L Sivaramakrishnan unearths Rahul Dravid’s reaction after his be offering to paintings as spin-bowling mentor for India

India vs Australia: Former spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan stated he approached Rahul Dravid and introduced to paintings with the Indian training body of workers to lend a hand the younger spinners within the crew.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 23, 2023 14:23 IST

Rahul Dravid took over as India’s head trainer in 2021 (PTI Picture)

By way of India As of late Sports activities Table: Former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan stated he introduced to paintings with the Indian senior nationwide males’s crew to offer his inputs in regards to spin-bowling. The leg-spinner, who used to be a part of the 1985 Champion of Champions triumph, stated he approached India head trainer Rahul Dravid and mentioned the opportunity of running with the give a boost to body of workers.

Sivaramakrishnan, responding to a fan’s put up on social media, stated Rahul Dravid stated no to his be offering and defined why the previous skipper became it down.

“I introduced my services and products to Rahul Dravid and he stated that I used to be too senior to him to be running underneath him-with the spinners,” the leg-spinner stated in his put up.

Particularly, the dialog on Twitter kickstarted when a fan shared a video of Kuldeep Yadav getting Alex Carey out bowled with a surprising supply within the third and ultimate ODI between India and Australia in Chennai on Wednesday, March 22. The fan opined that Steve Smith set higher fields for Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa than the person who Kuldeep needed to paintings with all the way through the Australian innings and stated India will have to get on board a spin-bowling knowledgeable like Sivaramakrishnan.

Sivaramakrishnan, who used to be rated as probably the most greatest leg-spinners of his time, performed 9 Checks and collected 26 wickets and 15 wickets in 16 ODIs. The 57-year-old has been energetic with observation tasks within the fresh previous.

I introduced my services and products to Rahul Dravid and he stated that I used to be too senior to him ,to be running underneath him-with the spinners .
— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) March 22, 2023

Kuldeep Yadav picked up 3 wickets within the third ODI whilst senior spinner Ravindra Jadeja tied down the Australian batters with a miserly spell of 0 for 34 in 10 overs. Fellow left-arm spinner Axar Patel picked up 2 wickets however conceded 57 runs in 8 overs.

On the other hand, Adam Zampa and left-arm spinner Ashton Agar gave away most effective 86 runs between them in 20 overs and collected 6 wickets.

India fell to the spin-bowling masterclass from Zampa as they did not chase a goal of 270 within the collection decider. India misplaced a house collection in ODIs for the primary time since March 2019.

Particularly, Crew India have now not had a spin-bowling trainer in a very long time. Whilst Bharat Arun labored with Ravi Shastri because the fas-bowling trainer, Paras Mhambrey has been a part of Rahul Dravid-led give a boost to body of workers because the bowling trainer.

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Mar 23, 2023