Hardik Pandya is certainly the best allrounder currently india have, and he just proved it again in recently concluded IPL, where he won half a dozen matches with his skills with both bat and ball. Now, Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy in England, Hardik revealed that India U-19 and India A coach Rahul Dravid was a big reason for his rise in international cricket.
“I made my comeback to the Indian team in two-and-a-half months when many said I wouldn’t come back even in 2 years. I should thank Rahul Sir as well, he went out of his way and talked me up,” Pandya told.
“I still remember when I got out a couple of times in the one-dayers, he used to ask me to come and sit next to him and tell me, ‘Hardik you are the one guy who has the talent to represent India, so you need to express yourself and take charge of situations’,” Pandya said.
“I still remember I ran myself out in the league game against Australia A. We needed some 23 off 19 balls then, and I thought this will be easy, but then we lost by 1 run. He was not angry. He just said that, ‘You should start finishing the games. That’s what you’ll be doing for India’. And I thought if Rahul Dravid has this belief in me, I should also start believing that I can finish games,” Pandya further added.
