Team India’s juniors are lucky to have realized from Rahul Dravid: Sanju Samson

Ahead of India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka beginning on July 18, the likes of Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal heaped reward on sequence head coach Rahul Dravid and his “calm” and “polite” nature on Thursday.

With Virat Kohli and different key gamers in England for the upcoming five-Test sequence in opposition to the hosts, a revamped India will tackle Sri Lanka in a limited-overs tour that features three ODIs and as many T20Is.

India will probably be led by senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar would be the vice-captain.

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In dialog on Star Sports present comply with the bluesWicketkeeper-batsman Samson talked about how fortunate the younger Cannon is to have realized the commerce from the legendary Dravid, who performed 164 Tests and 344 ODIs for India.

“Every person in the India A team or junior going into the Indian team has had the privilege of going through a man named Rahul Dravid. We are very lucky that we learned cricket from him,” Samson mentioned.

“I remember one day I was going to the Rajasthan Royals trials – I batted really well – and he came up to me and asked me a question ‘Can you play for my team?’. So, he It was the biggest moment of my life, and I will never forget it. It shows what a great human being he is and I really enjoy his company.”

Opener Padikkal additionally took the lead within the dialog.

“I have always been amazed at how incredibly calm and gentle he is. It is unbelievable to see him achieve so much in cricket and be so down to earth, humble and kind to all. To have him as our coach, you could not have asked for anything more,” mentioned the 21-year-old.

Kolkata Knight Riders opener Nitish Rana expressed his want to develop the identical endurance because the 48-year-old Dravid.

“I have heard that Rahul Dravid as a coach is similar to Rahul Dravid as a player. I wish I could bring even one percent of the patience I have within me; It will be a great achievement for me,” he mentioned.