Rahul Dravid appreciates bench strength being developed in India with World Cup around the corner
India A coach, Rahul Dravid is glad that India is improving their bench strength for the senior side with World Cup around the corner. Dravid, whose team won the tri-series final on Monday, is of the opinion that the development will notify the selectors regarding efficient young players if needed.
India A has defeated England Lions and concluded four consecutive wins to grab the trophy. With a strong bowling attack and Rishabh Pant securing an unbeaten 64, the English could not keep their hold against us. Dravid has been pleased with the performance of his players and stated that the bench strength being developed for India will be advantageous, especially when with the World Cup less than a year ago.
“Especially with the World Cup in a year's time, it's nice to have bench strength, for the selectors to know there are good young players if the situation does arise. It's nice to replicate this experience leading into the World Cup, to give these boys some exposure in these conditions,” Dravid said to ESPNCricinfo.
“There's a good bench strength being developed and I think it gives people a lot of confidence that there are
India's amazing performance was brought about by a number of players. Deepak Chahar, one of the major forces accumulated three wickets, giving 58 runs, dropping a significant wicket of Sam Hain. Similarly, Khaleel Ahmed picked up three wickets, while Krunal Pandya removed Liam Livingstone. Dravid was fairly impressed with the Indian bowling attack and acknowledged the work of pace bowlers which he thought matched the ferocity of Lions.
“A lot of these tours aren't necessarily about winning, but I think the quality of cricket we've played throughout this tournament - except for the first game where we didn't bat particularly well - has been really good," Dravid told ESPNcricinfo. "A lot of the boys have had their first-time exposure to these conditions; we tried to rotate the squad as much as we could and give everyone decent opportunities,” said Dravid."It's been quite satisfying, some good performances. A tough game today as well, we had to fight back with the ball and the bat - so good to see them fight, good to see them compete in these conditions. Definitely some positives, as well as seeing some of the boys get into the national side as well, irrespective of the result,” he added.
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