Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is impressed with India’s bench strength and has given full credit to his former team-mate Rahul Dravid. Sourav believes that Rahul has played his role as the head of the National Cricket Academy with a lot of dedication. Actually, Rahul Dravid was appointed as the head of NCA in July 2019.
At the same time, India won an incredible series win in Australia Down Under with the likes of Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur in the absence of some of their big players. After which it will not be wrong to say that the uplift of youth has been important for winning back to back test series in India, and Sourav Ganguly has given full credit to Rahul Dravid.
“I always say that Rahul Dravid has done a great job at the NCA (in Bangalore) as he looks after the second-string players. Mohammed Siraj, you know I see a lot of talent in him, Shardul Thakur every time they have got opportunities they have just stood up, “Ganguly, the BCCI president told India Today.
“We spoke about Bumrah for all of last year, but India wins without him as well. In Australia, the last Test match, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, no Ishant Sharma in the squad, and you beat Australia in Australia. That’s remarkable,” Ganguly added.