Currently, Indian head coach Rahul Dravid and other regular staff on leave after the T20 World Cup 2022 and NCA coaching staffs VVS Laxman, Hrishikesh Kantikar and Sairaj Bahutule are doing duty of the coaching staff on the New Zealand tour and the regular coaching staff led by Rahul Dravid will join the Indian team on Bangladesh tour starting from December 4th.
Previously, in the virtual conference former head coach Ravi Shastri trolled the Indian coach staffs and stated why do you need a lot of break? When you will have rest in IPL for approx. 2-3 months.
“I do not believe in breaks because I want to understand my team, I want to understand my players and I want to be in control of that team. These breaks… why do you need that many breaks for, to be honest? You get your 2-3 months of the IPL, that’s enough for you to rest as a coach. But other times, I think a coach should be hands-on, whoever he is” said Ravi Shastri.
Now Ravi Ashwin came in support of Rahul Dravid and his staffs. He described that Rahul Dravid and his staffs have done hard work during T20 World Cup, and New Zealand’s series has been started soon after the T20 World Cup that’s why regular coaches are on the leave and we have Bangladesh tour ahead.
“I will explain why Laxman has gone there with a completely different team because even that could be interpreted differently. Rahul Dravid and his team put in extensive hard work ahead of the T20 World Cup, right from planning, since I saw this from close quarters, I’m saying this. They had specific in-depth plans for each venue and each opposition. So they would have been under not only mental but also physical burnout and everyone needed a break. As soon as the New Zealand series ends, we have the Bangladesh tour. That’s why we have a different coaching staff led by Laxman for this tour” said Ravi Ashwin.
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Currently, the Indian team is on the tour of New Zealand to play the three T20I match and three ODIs match series. In the T20I series, Hardik Pandya will be seen in the leading role whereas Shikhar Dhawan is in the main command in ODIs. The first match of T20 series between India and New Zealand has been washed due to heavy rain and now the next will be played on 20th December at Bay Oval.
