lost one WTC Final to Australia.
• India lost Asia Cup T20 last year and could not even reach the final of the tournament.
• There was another humiliation waiting in T20 World Cup as England hammered India by 10 wickets.
• India lost to West Indies away (T20), Bangladesh away (ODI) and South Africa (Test & ODI).
• The only significant performance has been at home against all opponents.

While Rahul Dravid cannot be blamed alone due to frequent injuries to important players, the lack of results is telling. But with Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023 approaching, the team is still unsettled.

 

Hence, it is only natural that the board secretary wants assurance from the head coach. As things stand, failure is not an option.

 

Former players like Venkatesh Prasad, who has been Rahul Dravid’s teammate in Karnataka and India, has been vocal critic. He criticised the inconsistency in team selection as well as lack of intensity.

What has gone wrong for India cricket team?

Workload management: While it’s important to manage workload, NCA hasn’t done anything to help the situation. With frequent and repeated injuries, Dravid has had to work with depleted squads in almost all series including Asia Cup 2022 and World Cup 2022. KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah all have suffered frequent long injuries.

 

Multiple captains: To make things worse, Rahul Dravid never had consistency in terms of captains. He has had to work with 8 captains in his tenure across three formats.

Excessive rotation: With workload management, India have had to rotate squad frequently. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been the two most rested players.

Inconsistency in selection: However, where Rahul Dravid and the selection committee have to take the blame is in selection. Sanju Samson never got the backing barring West Indies tour and it’s still unclear which role he is fit for. In ODIs, despite repeated failures, Suryakumar Yadav has been backed. R Ashwin was brought back for ODIs but with an ODI WC in India, he is not in the picture. Mohammad Shami was not in T20 plans, but he was brought back along with Ashwin.

Lack of long-term vision: Ajinkya Rahane was brought back and he was made the vice-captain for West Indies Test series. Now, it’s doubtful whether he will get another go. Bumrah, Pant, Hardik and Chetshwar Pujara have all filled in the spot. But there is no answer to the question on who will succeed Rohit Sharma as India captain.

 

BCCI should be the last organisation in world cricket calling for accountability. Don't bring about domestic reforms and improve the quality of cricket there. Don't invest continuously in coaching expertise. Don't even bother to study what works and what doesn't in cricket( like Andrew strauss did in 2015) ,   can't organise a World Cup smoothly.

 

 

Yet they'll ask one individual to bring home a World Cup when they can't design and implement a scouting and development system worth a darn.