Rahul Dravid joined the Indian team in September 2021. He led India's Under-19 team to win the World Cup and worked hard with the India A team. Therefore, when he joined the team, there were a lot of expectations from him. However, under his captaincy, Team India lost shamefully in the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finals under Rohit Sharma. After this, he, along with Rohit, decided to make a team that would be difficult to defeat. For this, he worked hard for 3 years. When this hard work paid off in Barbados, Dravid looked very emotional about it.

Rahul Dravid's pain spilled out

Ever since Rahul Dravid took charge of the Indian team, the team has been transformed.

He has produced many match winners in the last three years, the results of which are now visible. Under his leadership, Team India was consistently performing well, but was not getting success in big ICC matches. The Indian team reached the finals of 3 ICC tournaments in the last 12 months, but had to face defeat in two. When Dravid made India the world champion for the third time, his old pain came out. Dravid said in an interview after the match that he could never win a trophy as a player, but the hard work of the last 2 years has now paid off. The work that he could not do as a player, this team has made it possible.

#WATCH On India winning T20 World Cup 2024, Team India Head Coach Rahul Dravid says, “As a player, I was not lucky enough to win a trophy but I gave my best…I was lucky enough to be given an opportunity to coach a team, I was lucky that this bunch of boys made it possible pic.twitter.com/aKKCh9XIYV

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2024

#WATCH On India winning T20 World Cup 2024, Team India Head Coach Rahul Dravid says, “This was a journey of 2 years, this T20 World Cup. The construction of this team and the kind of skills we wanted, the players we wanted. The discussions started when I started in 2021…this pic.twitter.com/4AptRSAy7O

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2024

Dravid will not be able to forget Rohit

Dravid praised Rohit Sharma a lot in this interview. When he was asked about the retirement of the Indian captain, Dravid said that he will never forget Rohit. He showered praises on Rohit Sharma.

#WATCH On Rohit Sharma's retirement from T20 International Cricket, Team India Head Coach Rahul Dravid says, " ...I will miss him as a person...what impresses me is the kind of person he is, the respect he has shown me, the kind of care and commitment he had for the team, the pic.twitter.com/DodyhT8mXk

— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2024

Predictions about the Indian team

Rahul Dravid also made a prediction about the Indian team. He said that there are a lot of talented players in the team. They have a different level of skill and confidence. All they needed was a trophy, which has already started. In the coming times, this team will win many trophies.