T20 World Cup 2024 | 'Rahul Dravid did a good job': Kaif's remarks on current India's head coach

Rahul Dravid and Mohammed Kaif. Pics/AFP

Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif said the Team India's head coach Rahul Dravid has done well, especially during the T20 World Cup 2024 in which the side reached the finals.

Mohammed Kaif praises Dravid when his contract is about to end. Dravid's head coach's contract is about to expire after the conclusion of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. The West Indies and the USA are hosting the marquee event. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has already started looking for a new face for the position till the year 2027.

Speaking to ANI, Kaif said, "This will be decided by BCCI, this is a very long process. Rahul Dravid did a good job. India reached the 2023 World Cup final, winning 10 consecutive matches and losing only one game. So Rahul has done well for India as a coach."

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In November 2021, Rahul Dravid was appointed as the head coach. Under Dravid, Team India won the Asia Cup title in 2023. However, they have not won a major ICC trophy under him yet, losing in the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia to England by 10 wickets, sustaining a crushing 209-run loss to Australia in the ICC World Test Championship final last year in the UK and a heartbreaking six-wicket loss to Australia in the 50-over World Cup final at home after a dominating streak of ten victories till the semifinals against New Zealand.

In the T20 World Cup 2024, the "Men in Blue" will be looking to register the title to their names and end their ICC trophy drought.

India is placed in Group A and will clash with Ireland on June 5 for their T20 World Cup 2024 opening match at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

The mega clash between India and Pakistan will be played on June 9. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will then play against the USA on June 12, followed by Canada on June 15.

In the tournament, India will be aiming to end their ICC trophy drought, having last won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. Since then, India has reached the 50-over World Cup final in 2023, semifinal in 2015 and 2019, the title clash of the ICC World Test Championship in 2021 and 2023, T20 WC final in 2014, semifinals in 2016 and 2022 but failed to secure a big ICC trophy.

India will be aiming to win their first T20 WC title since they won the inaugural edition of the tournament back in 2007 in South Africa. In the last edition held in Australia in 2022, India lost to England by 10 wickets in the semifinals.

(With ANI Inputs)