The Indian team may not have won an ICC trophy in the last 10 years, but head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday said there is no pressure on his team ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia. Not there. He said that it would be nice to win the trophy for which the team has been working hard for the last two years.

India lost to New Zealand in the WTC final in 2021, while losing in the knockout stages in other ICC tournaments. Team India last won an ICC trophy in the form of the Champions Trophy in 2013.



Dravid's statement on not winning the ICC trophy
Dravid said- No there is no pressure on us. I mean to say that we are not feeling any kind of pressure to win the ICC trophy. It would be nice to win a trophy. It will be nice to be able to win an ICC tournament because we have worked hard for two years.

He said- You reach here only after achieving many successes. So we have many positive aspects. Winning the series from Australia, and drawing the series here (against England), this team can give tough competition to every team everywhere. These things won't change just because you haven't won an ICC trophy. This is a great opportunity.

Dravid's statement on Rahane's return
Middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane is all set to play his first Test match in 18 months and a failure could spell the end of his career. Dravid also offered advice to the veteran batsman. He said- It is good that Rahane is with the team. Due to injuries to some players, he got a chance to return to the team. It's good that we have a player with his skill and experience.

Dravid said – With the arrival of Rahane, experience has increased in the team. He has been doing well overseas and even in England he has played some brilliant innings. Under his leadership, the team has achieved some good successes. I don't want him to see this as his only opportunity. Cheteshwar Pujara has scored loads of runs in county cricket recently and Dravid said his advice can be of great help to the team.

The head coach of the Indian team said – We had a discussion with Pujara about captaincy and of course batting. He also captained Sussex and hence has a good understanding of the tactics of the bowlers playing in the county. So we had a chat with him about it and let's see how we can act on his advice.