"Wall kabhi chhupta nahi hai" - Suryakumar Yadav lauds Rahul Dravid for the contribution in India's T20 World Cup 2024 win

India batter Suryakumar Yadav was all praises for Rahul Dravid for his valuable contribution to Team India's latest success. India lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy with a thrilling win over South Africa in the final.

The win becomes so important for the team that missed the 2023 ODI World Cup narrowly. After this victory, two of the modern-day greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma decided to retire from T20I cricket. A day later, another senior player Ravindra Jadeja also retired from this format.

Not only the players, this World Cup was highly important for Rahul Dravid as it was his last assignment as India's head coach. In his illustrious career as a player and as a coach, Dravid could not get his hands on the ICC trophy despite getting close.

But it was a time to remember for Rahul Dravid as India lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy with him being the head coach of the team. It was a lifetime experience for the Indian legend.

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Suryakumar Yadav lauds Rahul Dravid after T20 World Cup 2024 win

During an interview with The Indian Express, Suryakumar thanked Dravid for keeping the dressing room atmosphere simple and protecting the players from expectations so that they can perform freely.

"Wall kabhi chhupta nahi hai (wall doesn’t hide) (laughs) and Indranagar ke wall ko koi kabhi chhupa nahi sakta hai (Nobody can hide Indranagar's wall). He has created a wall which protects us from the expectations of people, pressure, and to provide comfort to the players," Suryakumar Yadav said.

"Virat bhai also said the same thing the other day about “the way you have played and seen cricket in your time and to come out and give the freedom to players in this format …’ If a batsman felt that this is right, he will say ‘ok, if you feel it’s right, you make that decision’. He never imposed his experience on anyone. He understood others and thought about what others were thinking. These are small things that we forget after winning a tournament. His contribution was massive. His sense of humor is awesome," he added in the interview.

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The dashing middle-order batter also hailed Dravid for keeping the dressing room atmosphere positive. He also added that Dravid did not allow any pressure on the players so that they could play their natural game.

"Before the tournament, he showed a graph of the number of T20 games the entire Indian team had played — from Virat bhai to Yashasvi Jaiswal (the most junior member). That number was 800-plus,” says Surya. And then he showed a second slide that had the number of games that the entire coaching staff, including Rahul bhai, had played — that number was 1. He said to us, ‘You are the best judge here to make the right call at the right time. So leave every other thing to us, go out there and enjoy your game’," Suryakumar Yadav mentioned.

"It spreads positivity. This time, he kept many optional practice sessions but it was the first time everyone wanted to come for an optional practice session. Everyone wanted to spend time with each other. Once he put a message on the group that he was going to the beach and all 15 players were there. There was a different vibe this time," he further added.

Rahul Dravid had a fabulous record in international cricket as a player and has ended on a high note as a coach as well. The legendary batter is not known to show his emotions but he could not stop himself after India's T20 World Cup 2024 victory.