Kolkata, Feb 20: India’s head coach Rahul Dravid is by no means “harm” that veteran keeper Wriddhiman Saha has revealed a very classified conversation that he had on his future but at the same time wanted to give the Bengal stumper clarity about his position in the team. Wriddhiman, whose India career has come to a halt, had told the media that head coach Dravid had asked him to consider retirement during a private conversation after the South Africa series.
“I’m actually not hurt at all. I have deep respect for Wriddhi and his achievements and his contribution to Indian cricket. My conversation came from that place. I think he deserved honesty and clarity,” Dravid replied in his typical stylish method the place he revealed little a couple of breach of belief on the subject of dressing room dialog. The ‘Wall’ stated that he’ll proceed having such conversations with gamers whether or not they just like the content material of the dialogue or not.
“It’s about conversations I consistently have with gamers. I don’t count on gamers to all the time agree with the whole lot I say about them. That’s not the way it works. You can have tough conversations with the gamers, however that doesnt imply you sweep it beneath the carpet and don’t have the conversations,” Dravid was crystal clear in his approach. Dravid said that his philosophy is to discuss with players even before every playing eleven being picked. “I always believe in having those conversations before every playing XI is picked and be open to questions such as why they are not playing. It’s natural for players to get upset and feel hurt.” Dravid additionally defined that rationale behind talking to Wriddhiman was as a result of Rishabh Pant has already established himself as the brand new No 1 keeper and the Bengal man wouldn’t have gotten probabilities. “I used to be simply attempting to convey that with RP (Pant) having established himself as our No.1 wicketkeeper-batsman, the concept was to say that we need to groom a youthful wicketkeeper (KOna Bharat). This doesnt change my emotions or respect for Wriddhi.” For Dravid, telling a harsh truth is better than avoiding a conversation.
“Easiest thing for me is to not have those conversations and not speak to players about it. That’s not what I am going to do. “But at some stage, I hope they respect the fact that I was able to front up and have those conversations,” he added.
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