India head coach Rahul Dravid said he is satisfied with the team’s preparation for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. As his ODI cricket begins in the 2023 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, the Men in Blue looks to have lived up to expectations ahead of the big event with the team dominating the match.
The Men in Blue have not won the ICC Cup in 10 years but fans are hoping the drought will end at home. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja form his one of the most experienced batting line-ups in the tournament.
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj are strong with the new ball and, along with Kuldeep Yadav, consistently take wickets and pose a big threat to the opposition in the middle overs. The Men in Blue have also prepared replacement players for the upcoming cricket carnival.
Talking to the media after the third match against Australia, Rahul Dravid is happy that Bumrah, Ashwin, Iyer and Rahul have qualified for matches before the World Cup. Masu.
Dravid feels the Australia series is more important in terms of preparation. He believes the team has much-needed momentum heading into the big event on home soil.
“For players like Jasprit, Ashwin, Shreyas and Kuala Lumpur, it was important to qualify for matches. It is good to play against competitive teams.” Practice games are usually 15 on 15, so it’s difficult. “To achieve that intensity in these games,” he explained.
“Jasprit played a few matches and achieved his quota of 10 overs. Siraj was suffering from an illness but today he came back and was able to bowl. First It was good to see Ashwin bowling in the two matches.
“KL and his persistence over 50 overs and coming back after six months was great.” Shreyas has played some good knocks in the last few matches. I’m very happy with the way things are going and I hope we can keep this momentum till the World Cup”said Rahul Dravid.
The Indian team will have a long World Cup season at home as it will play matches in nine different cities and will be one of the favorites to win the title.
Rohit, 36, has a chance to become the third Indian captain to win an ODI World Cup after the legendary Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni.
