I am excited and eagerly waiting to learn new things from Rahul Dravid, says Rajneesh Gurbani

Vidarbha pacer Rajneesh Gurbani got his maiden call to the India A squad for the England tour following an impressive 2017-18 Ranji Trophy season in which he picked up 39 wickets to emerge as champions Vidarbha’s leading wicket-taker. He stated that he was excited to work with India A coach Rahul Dravid and was eager on picking his brains. He revealed that his ultimate goal was to play for the senior national team.   

“I am grateful to the selectors who had trusted me and selected me for the (India A) squad. I just want to fulfil their (selectors) expectations in England,” the 25-year-old Gurbani said.

“My expectations from this (UK) tour is that I want my team to win. It’s a three match series and hopefully I can contribute to the best of my abilities. But I’ll approach one match at a time. Whichever match I get to play I will think it as biggest match of my career,” the pacer added.

Admitting that he has started working hard after receiving the India A call, Gurbani added, “I am just thinking the way I played in Ranji Trophy, I (should) do the same thing. I don’t want to focus on the results, I will just focus on the process.”