Dravid: ‘With a bit of luck this is a subject of 1 innings for Rahane’

Too early to make a decision on Iyer’s position within the subsequent Check, says India trainer

Dravid was once requested if he was once frightened about Rahane’s loss of runs. “I do not get frightened, you aren’t getting frightened,” Dravid mentioned. “In fact you want to extra runs from Ajinkya. I’m certain he would really like a couple of extra runs. He’s a top quality participant. He has carried out smartly for India prior to now. He’s a kind of guys who has that high quality. He has the revel in. With a bit of luck it is only a subject of an innings, a question of a sport the place he can flip it round. Undoubtedly he want to rating extra runs. He is aware of that. And we all know that.”

The loss of runs become stark when full-time captain Virat Kohli rested and his alternative Shreyas Iyer replied through turning into the primary India participant to attain a century and a half-century on Check debut. Most often you spot the alternative participant make manner for the only returning, but if there are others suffering within the facet, the query is requested: how are you able to drop a debutant centurion when others aren’t scoring runs? Dravid was once requested, too, if Iyer could be retained within the facet.

“We have not determined the taking part in XI for Mumbai,” Dravid mentioned. “It’s going to be too early to discuss it. We’ve got simplest been eager about this Check until now. After we get to Bombay, we will be able to have a look at the stipulations, the pitch. We can have a look at the fellows’ health. Virat Kohli can even sign up for us so there might be session with him. Then we will be able to make a decision who might be within the taking part in XI.”

Excluding Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara has been in need of runs too, having final scored a century in January 2019. Even Kohli has long gone two years with out a century, however he has performed fewer Exams than the duo, lacking 3 Exams in Australia and one now. A captivating first variety awaits the Kohli-Dravid captain-coach workforce.