The former Indian captain ended his two-and-a-half-year coaching stint on a high as India won the T20 World Cup for the second time with a thrilling seven-run victory over South Africa at the Kensington Oval on June 29.
"Someone like Virat (Kohli). Just a couple of series with him as captain and just a couple of Test matches, but I was also getting to know him, just to see how he goes about his business and the professionalism he continues to show, his desire to get better and better has been fascinating for me to watch.”
"I really enjoyed working with Rohit (Sharma). He's someone I knew when he was young and I just wanted to make him grow as a person and grow as a leader in Indian cricket and what someone like him wanted to contribute to the team. "Over the last 10 or so “12 years, both as a player and now as a leader, has been a real tribute to him and the effort and time he has put in.”
"I really enjoyed seeing their commitment and care for the team, just to try to create a proper environment where everyone feels safe, has fun and at the same time it's a very competitive and professional environment. It's something I will miss, as will some of his connections and with Rohit," Dravid said in a video posted on bcci.tv.
Dravid also delved into why results are secondary to him in his coaching career. “As a coach, at the end of the day, my job is to help the captain fulfill his vision, his philosophy of how he wants the team to play. I really don't like to talk about results anymore. Yes, results are important. “I am in a business that is based on results.”
“I think results are the factor in many things. When you constantly rotate players and the number of players you will have to play, despite that, the type of results we got in these last few months has given me more satisfaction,” he added.
Dravid further spoke about his coaching philosophy and why he strongly believes that coaching is more about creating a safe environment rather than running after results. “I like to believe that coaching is not just about coaching cricket. “It’s about building connections with people and creating the right environment that allows for success.”
“I feel like I'm part of the team whose responsibility is to create the right, safe, professional environment that's not really afraid of failure as such, but is challenging enough to push people forward. “It’s always been my effort to try to create that atmosphere.”
“I am someone who likes continuity in life. I don't like to cut and change too many things because I think that creates a lot of instability and doesn't create a very good environment. The vision, of course, is to win a cricket match. You try to win as much as you can. But I always think about the fact that what leads to winning?”
“How do you win more games? What is the process required to win more games? For me, the vision was to do that process well. Checking all those boxes. How do you challenge players enough? How do you practice enough, how do you prepare tactically and technically?
“Are we supporting the players in the right way? These are the things I wanted to check off before going on to win. Hopefully, if we did most of these things, the victory would take care of itself,” he concluded.
"Someone like Virat (Kohli). Just a couple of series with him as captain and just a couple of Test matches, but I was also getting to know him, just to see how he goes about his business and the professionalism he continues to show, his desire to get better and better has been fascinating for me to watch.”
"I really enjoyed working with Rohit (Sharma). He's someone I knew when he was young and I just wanted to make him grow as a person and grow as a leader in Indian cricket and what someone like him wanted to contribute to the team. "Over the last 10 or so “12 years, both as a player and now as a leader, has been a real tribute to him and the effort and time he has put in.”
"I really enjoyed seeing their commitment and care for the team, just to try to create a proper environment where everyone feels safe, has fun and at the same time it's a very competitive and professional environment. It's something I will miss, as will some of his connections and with Rohit," Dravid said in a video posted on bcci.tv.
Dravid also delved into why results are secondary to him in his coaching career. “As a coach, at the end of the day, my job is to help the captain fulfill his vision, his philosophy of how he wants the team to play. I really don't like to talk about results anymore. Yes, results are important. “I am in a business that is based on results.”
“I think results are the factor in many things. When you constantly rotate players and the number of players you will have to play, despite that, the type of results we got in these last few months has given me more satisfaction,” he added.
Dravid further spoke about his coaching philosophy and why he strongly believes that coaching is more about creating a safe environment rather than running after results. “I like to believe that coaching is not just about coaching cricket. “It’s about building connections with people and creating the right environment that allows for success.”
“I feel like I'm part of the team whose responsibility is to create the right, safe, professional environment that's not really afraid of failure as such, but is challenging enough to push people forward. “It’s always been my effort to try to create that atmosphere.”
“I am someone who likes continuity in life. I don't like to cut and change too many things because I think that creates a lot of instability and doesn't create a very good environment. The vision, of course, is to win a cricket match. You try to win as much as you can. But I always think about the fact that what leads to winning?”
“How do you win more games? What is the process required to win more games? For me, the vision was to do that process well. Checking all those boxes. How do you challenge players enough? How do you practice enough, how do you prepare tactically and technically?
“Are we supporting the players in the right way? These are the things I wanted to check off before going on to win. Hopefully, if we did most of these things, the victory would take care of itself,” he concluded.
