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5 Players coached by Rahul Dravid who could get a chance in the Indian team in near future

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid, the veteran batsman has played many important inning for Team India, guiding them to tons of victories. Dravid has done several roles for the Indian team, playing sometimes as opener, sometimes wicketkeeper, while sometimes as middle-order batsman.

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But now, Rahul Dravid is once again a part of the Indian team set-up, this time as the Head Coach of the Indian senior men’s team. However, this is not the first time that Dravid is a Indian team Head Coach.

Dravid has several times even coached the Indian U19 team in the U19 World Cup. He has guided the team to success several times during his tenure as India U19 coach. He has also coached several of star youngsters, who are now slowly slowly making their way into the senior team.

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The likes of Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Avesh Khan are some major names who have played for the Indian team coach by Rahul Dravid. But today, in this article, we take a look at 4 youngsters who could make their debut for the Indian team under Rahul Dravid.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was the star of the India U19 cricket team in the 2020 U19 Cricket World Cup, is a very quality left-hand opening batsman. The 20-years-old possesses great quality and can be a valuable addition in the ODI and Test team especially given the patience he possesses on the field. He featured for the Rajasthan Royals team in the IPL 2022 and scored 258 runs.

Shivam Mavi

Shivam Mavi was Indian cricket team integral member and pace bowler in their successful run to capture the U19 World Cup in 2018. Mavi took a total of 9 wickets in the tournament from 6 matches. So far, he has failed to impress the critics in the IPL while playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders, but he has years ahead of him to further improve.

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Ishan Porel

The Bengal pace bowler Ishan Porel possesses some great pace and if he continues to improve his game day in and day out, he could catch everyone’s attention. Porel could be a great pace bowler for the Indian team down the year, all he needs is just to keep on performing.

Riyan Parag

Riyan Parag, has made quite a name for himself in the IPL for his interesting celebratory dance. But, his performance in the IPL playing for the Rajasthan Royals has not been so great, but he has got talent to improve which he proved when he played an important role India U19’s win in 2018, playing in the middle-order. He is capable of playing big shots, while can also deliver with the ball and has already proved his quality fielding wise. But, if he can improve on his IPL and domestic performance, that India call-up may not be far enough.

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