It can be protected to say that RP Singh would have been ashamed of interviewing Rahul Dravid. And it’s protected to imagine that Dravid would have tried his finest to make RP comfy.
The state of affairs had put one-time teammates in a state of affairs that bordered on being a spectacle. RP was a part of a two-member Cricket Advisory Committee, ladies’s worldwide Sulakshana Naik being the second to decide on India’s head coach. There was one other layer of absurdity – Dravid was the one applicant. The world knew Dravid’s stature in Indian cricket, nobody dared to implement or decide him.
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Definitely not RP. Dravid was the Indian captain when he was a 21-year-old rookie from Rae Bareli taking part in his first Test towards Pakistan in 2006. The subsequent yr, beneath the identical management, he had his finest Test outing ever. RP’s mind-bending for KP on that England tour will dwell on within the collective reminiscence of Indian cricket followers. His worst got here when Dravid was nonetheless round, although not as a captain.
In 2011, captain MS Dhoni would name off an out-of-shape and rusty RP to open India’s assault at Lord’s. Friendly tempo, beginner indiscipline and the primary ball that bounced twice earlier than reaching the wicketkeeper. On that sunny morning within the cricket home, Indian followers have been seen hiding their newspapers. Tongues would go on concerning the quick bowler’s closeness with the captain, who was one of many few to attend RP Dhoni’s marriage ceremony.
RP’s Test profession lasted for five years the place he performed 14 Tests, Dravid performed 164 Tests in 16 years. That Test at Lord’s was his final. He was 26 then. In the sequence the place RP was the poster boy of India’s Ghoulish Surrender, Dravid performed the boy on the burning deck on the age of 38. He scored 3 centuries in 4 Tests. In England that summer time, overlaying tons of Dravid at Lord’s, Nottingham and the Oval, you may meet Test romantics – growing older women and men with scorebooks and tour applications to autograph – who will fastidiously whisper a query: ” Don’t you think Dravid’s better than Tendulkar?”. These feedback have been definitely extra praiseworthy than these directed at RP at Lord’s Banks. The double chin bowler impressed some dangerous deeds that day.
During that English August, who would have thought that at some point Dravid would give a powerpoint presentation about his cricketing credentials and RP would ship the decision a decade later.
Count on The Indian Express in these attention-grabbing BCCI conferences. Devendra PandeyThat day’s scoop was concerning the headline Dravid backs Rohit Sharma, adopted by KL Rahul, as subsequent white-ball captain. But there have been extra vital bullet factors within the slides of Dravid’s pc. Workload of gamers, nurturing bench energy and supervising fringe gamers.
Another coach had a narrative final week that the occasion between us would retailer within the “Heart Touching” folder of his desktop. Hanuman Singh, a 39-year-old bodily schooling trainer, has turned an deserted poultry farm right into a javelin-throwing champion’s nursery. Andrew Amsano Not solely did he journey the additional mile, but in addition drove for 5 hours previous the village of Bangaon in Haryana, which now boasts a number of junior nationwide champions.
The title author will dub Haryana’s Finland, the nation that has persistently gained medals in Olympic and World Championship javelin throw occasions through the years. The story will be a magnet for Finnish diplomat and ambassador to India Ritva Kaukku-Ronde. She meant to go to the village by tweeting. This is the sort of week I believed Bangaon would go world.
Another story from Haryana and one other story that has the potential to be included within the “heart touching” folder that makes Bangaon. In September, boxer Akash Kumar claimed a nationwide victory within the 54kg class and everybody went dwelling excited. He was ready to carry the gold medal within the arms of his greatest motivator – his mom.. Reaching her village Paluvas, the household knowledgeable the 20-year-old that her ailing mom was no extra they usually avoided sharing the dangerous information as it will have affected her efficiency. The sky was not damaged, he gathered himself to stroll the trail his mom needed him to take. This week Akash gained a bronze medal on the World Championships. Some younger boys break down when confronted with adversity, boys like Akash flip into males.
There is nothing in frequent between Rahul Dravid and Hanuman Singh or Akash Kumar, however within the first week of November all of them appeared on the Express Sports pages as messengers of hope.
Sandeep Dwivedi
National Sports Editor
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
