India head coach Rahul Dravid was a happy man after the 3-0 collection win over Afghanistan, as just a few fringe gamers carried out effectively to present the crew extra choices for the T20 World Cup in June.
India performed 11 T20s after the ODI World Cup final yr and the thinktank was capable of have a more in-depth have a look at some contenders similar to Jitesh Sharma and Shivam Dube after frontline gamers got a relaxation.
Dravid was fairly happy at their efforts.
IND vs AFG: Rohit’s hundred, Tremendous Over heroics assist India sweep Afghanistan
“We’ve had totally different individuals play after the final ODI World Cup for a wide range of causes. However I believe it’s simply good to see that there are some choices (forward of World Cup) who’ve put their hand up, and positively proven that they’ve received abilities to deal with.
“Some areas we’d want some addressing in, and we have been occupied with it,” Dravid mentioned in his post-match press convention.
The one concern for Dravid was the shortage of crew time forward of the showpiece to be held within the West Indies and the USA.
The three-match collection towards Afghanistan, which India gained 3-0, was India’s final T20 project forward of the World Cup.
“Sadly, we actually gained’t have a lot cricket as a crew anymore. We’ll clearly have the IPL, and you realize, everybody shall be watching intently to see how a few of these guys play and what are the slots we have to fill within the crew,” he mentioned.
Dube emerged participant of the collection towards Afghanistan for his 124 runs and two wickets, and Dravid was excited to have an all-rounder choice to think about.
“He’s come again after a very long time. He’s definitely very a lot an improved participant after coming again. There’s little doubt that he all the time had the expertise, however simply actually completely happy to see the way in which he carried out within the collection.
“I’m certain it can give him quite a lot of confidence as effectively, you come again in and play a collection and also you grow to be the person of the collection. It’s nice and has definitely put his hand up. He’s going to have that chance to point out it within the IPL once more, like he did final yr,” mentioned Dravid.
The wicketkeeper’s slot too will come below scrutiny as India now have a number of decisions in Jitesh, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, who’s but to regain full health.
The previous Indian captain didn’t rule out anybody from competition.
“We’ve received fairly just a few preserving choices on the market. We noticed a few guys on this sport. There’s Sanju, Kishan and Rishabh, I imply, we now have all these guys. We’ll simply should see how issues pan out over the course of the subsequent few months and decide on what we expect is the easiest way to go.”
The 51-year-old Bengaluru man was additionally impressed by captain Rohit Sharma’s resolution to present the ball to leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi within the second Tremendous Over towards Afghanistan on Wednesday evening.
Bishnoi efficiently defended 11 runs dismissing Mohammed Nabi and Rahmanullah Gurbaz in successive balls.
“Rohit went with Bishnoi and it was his intestine name. I believe he felt {that a} spinner had a greater probability to take two wickets. In the event that they batted six balls, with the facility that they’d, they in all probability would have gotten 12 runs.
“However I believed Bishnoi was good as a result of he bowled two tremendous balls. He pulled the size again. If the size had gone barely fuller, you realize, it could have gone for six. It was a very good intestine name from Rohit to go for the wickets and be extra aggressive fairly than in search of a safer choice,” Dravid added.