Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid and current head of cricket at National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bengaluru joined Virat Kohli & Co. during their practice session on Friday. Dravid was seen having a long chat with India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun. The legendary Indian cricketer met India head coach Ravi Shastri and gave a few words of wisdom to struggling wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant who registered a single-digit score in the previous T20I against South Africa at Mohali.
The 46-year-old has coached a number of players in the current side during their India A and Under-19 days including Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar and others.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted a photo of Dravid meeting Shastri on Friday with the caption, “When two greats of Indian Cricket meet”.
India will go up against Quinton de Kock-led South Africa in the final T20I of the three-match series at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday.
India lead the T20I series by 1-0 with a win in the second T20I in Mohali where Kohli’s unbeaten 52-ball 72 helped the team win the match by seven wickets with six balls to spare. The first T20I at Dharamsala was washed out without a ball being bowled because of rain.
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