“We’ve got unbelievable expertise in Indian cricket proper now,” Dravid stated after the ultimate. “The power and confidence the gamers have is at one other stage. We have been aiming for an ICC trophy for a very long time and I’m positive the staff will carry this confidence ahead and can win quite a lot of trophies within the subsequent 4, 5, six years as a result of the flexibility and expertise this bunch has… they lack nothing.
“There was a second after we have been feeling that we have been working actually onerous and taking part in good cricket as nicely however we weren’t in a position to cross that hurdle. However after immediately I’m very hopeful that these boys will take it ahead and win quite a lot of trophies.”
When requested about India’s preparation for the T20 World Cup, Dravid stated, “Truthfully, this can be a journey of two years. This isn’t a journey from simply this T20 World Cup. After I take into consideration the development of this staff, the type of expertise we needed, the gamers we needed, these discussions began in September [November] 2021.
“So it is two years of labor. This isn’t a piece of simply this World Cup. I feel it culminated on this World Cup. The frustration in Australia [at the 2022 T20 World Cup] after which the one-day World Cup – there’s a lot that has gone into it. This seems like a journey of not only one month, it seems like a journey of two years. What we have tried to construct, what we now have tried to create, it feels prefer it has all come collectively right here on a wonderful afternoon in Barbados.”
Dravid lauded his gamers and their combating spirit, which was on show throughout the last. At one level, South Africa wanted simply 30 from as many balls with six wickets in hand, however India stored the utilized stress and squeezed a seven-run win.
“I am not often wanting phrases however I’ve felt actually wanting phrases over the previous few hours,” he stated. “I simply couldn’t be extra happy with this staff. The best way we have needed to struggle in tough conditions and even immediately, I feel it was an ideal testomony to the struggle within the staff. Dropping three wickets within the first six [overs], to be within the type of place we have been in with 30 balls to go. However the boys simply stored combating, they stored believing, and I feel it is only a nice credit score to them.
“As a part of the teaching workers, I really feel actually grateful as a result of we’re attending to get pleasure from these moments due to what they’ve performed in a stress scenario. That is pretty to be part of a dressing room like this and I feel it is a reminiscence of a lifetime for me. So I am actually grateful and grateful to the staff and everybody within the assist workers who has made this doable.”
As a participant, Dravid by no means gained a World Cup. Underneath his captaincy, India have been knocked out of the 2007 ODI World Cup within the first spherical. That match was additionally held within the West Indies however Dravid isn’t seeing the most recent victory as a redemption.
“There is no such thing as a redemption. I am not a kind of guys who take into consideration redemption and people type of issues. As a participant, I used to be not fortunate sufficient to win a trophy. However I attempted my finest, I gave my finest every time I performed and it wasn’t to be, and that occurs, it is a part of sport. There are quite a lot of different gamers I do know who haven’t been in a position to win a trophy. I used to be fortunate to be given the chance to educate a staff and I used to be fortunate that this bunch of boys made it doable for me to win this trophy.
“I simply really feel glad that we gave it the perfect we might and it isn’t simply me,” he stated. “I feel I would like to essentially acknowledge the assist workers that I’ve labored with. I feel I have been fortunate to have been working with exceptionally hard-working professionals, an clever bunch of coaches, and different assist workers who’ve made it doable for us to create a unbelievable atmosphere, led by Rohit. I’m glad that confidently, it resulted on this trophy.”
When requested what he would miss probably the most about Rohit, Dravid replied, “I’ll miss him as an individual. Neglect the cricket and captaincy and all the pieces, however what actually has impressed me is the type of particular person he’s, the type of respect he has proven in the direction of me, the type of care and dedication he has had for the staff, the type of power he has needed to spend, and he is by no means backed down from it.
“So for me, it is the individual that I’ll keep in mind probably the most. He’ll be an ideal captain, he’ll be an ideal participant and he’ll rating runs and win trophies, however I feel it is who he’s as an individual that I will likely be most keen on.”
“Plenty of cricketers are coming by the IPL however it’s going to take a while to bridge the hole,” Binny stated after the ultimate. “They’ve contributed a lot. It should take time. We are going to most likely see within the subsequent two-three years, the staff coming again into its personal with out them.”
“Nothing concrete has come but. Gautam Gambhir has quite a lot of expertise. He has labored with groups. He performed Check matches, ODIs, T20s. Let’s examine.”
