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When the Indian team takes the field in Barbados on Saturday for the final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, this will be Rahul Dravid’s last match with the team as coach. Dravid’s contract expired after the ODI World Cup last November, but the team management requested him to hold on until the T20 World Cup. The Indian broadcaster of the T20 World Cup has launched a ‘Do it for Dravid’ campaign on social media, which is receiving support from the cricket world and fans, but the 51-year-old Dravid is not dedicating the global title to any one person. Wants to win for the team.
For Dravid, winning the World Cup will not be a moment of personal glory, it will be a team achievement. According to him, if India becomes the world champion, it will be the result of team efforts and Rohit Sharma’s inspirational captaincy. Clarifying his views, Dravid told Star-Sports, “I just want to play good cricket. I am against the idea that the team should do it for a particular person. I don’t want to talk about it or discuss it. .” On this occasion, he mentioned the phrase that has motivated him to perform at his best for the past several years.
“I don’t believe in ‘do something for somebody,'” he said. I love the quote where someone asks someone else, ‘Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?’ And he says ‘I want to climb Mount Everest because it is there (Mount Everest)’.” The Indian coach said, “I want to win this World Cup because it is there. It’s not for anybody, it’s just to win.” These words of Dravid, who was called the wall of the Indian team during his playing days, can be understood by another example.
Dravid was in great form during the 2011 England tour. He emerged as the highest run-scorer for India on the tour. At this point many believed that he would bid farewell to the game. After the tour, when asked about it in Bengaluru, he said that his focus is now on the tour of Australia later in the year. Instead of achieving any personal achievement in this tour, he wanted to win the Test series for the Indian team. Dravid, who played many memorable innings in Australia, said then, “We have to win the series in Australia. And I think I have this responsibility for the team.
Batsmen like Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman could easily play their natural game in that period because they knew Dravid was there to bear the pressure at the other end. Almost 12 years after that tour of Australia, Dravid is once again in a similar position. If the Indian team wins the World Cup at the Kensington Oval, much of the credit will go to Rohit and the teammates, but Dravid will also be one of its heroes. Whether the team wins or loses, Dravid remains as calm as he was as a player.