Avesh Khan Reveals How MS Dhoni and Rahul Dravid's Advice Helped Him

There is no denying the fact that the Indian conditions will play a villain role in the fast bowlers’ career in majority cases. However, you need to have strong willpower to overcome them and mark your name in the Indian cricket. One such youngster has been Avesh Khan, who raised all the eyebrows with his brilliant fast bowling.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Avesh Khan revealed how MS Dhoni and Rahul Dravid played a key role in lifting his confidence. He cited the recent net sessions with the Indian team in the Asia Cup 2018 was a pleasant experience for him.

MS Dhoni Bhai gave me tips – Avesh Khan

The fast bowler quoted MS Dhoni had a close look at my bowling during the net sessions. He added the stalwart player was impressed with his pace and offered few tips to him regarding the same.

”I was bowling with the conventional grips for outswing and inswing. Mahi Bhai was watching and he told me to bowl with a scrambled seam on wickets that didn’t offer much help to fast bowlers. He explained it thoroughly that on docile pitches if the ball lands on the seam there would be little seam movement. But if leather hits the deck, the ball might stop a bit and the batsman could mistime and hit it in the air.

“He (Dhoni) also said on pitches that didn’t assist fast bowlers, the focus should be on dismissals like bowled, leg-before and catches in cover and mid-wicket. Caught behind or catches to slips would rarely happen. He advised me to hit consistently on a particular area and the importance of bowling dots balls to put pressure on the batsmen,” Khan said.

We were fortunate to have Rahul Dravid Sir:

Speaking furtherly, Avesh Khan revealed how Rahul Dravid encourages the youngsters with his pep talk. He went on to say quoting the meeting with Rahul Dravid has taught him great lessons in the game of cricket.

“We were fortunate to have Rahul sir. The real education was the meeting that he had with us after we lost the final. ‘This is not a very big thing. In fact, hard work begins now,’ Rahul sir had said. The meeting taught us about the importance of putting things in perspective,” Khan recalled.

However, it is incredible to see the youngsters speaking greatly of their seniors. Of late, it has become a regular norm that the quality of players will be coming into the International scene from Rahul Dravid school.