I Feel Privileged to be Part of Youngster's Journey - Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid feels privileged to be part of young player’s journey. Dravid who is the head coach of India A and the Under-19 team has been instrumental in getting the best out of the young players. In fact, Dravid doesn’t want to take any credit for the success of many young players. However, he is happy to be playing his part in adding to the player’s confidence.

Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid is hailed for flowering the young Indian players. Every player who comes out of India A or Under-19 team gives him huge credit for his success. Thus, Dravid has been the perfect gardener who has helped its plants blossom like a star.

Dravid is doing a fine job in producing the next generation of cricketers.

In fact, as we know Dravid, he doesn’t want to take credit for producing the next generation of players for India. He feels happy to be doing his job.

Rahul Dravid said while talking to Gaurav Kalra on Cricket Next, “No, I don’t actually, it is their journey. I just feel privileged to be a part of it for a period of time. And I think it is actually a very critical period of time. Having been through this myself, the sort of transition period from being a successful first-class cricketer and then there is that period where there is that level of uncertainty, you sort of want to break into the national team, it can be quite a difficult period as a young cricketer, because there is a lot of fear, doubts….’will I make it, am I good enough, not good enough’, there are lots of things happening at that stage and I have been through it myself”.

Happy to be part of the journey.

Dravid said he has gone through the same journey by himself and he understands the mindsets of young players. There is always insecurities in the mind of players when they make the transition from first-class players to International players.

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“I just feel privileged to be a part of that sort of stage in their lives in some ways and get a chance to contribute to their journey in that sense and share some of the ideas and experience that we have, try and create a very good environment for them that allows them to be the best that they can and that is just all that we can do. It definitely does feel nice when they are able to achieve their potential. And it is not just the guys who get selected, obviously, the guys that get selected are the names that come out, but there are other guys who actually perform at our teams who I feel as proud of. Even though they are not as close to national selection as somebody else but, you have made some kind of a significant impact or contribution to their career as well”.

The focus is on the whole process.

Meanwhile, Dravid believes it is crucial to focus the energy on the process rather than take into consideration, one individual. The whole team focusses to get the desired result and a lot of people work behind the scenes.

“So, it is not just about individuals or any individual name that excites you, it is about the programme. The kind of people we have been able to get and a lot of it is teamwork. We have got some great people in both the A team and the U-19 setup, backed by the NCA, backed by the BCCI, the background team at the BCCI as well. I think fair to say, we have been able to create a very good programme over the last two-and-a-half to three years at the A team and U-19 level which is giving these boys an opportunity to express the talent they already have”.

Rahul Dravid has shown the right path to the youngsters and they have reaped fruits for the same. The Wall has been a servant of the Indian cricket. Subsequently, he is continuing to do his job with great authenticity.