This is crunch time for Rahul Dravid with T20 World Cup coming up, proclaims Saba Karim

India were one of the favorites to win the title in Asia Cup 2022 but they were ruled out of the super four stages. The team lost two crucial matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The campaign also revealed gaps India should fill ahead of the T20 World Cup. There have been a lot of expectations from Rahul Dravid since he was appointed as head coach but his performance in Asia Cup have raised doubts over the team’s chances in World Cup. 

"Well, even Rahul Dravid is aware that the honeymoon period is over, and he is trying his best to be an alchemist but so far, such metals haven't been converted into core. One would expect him to do that. This is crunch time for Rahul Dravid. With the World Cup T20 coming up, next year the ODI World Cup coming up. These two big ICC events, if India can win both these championships then only Rahul Dravid will be satisfied with the kind of inputs he has given to team India," Saba Karim said on Sports18.

"See Rahul is sensible and intelligent enough to understand that the only way he can define a successful tenure of his coaching career is if India - number one, wins ICC events and number two it starts to win Test series in SENA countries. I'm not talking about Test wins. Test wins even while Rahul Dravid was playing, India has done that. But more importantly, when India starts to win in SENA countries, the Test series, that's when Rahul Dravid will be very happy with team India's performance,” Karim explained.