Iyer, who had sustained a decrease again damage in the course of the white-ball sequence towards Sri Lanka, has been drafted into the squad for the second Test towards Australia beginning Friday, after getting clearance by the BCCI medical workforce.
Injured Iyer, who needed to endure a one-month rehabilitation programme on the National Cricket Academy, additionally missed the primary Test towards Australia the place Suryakumar Yadav made his debut.
Dravid did not reveal his playing cards on whether or not Iyer is able to take the toll however made it clear about workforce administration’s philosophy on any performing participant, if he comes again after damage would mechanically get his place again.
“It is always good to have somebody back from injury. We never like to lose people to injuries and it is never nice for a team, nice for that individual and glad that he (Iyer) is fit. We will take a call after a couple of training sessions,” Dravid stated on the media interplay forward of the second Test on the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.
“Today, he has done some training. We will again assess it tomorrow as well when he comes in for a light hit and see how he feels,” Dravid said.
“But certainly, if he is ready to take the load of a five-day Test match, then without doubt, with his performances in the past, he will walk straight into the side.”
Iyer has not performed any aggressive recreation for 32 days and getting right into a Test match with none tangible recreation time is also a stretch on the physique.
However, Dravid has no hesitation in stating {that a} alternative participant, even when he scores 100 or takes 5 wickets, should sit out as soon as the primary selection participant is again from damage.
“Yeah, without being written in stone or written in rule, certainly, we value contributions of people who have been there and missed out due to injury. They really deserve the right to come back irrespective of what has happened in the time they have been injured.”
Dravid said that it is not a “rule” but a convention or practice followed in his regime.
“I can’t answer for everyone but that is certainly the outlook of team management,” he added.
He then explained why he feels that Iyer is deserving.
“Shreyas has played well but what has stood out is his temperament, in quite a few pressure situations since he has been around. Right through his debut game in Kanpur and in last year and half, every time, he has been in tough situations, he, Rishabh and Jadeja are the ones who have been bailing us out and playing those critical knocks.
“In Bangladesh, we were under pressure and he bailed us out with Ashwin and that’s a good sign. Along with his skill of playing spin really well, he has spent a lot of time in domestic cricket before getting in, obviously he understands how to get runs.
“But at this level what also counts is your ability to deal with pressure situations, that temperament and ability to find solutions when you are under pressure. From little small sample size we have, he has been very very good at that. He has been one of the better players and he deserves it,” Dravid added.
But, Dravid additionally didn’t overlook to say that the identical rule can be relevant for the alternative participant if he will get injured.
“The team understands it well that if someone is replacing someone injured and if the person comes back, he will probably be back (in playing XI). And it will be followed for him as well when he gets injured and he will get the same treatment as well.”
“On these tracks, counter-attacking is important.”
On these slowish Indian tracks, Dravid desires a positive stability between counter-attack and defence identical to skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed throughout his splendid innings of 120 in Nagpur within the first Test towards Australia.
“We were very lucky to get week in Nagpur. The five sessions there was a lot of quality and specific work, and all the boys felt that we went into the series with good preparation and lot of volume behind us,” the coach said.
Asked concerning the significance of counter-attack on these tracks, Dravid stated: “Sometimes on tough wickets, totally different circumstances, you have to play barely otherwise. You must strike a positive stability between defence and having the ability to put the assault again on the opposition bowlers.
“Sometimes on wickets like these, in case you sit again and aren’t capable of put that stress again, it might construct up to some extent the place you’ll be able to lose two to a few fast wickets. Ability to place stress again on bowlers made the distinction and that is what Rohit did.
“He (Rohit) soaked in stress on opposition for a while and every time he acquired a possibility, he put the stress again on opposition. That’s what Axar and Jadeja did very properly throughout that partnership. It isn’t the one manner you’ll be able to play however in these circumstances, having the ability to put stress again is essential,” Dravid explained elaborately.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com