Rahul Dravid's Former Teammate Showers Praise on Virat And Rohit With 'Great Gesture' Remark

Rohit Sharma-led Team India scripted history at the Kensington Oval, Barbados by winning the World T20 for second time across nine editions. The 'Blue Brigade' edged past Aiden Markram's valiant South Africa by 7 seven runs to paint the Barbados stadium blue. The title also marked an end to India's 11-year-old title drought and the manner in which the Indian team celebrated it showed how much it meant to them.

VVS Laxman Speaks Highly About Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma

Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma's association at the end of Indian cricket is a chapter that will be much talked about by the future generations. After multiple heartbreaks across three ICC events in the past two years, the duo delivered and lived up to the promise. During Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid's captaincy, India played the 2022 edition of the T20 Word Cup, the finals of WTC 2023 and the 2023 ODI World Cup, but always ended up on the losing side.

T20 World Cup 2024 was Rahul Dravid's last assignment as the Team India Head Coach, but just how fairytales have it, Dravid won his first World Cup on the last day of his tenure as India Head Coach. Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma made the most of the opportunity and asked Rahul Dravid to join them in their celebrations as a tribute to everything he did for Indian cricket. Ahead of the IND vs ZIM 4th T20I, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid's former India teammate has reflected on what the title meant to Dravid.

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Laxman While Speaking In A Video Shared By BCCI Said:

Someone like Rahul with whom I have played so much cricket, knew him for so many years, but for him to show that emotions, first when the last ball was bowled and then the various conversations he was having with the team members and when he lifted the trophy. I thought it was a great gesture by Rohit and Virat Kohli to hand over the trophy to him (Dravid) and the way he celebrated by lifting the trophy, it showed how much it meant to each one of them.

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The Start Of The Gautam Gambhir Era

Gautam Gambhir has now succeeded Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of the Indian cricket team and has a tough task at his disposal. This is a transitional phase for the 'Men in Blue' with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retiring from T20Is and Gambhir at the helm of Indian cricket will have his job cut out to see that things go on smoothly.