India Head Coach Rahul Dravid Answer Rohit-Kohli Question
The series against the Australian cricket team is going to be the final stop before the ICC World Cup 2023 in India. The head coach of the Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, revealed their two separate squads for the upcoming three-match ODI series against the five-time World Cup Champions on Monday. Fresh from being crowned champions of Asia, Team India opted to rest skipper Rohit Sharma, former vice captain Virat Kohli, vice captain Hardik Pandya, and spin wizard Kuldeep Yadav for the Australia ODI series.
Speaking to reporters in Mohali, head coach of Indian cricket team Dravid was asked why India decided to rest Kohli and Rohit for the first two games of the Australia series. In response to this question, Dravid said, “I think with people like Virat and Rohit specifically, from our perspective, it is really important that we get them to that first game of the World Cup in the space (physically and mentally) they want to be in. You know that at this level, the amount of cricket they play, they know how they need to prepare themselves. And a lot of these decisions are made in discussions with them. In an effort to try and get all our players, obviously not the two of them, certainly the senior and the more experienced guys kind of have their routines and know what they need to do to get into that first game just in the right frame of mind.”
In the absence of captain Rohit and his deputy Pandya, premier batter KL Rahul will lead India in the first two ODIs against Australia.