IPL 2020: More Indian coaches must be utilized in IPL, says Rahul Dravid

Dravid has coached RR and DD in IPL in the past.

Rahul Dravid, who has been the coach of Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in the past in the Indian Premier League, stressed the issue of using more Indian coaches in the tournament. “I believe we have got some very good coaches, a lot of good people. I’m fully confident (in their ability). Just as we have a lot of talent in the cricket department, we have a lot of talent in the coaching department as well. We need to give them confidence and time to flourish. I’m sure they will do it. It does sometimes disappoint me when a lot of our boys don’t get opportunities as assistant coaches in the IPL,” Dravid said.

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“Honestly, there are so many Indian players in the IPL, there’s so much local knowledge (among our coaches). I feel a lot of teams could actually benefit from using a lot of our Indian coaches in the IPL. They know the Indian players better; they understand them better. Even as assistant coaches… there is a lot of talent and ability,” Dravid further added.  

He gave the example of the Indian cricket team which has a domestic coaching setup. He said, “Indian cricket’s coaching staff is completely Indian and they are doing a fantastic job. It’s not for me to decide for franchises and head coaches what they do, but I think they miss a trick by not involving more Indian coaches.”

“Every IPL team has at least 17-18 Indian players. It’s my personal view, but I would love to see a lot of our boys get the opportunity to be in and around that environment. Hopefully, we can work with some teams to try and ensure that,” Dravid said.

(sportstar.thehindu.com inputs)

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