Rahul Dravid warns Indian team regarding 2019 Cricket World Cup

Dixit Bhargav | 21/03/2019
Dravid warns Indian team regarding 2019 Cricket World Cup

Dravid warns Indian team regarding 2019 Cricket World Cup: Former Indian captain wants the Indian team to not take things lightly.

Former India captain Rahul Dravid believes that India losing the ODI series 2-3 against Australia at home will do the team a lot of good. The 46-year old opined that the defeat will remind the Indian players that they will have to play really well during the world event.

“I think there was a bit of notion that we are going walk there and win the World Cup easily. So it’s a good thing that has happened. What it [outcome against Australia] has has reminded us is that we have to play the World Cup very, very well,” Dravid was quoted saying by India Today.

India had gone through a similar dip in form before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. The Men in Blue had failed to reach the final of the tri-series against Australia and England in Australia. However, their unbeaten streak in the world event was stopped only in the semi-finals.

“It’s going to be competitive”

Notwithstanding that India have been in stellar form in the build-up to the tournament, Dravid went on to say that the journey for the team will be tough and competitive. However, the current India A and India U-19 Coach claimed India to be the favourites for the world event.

“India has performed well in the last couple of years. There was a little bit of talk that we are almost going to walk in there and win the World Cup very easily because we are the No. 1 team and we have been dominating one-day cricket for the last couple of years.

“But I don’t find anything strange, from my perspective, watching the series. I still feel that we are going to be one of the favourites. But it’s going to be tough. It’s going to be competitive,” Dravid added.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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