The head coach Rahul Dravid additionally admitted that the side left out the likes of Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel, who give mighty-essential all-round alternate options to the side.
India’s Virat Kohli en route to scoring his 64th ODI fifty towards South Africa in the third ODI. (Checklist: ANI)
After suffering a crushing 3-0 loss towards South Africa, head coach Rahul Dravid on Sunday (January 23) acknowledged that this series is a ‘appropriate understand-opener’ for the group however there’s gentle heaps of time sooner than the 2023 ODI World Cup and India will receive higher in the stop to future. Combating fifties by Virat Kohli (65), Shikhar Dhawan (61), and Deepak Chahar (54) went in pointless as South Africa carried out a hat-trick of wins with a four-urge victory in the thrilling third and final ODI to seal a 3-0 series whitewash towards India in Cape Town on Sunday.
“I’ve this ODI series has been a appropriate understand-opener for us. We have no longer played heaps of ODIs, this has been my first stint with the ODI side. Even the group itself has no longer played many ODIs after the 2019 World Cup. Fortunately, we have bought time to stream sooner than the 2023 World Cup. There’s going to be heaps of cricket from now except then in white-ball layout till 2023,” Dravid acknowledged in the submit-match press conference.
“It is miles going to be a appropriate alternative for us to with out a doubt replicate and learn and withhold convalescing. We are able to receive higher, there’s now not any such thing as a question about that,” he added.
FIFTY!
A successfully-made half of-century for @imVkohli. His 64th in ODIs.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 23, 2022
Impressed by Deepak Chahar’s batting capacity, Dravid acknowledged that the all-rounder has shown his quality in the restricted alternatives he has gotten and the group would make a choice to present him a more consistent urge in the taking part in XI.
“I imply Deepak Chahar has shown in the alternatives he has gotten with us in Sri Lanka and over right here successfully, he has bought some if truth be told appropriate capacity with the bat. We know what he can attain with the ball as successfully. I if truth be told have seen him at India A as successfully and I do know he can bat if truth be told successfully so with out a doubt offers us plenty more alternate options,” he acknowledged.
“It is miles candy to have other folks admire him and Shardul Thakur as successfully, who we have seen in the final couple of games, contribute with the bat as successfully. So, obviously, the more and more gamers admire this who can contribute lower down with out a doubt makes a enormous distinction and provides us more alternate options. So, with out a doubt, we might perhaps presumably presumably well make a choice to present Deepak more games along with Shardul and a variety of of assorted of us that can step up for the length of next Three hundred and sixty five days or so and give us depth in the side,” he added.
The head coach additionally admitted that the side left out the likes of Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel, who give mighty-essential all-round alternate options to the side. “In the occasion it’s doubtless you’ll presumably presumably well successfully be ultimate, among the guys who if truth be told motivate us stability the side and give all-round alternate options at 6, 7, and 8 are no longer right here on hand for preference. After they advance support, they’ll doubtlessly give us a puny more depth which permits us to play in a certain varied vogue,” acknowledged Dravid.
(with IANS inputs)
