Rahul Dravid will be seen in IPL
IPL 2025: Rahul Dravid, who led Team India to win the T20 World Cup 2024 title under his coaching, is going to be seen on the cricket field once again. His tenure as a coach with Team India ended after the World Cup. Since then, there were speculations that he might join an IPL team. Now it seems to be confirmed. Rahul Dravid looks all set for next year’s IPL. There too, he will be seen in the role of head coach.
Rahul Dravid is going to enter Rajasthan Royals as a coach
There is news about Rahul Dravid that he may soon join the IPL team Rajasthan Royals. He will be the team head coach. ESPN Cricinfo has revealed that talks have taken place between Rahul Dravid and IPL team Rajasthan Royals. Which is almost in the final stage. The Rajasthan Royals team wants Rahul Dravid to join the team as soon as possible, so that the team’s strategy can also be discussed before the auction. The interesting thing is that the relationship between the current captain of Rajasthan Royals Sanju Samson and Rahul Dravid is quite old. Both these players have worked for this team before. Also, when Sanju Samson used to play for the Under 19 team, even then Rahul Dravid kept an eye on him. That is, both of them have known each other for a long time.
Rahul Dravid has long coaching experience
Rahul Dravid and Rajasthan Royals have a long history. In the years 2012 and 2013, the Rajasthan team entered the field in the IPL under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. After this, when he stopped playing, he was seen in the role of team director and mentor of RR in the years 2014 and 2015. However, in the meantime, Rahul Dravid was also associated with Delhi Capitals for a year in 2016. Then the name of the team used to be Delhi Daredevils. After this, Rahul Dravid became the head of NCA and got away from IPL. After this, in the year 2021, he took over the post of head coach of Team India. Under his coaching, Team India had to be disappointed many times in ICC tournaments, but in his last tournament, he did what he himself could not do as captain. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and coaching of Dravid, Team India won the T20 World Cup title.
Vikram Rathore can become the batting coach of RR
Meanwhile, there is also news that Vikram Rathore, who has played the role of batting coach of Team India, may also enter Rajasthan Royals. The pair of Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore has done wonders for the Indian team before. Rajasthan will hope to do the same in IPL. Kumar Sangakkara was already associated with the team, it is expected that he will continue to play his role as before. Rajasthan Royals won the IPL title for the first time in the year 2008, since then the team has not been able to win the IPL trophy even once. Now it remains to be seen what magic Rahul Dravid does in Rajasthan Royals.
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