Inzamam highlights Dravid's contributions behind India's historic Test series win in Aus

Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq highlighted his ex-Indian counterpart Rahul Dravid's contributions behind India's historic Test series win in Australia. India, who had to field a second-string side in fourth Test at Gabba after most of ir main players were unavailable due to injuries did unthinkable as y defeated a full-strength Australia side in Brisbane to clinch four-match series 2-1. 

At same time, Men In Blue also breached Australia's fortress Gabba after a long wait of nearly 33 years. Aussies had t lost a single Test match at venue since 1988.

'Mentally strong': Inzamam

Commenting on current National Cricket Academy (NCA) head Dravid and his role in this win, Inzamam said: "Beating Australia at ir home is tough and I have never seen in my life a team as young as this to win series in Australia. I was looking behind reason what made this possible. I found out that Rishabh Pant and Sundar, y have played 2016 Under 19 World Cup.

"And n Shubman Gill and [Prithvi] Shaw played 2018 Under-19 World Cup. Also, likes of Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Hanuma Vihari, and (Mayank) Agarwal have played a lot of cricket for India A. So, I have realised that y strengned ir base, through Rahul Dravid. Dravid was called ' Wall' because he could play in any conditions and was mentally strong. So, what Dravid did was he improved bowlers' mental toughness."

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Rahul Dravid's term as India U-19 coach

Dravid had served as head coach of India U-19 in back-to-back editions of World Cup in 2016 & 2018 respectively. India had a dream run in 2016 edition that was played in Bangladesh as y marched to finals. However, y went down to a spirited West Indies team in a high-volt summit clash. team was led by wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan.

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Two years later, a new look Indian U-19 team led by Prithvi Shaw steamrolled all teams and enjoyed an unbeaten run in tournament that was hosted in New Zealand. In end, Boys In Blue overcame Australia in a one-sided finale to win ir record fourth ICC U-19 World Cup title. 

In August 2019, ' Wall' was replaced by Former Saurashtra captain Sitanshu Kotak and ex-India seamer Paras Mhambrey as head coaches of India A and U-19 sides respectively and since n, 'Jammy' has been serving as NCA chief. 

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(With ANI Inputs)