Breaking: New coach Rahul Dravid speaks for 1st time, says players’ ‘physical and mental’ well-being will be paramount going forward

Rahul Dravid along with new T20 captain Rohit Sharma spoke to the media ahead of the first game against T20 World Cup 2021 runners-up New Zealand in Jaipur. 

Former India captain Rahul Dravid has finally taken over as the head coach of the Indian cricket team. Dravid’s first assignment will be a T20 followed by a Test series against New Zealand, with the T20s getting underway in Jaipur on Wednesday (November 17).

Dravid along with new T20 captain Rohit Sharma spoke to the media ahead of the first game against T20 World Cup 2021 runners-up New Zealand. “We are not looking at separate teams at the moment. We need to be in conversation with all the players in the time (COVID-19) we are living in. Players’ physical and mental well-being is of paramount importance at the moment. That’s why we might not be able to play every single ‘all-format’ player in every series,” Dravid said during a virtual media conference from Jaipur.

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