Suryakumar Yadav reveals how Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah convinced Rahul Dravid to carry on after the ODI World Cup 2023

Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah convinced Rahul Dravid to continue after the ODI World Cup in 2023.

Suryakumar Yadav reveals how Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah convinced Rahul Dravid to carry on after the ODI World Cup 2023

Rohit Sharma with Rahul Dravid (Via X)

Team India under Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma managed to script history in Barbados as they beat South Africa by 7 runs to win the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. It was a nerve wrecking final as South Africa needed 30 runs off 30 balls with 6 wickets in hand to win and it was going to be an easy task with David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen at the crease.

However, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya put the squeeze on the Proteas batting line up and they succumbed to the pressure yet again. After the final, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from the T20I’s. On the other hand, the final was the last game for Dravid as the head coach of team India as well.

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After the final, Suryakumar Yadav stated that Dravid thanked Sharma for giving him a phone call after India suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023 in Ahmedabad. Dravid did not want to continue, but Sharma and BCCI secretary, Jay Shah, convinced him to continue till the T20 World Cup 2024.

Rahul Dravid thanked Rohit Sharma and said 'thank you for that phone call in November, Rohit'. Because Dravid didn't want to continue, but Rohit and Jay Shah convinced him.
Suryakumar Yadav (via The Indian Express)

Rahul Dravid has had a successful tenure as the head coach of the Indian Cricket Team

Under Dravid, India have qualified for the semi final of the T20 World Cup 2022, final of the ICC World Test Championship in 2023, final of the ODI World Cup 2023 and went all the way to win the T20 World Cup 2024.

Suryakumar Yadav reveals how Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah convinced Rahul Dravid to carry on after the ODI World Cup 2023
Rahul Dravid (Via- ESPNCricinfo)

India were absolutely sensational in the ODI World Cup 2023 at home. They won all the 10 games one sided till the final in Ahmedabad. They had an off day in the final and suffered a painful defeat in front of their home crowd. Dravid’s contract expired and he was not interested in continuing.

However, BCCI and Sharma convinced him to continue till the T20 World Cup 2024. Now, the team has delivered it for Dravid in Carribean and USA by becoming the first team to win the T20 World Cup 2024 without losing any game. As per reports, Gautam Gambhir is expected to become the new head coach of Team India and take over from the Sri Lanka series.

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