Former coach Rahul Dravid has made it clear that he is fundamentally not a fan of Gautam Gambhir’s idea of ​​eliminating the superstar culture within Indian cricket. Has been a vocal supporter of the trend of celebrating serious personal achievements until the very end Team success should be given more importance.

Although Dravid had no problem with Gambhir’s idea, he said that every game needs its fair share of heroes and individual accolades play a role in team success. The former India captain played in the era when Indian cricket had superstars like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag. This famous corps took Indian cricket to new heights.

So, Dravid said that in India, you cannot become a hero without the support of his performance.

“Any sport needs its heroes, and I don’t think people become heroes without performances. You don’t capture the imagination of a nation if you don’t perform well on the field, especially in India, where you get a lot of praise for what you do, but also a lot of criticism. There is a lot of scrutiny and constant focus on you. So becoming a legend or a superstar in India means you have done a lot of things right, and this In the process, you’ve also helped your team win,” Dravid told Wisden on the Scoop podcast.

Difficult to replace Rohit and Kohli

Dravid recently took note of India’s performance in Test cricket, which has not been the best under Gambhir. India faced whitewash in the home series Gambhir led against New Zealand And South Africa.

Dravid said that it will not be easy to replace players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and R Ashwin, but he is hopeful that the team will bounce back and perform well.

“The passion to perform well in red-ball cricket is definitely there. We have had a few series where we have not performed as well as the Indian team, and that could be the case. We are also missing some key players, some big names have retired recently – Rohit, Virat and Ashwin – and it is not easy to replace players like them. But Indian cricket is very strong. I am still confident that the Indian team will be competitive in every format. It may take a little time, but hopefully we can change that this season.” Will be able to do things around,” Dravid said.

Dravid also said that with a lot of white-ball cricket being played, it becomes difficult for players to switch between formats.

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