Afridi noted that Dravid, who is currently heading the National Cricket Academy (NCA), had done a lot of hard work with the young Indian players at the under-19 level.
It was Dravid who had suggested Washington Sundar to tweak his role to a bowling all-rounder.
From leading the Men in Blue to being the head of the National Cricket Academy, Dravid's contribution to Indian cricket has been unequivocal.
The Rawalpindi Express rates Virat Kohli and Babar Azam as most complete batsmen for all formats.
Following a horrendous batting show against Australia in the first Test, where defensive frailties were exposed, Dravid coming to the team's aid in Australia could be the morale boost the squad needs.
Following Adelaide Test debacle, Dilip Vengsarkar feels the team will be further demoralised in Kohli's absence and Rahul Dravid would be the right person to be in Australia and give morale boost to the players.
While Dravid scored a double century, Laxman gathered 148 as India went on to clinch the Test by 4 wickets.
Dravid, who had top-scored for India in the 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar series with 619 runs, said India "have got a bowling attack that can take 20 wickets in those conditions."
Dravid played 164 Test matches and scored 13,288 runs and is just second behind Sachin Tendulkar among Indians in the number of Test matches played and runs scored.
Dravid, presently Director of Cricket at the Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said that cricketers are getting more opportunities to showcase their talent through the IPL.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid strongly believes IPL is ready for expansion in terms of the number of teams without compromising on the quality as well as quantity of talent available in the country.
The young pacer puts in power-packed spell of 13/2 in KKR’s 37-run win over RR in Dubai on Wednesday.
KKR CEO Venky Mysore has revealed that Rahul Dravid had once likened this Indian youngster's fielding skills to those of Ravindra Jadeja.
Dravid talked about Raina's impact on Indian cricket in the white-ball format while opining that his numbers would have been better had he batted higher up in the batting order
While the discussions were primarily on various components of fitness data collection and resumption of fitness training in COVID-19 world, Dravid enlightened the administrators with various situations and effective ways of trouble shooting mechanisms.
Akhtar also recalled a time when he had managed to get Dravid out LBW in Bengaluru but the umpire did not give the decision in Pakistan's favour.
Raja feels making a name for himself in the presence of a great like Sachin is a big deal but Dravid didn't back down.
Rahul Dravid has revealed that he asked a top-order batsman to play as a finisher at Rajasthan Royals, and how it worked in the side's way.
For resumption of training at the NCA in Bengaluru, the COVID task force will include Dravid, a medical officer, a hygiene officer and BCCI AGM, Cricket Operations.
N Srinivasan agreed that Dhoni is a man of instinct who doesn't believe in attending team meetings and going over data.
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