Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has criticized India head coach Rahul Dravid badly and called him zero in his profession of coaching the Rohit Sharma-led team. He was giving his opinion on Dravid’s tactics in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC 2023) final against Australia at The Oval.

India is in a challenging position in the WTC Final with Australia taking a 296-run lead after Day 3. They will resume on 123/4 with two days remaining in the one-off Test match.

Rohit Sharma captained India conceded 469 runs in the first innings after winning the toss. India was 71/4 in reply before Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur salvaged some pride with fighting fifties.

On his YouTube channel, Ali pointed out Dravid’s mistakes in planning and running things during the WTC Final. He added that except for Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravindra Jadeja, the remaining India players look tired.

“I am a huge Rahul Dravid fan, have always been and will remain. He is a class player, a legend. But as a coach, he is absolutely zero. You prepared turning pitches on India. Just answer me this. When India traveled to Australia, were there similar wickets? They had bouncy pitches, right? God knows what he was thinking,” Ali said on his YouTube channel.

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“India lost the match the moment they chose to bowl worrying about the first two hours. And the kind of bowling that was on display was just like IPL. By lunch, the Indian bowlers appeared so happy as if they’d won the match,” he added.

Travis Head and Steve Smith scored centuries as Australia posted 469, after being asked to bat first by Rohit Sharma.

“All India can do now is hope to get them out cheaply and hope for a miracle in the fourth innings. During the 120 overs that India fielded, I could see only 2-3 players being fit – Rahane, Kohli, and Jadeja. The rest looked tired,” claimed Ali.