“Would Be In-Authentic If…”: Rahul Dravid On World Cup Semi-final Against New Zealand

India head coach Rahul Dravid has no hesitation in admitting that his facet’s World Cup semi-final towards New Zealand on Wednesday could be a high-pressure sport and there are merely no ensures even after a close to flawless efficiency within the 9 league video games. “I would be in-authentic if I say that there will be no pressure of semi-final. You have no guarantees to win any game of cricket. What you can do is prepare the best you can and we’ve been doing that,”

ravid instructed Star Sports after India’s 160-run win over the Netherlands. It now boils down to 2 good matches and every little thing might come to a naught if India lose to a crew that had precipitated them grief in 2019.

“When it’s going well it looks good. One loss and everyone says you don’t know anything,” Dravid replied cheekily when instructed about how the broadcasters had been analysing his efficiency within the league video games.

Dravid was notably proud of how Shreyas Iyer has been displaying consistency on the back-end of the match.

“Shreyas Iyer is the backbone of our middle order, and we all know how tough it has been for us to find a good No. 4 batter for the last 10 years,” Dravid stated.

Rohit’s males topped the league standings with 18 factors and face fourth-placed facet New Zealand on November 15 in Mumbai within the first semi-final.

“Very pleased at how we’ve played in these nine games. Very clinical from game one to today,” he added.

The finest side of India’s marketing campaign has been a complete crew efficiency the place all eleven gamers have performed their bit in some unspecified time in the future or the opposite.

“Different individuals have stepped up and put their hand up and done the job. Everyone wanted to take the responsibility.

“We began the match 4 video games in a row chasing, after which we needed to bat first and the pacers did the job together with the spinners.” Rohit said his side never looked too far and took one game at a time.

“Since we began the match, it was all about one sport at a time. We by no means needed to look too far forward. It is a protracted match, 11 video games in all if we go all the way in which,” he said.