Spent emotionally after enduring a heartbreaking World Cup ultimate defeat, India head coach Rahul Dravid wants time to mirror on his future with the nationwide staff whilst his two-year contract ended on Sunday. India misplaced the World Cup title conflict to Australia by six wickets and with this project, ‘Mr Dependable’s contract with the BCCI has ended formally. The challenge has not but come up for dialogue inside the BCCI despite the fact that Dravid has guided the staff to 2 ICC match finals and one semi-final in his two-year stint.

Asked how he appears at his future and if he’s recreation teaching in a single format, Dravid remained non-committal.

“I haven’t thought about it. I’ve just come off a game. I had no time to think about this and no time to reflect on this. Yeah, I will when I get the time to do that,” he mentioned at post-match media convention.

“At this point of time, I was completely focused on this campaign and there was nothing else on my mind. And I haven’t given any other thought to what happens in the future.” The 50-year-old additionally mentioned he is not somebody who believes in analysing his personal two-year tenure.

“To be honest, I am not really someone who’s going to judge and analyse myself. I was really proud to work with. I think the players that I worked with over the last two years in all the formats, it’s been a privilege.”

He additionally did not need to remark whether or not he can be fascinated by guiding the staff through the subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup in USA and the West Indies.

“Honestly, I haven’t thought about it. I think all our campaign, all our energies were focused on this match, focused on this tournament, and focused till here. And I haven’t actually given it any thought or I have no plans, I have had no plans of what’s going to happen in the future,” mentioned the previous India captain.

Asked whether or not among the golden era of Indian cricketers misplaced out on a chance to win a World Cup as subsequent version in South Africa in 4 years is perhaps too late, the coach laughed.

“I’m not really thinking about 2027 and who’s going to be there and who’s not going to be there. There’s a lot of time for that. A lot of water will flow under the bridge before that. There’ll be a lot of time for that,” Dravid mentioned.

Rohit was invested on this staff

Terming Rohit as an unbelievable chief, Dravid spoke about how invested the skipper was on this staff and likewise went out of his approach and spent his private time within the dressing room to strike up a rapport with the boys.

“He’s been an exceptional leader. You know, Rohit’s really led this team fantastically well. He’s certainly got the dressing room, he’s given so much of his time and energy in the dressing room to the boys.

“He has at all times been accessible for any of our conversations, any of our conferences. Sometimes there’s been a variety of planning, a variety of technique that goes in. He’s at all times dedicated to these issues. He’s given a variety of his private time, vitality into this marketing campaign,” he said.

Tough to see the disappointment in dressing room

The Indian cricketers were a broken lot after the final and in fact there was a lot of emotions which was tough to see as coach.

“Of course he is upset, as are most of the boys within the dressing room. It was robust to see as a coach, as a result of I understand how exhausting these guys have labored, what they’ve put in, the sacrifices they’ve made.

“So, it’s tough. I mean, it’s tough to see that as a coach, because you get to know these boys personally.”

We weren’t defensive

“We played fearless cricket, we had 80 runs in first powerplay. Sometimes, you have to rebuild innings after losing a few wickets, we were not defensive.

“They additionally did the identical when Head and Labuschagne batted however they didn’t lose wicket and saved going,” said Dravid.

We fell short by 40 runs

India managed a below par 240 and Pat Cummins’ team gunned down the target in 43 overs to secure a record sixth title.

After losing three wickets for 81 runs, Virat Kohli (54 off 63) and K L Rahul (66 off 107) went on consolidation mode in the middle overs where the hosts could only find the boundary twice.

Dravid felt that it was a 290-track and they fell some distance short.

“It was a bit sluggish to start out off with when the solar was on. But I assumed it performed advantageous. It was in all probability a 280, 290 sort of wicket. It wasn’t 240.” “We ought to have gotten these 40 further runs. That may need put extra strain on Australia. Thought it performed very well afterward as effectively. So, I assumed it was a fairly good wicket. Sometimes appears is usually a bit deceiving. Didn’t actually have that many tips.”

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