'Hopefully We Can Keep The Momentum..'- Rahul Dravid On India's World Cup Preparation
India beat Australia 2-1 in ODI series [X.com]
With ODIs against Australia done and dusted, the countdown to India's opening ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 encounter begins. Host India will face off against familiar opponents in five-time champions Australia at Chepauk on October 8 and hope to win their first ICC title since 2013.
Having beaten Australia 2-1 in ODIs, Team India ticked off all boxes, as per head coach Rahul Dravid, leading into the quadrennial competition. Several injured players were making their comeback in the recently concluded ODI series against Australia, where team management opted to try the bench, apart from fine-tuning the squad.
As quoted by Cricbuzz, Dravid expressed content over India's showing in the win over Australia and sounded happy with World Cup preparations.
Here's what Dravid said
"For people like Jasprit, Ashwin, Shreyas, KL, getting game time was important, and getting that against a competitive side is a good thing. The practice games are generally 15 vs 15 so it's hard to get that level of intensity in those games," said Dravid.
"Jasprit got a couple of games, and bowled his quota of 10 overs. Siraj suffered from a bug but got back and was able to bowl today. It was good to see how Ashwin bowled in the first two games. KL and his keeping through fifty overs, returning after 6 months, has been great. Shreyas has got some good knocks in the last couple of games. Really happy with how things are going and hopefully we can keep the momentum going into the World Cup."
.The former India captain also lauded players coming back from injury and other breaks, who played outstanding cricket in the three-match series. Rohit Sharma and Co. will now travel to Guwahati for their first warm-up match against England, where the World Cup 2023 will assemble for the first time as one unit.
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