Team rebuilding for next T20 World Cup, we have got to be patient

Head coach Rahul Dravid has called for patience as the Indian team goes through a rebuilding phase for the next cycle of the T20 World Cup and the youngsters in the side get some experienceDravid felt inexperience was one of the main reasons for Indias 16run defeat to Sri Lanka in the second T20I here The former India captain pointed out that while the visitors had a pretty sorted playing XI the hosts fielded a completely different side than the one which played the T20 World Cup less than two months backThey youngsters in the team are very skilful but as they are learning its a tough job Its not easy learning in international cricket and you have to learn on the job So weve got to have a little bit of patience with these guys Dravid said at the postmatch press conference on ThursdayDravid said the team was in the rebuilding phase given the next cycle of the T20 World Cup had started He added that youngsters will be handled patiently and will continue to get support from the team management hinting that it could be the end of the road for the likes of Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma and KL RahulFor us it was a slightly different scenario in the T20I series against Sri Lanka in the sense that from the last game we played against England in the semifinal of the World Cup weve probably only 34 boys in the playing XI nowAlso readOur stock are now pretty good in spin allrounders department Rahul DravidSo we are in a slightly different stage of looking at the next cycle of the T20 World Cup So a slightly younger teamWith the focus shifting to the 50over World Cup in India Dravid feels it is the right time to give as many opportunities to youngsters in T20s as possibleThe good thing is this year we have the 50over World Cup Because a lot of focus will be on the 50over World Cup and the World Test Championship at least the T20 games that we have it probably gives us the opportunity to try out a lot of the younger guysIndia are fielding a newlook side comprising youngsters including Shivam Mavi Umran Malik Shubman Gill and Rahul TripathiHopefully give them opportunities and just back and support them I think weve got to be patient with a lot of these young kids If you look at this team there are a lot of youngsters playing especially our bowling attack We all need to be patient with them and we need to be understanding that games like this can happenWith openers Ishan Kishan and Gill and Tripathi playing his debut match not firing Dravid defended them saying theyve only played a couple of games and asserted that no chopping and changing will take place for the Rajkot gameI havent thought about the third match right now Once we go there we will have a look at the wicket But I dont expect there to be too much of experimentingThe boys we are already playing with are very young The opening pair of Ishan and Shubman have only played two matches so we are not going for any chopping and changing of people too much unless of course there are some injuries said DravidThe coach averred that improvement will only happen if youngsters get enough opportunities against foreign teamsOf course they are improving we keep trying to help and support them technically with whatever we can in terms of support and also just creating the right environment for them to be able to get the best out of their skillsThey are young kids will have games like these Dravid defends ArshdeepReturning to the side after missing the opener Arshdeep Singh looked rusty and bowled as many as five no balls in his two overs giving away 37 runsMavi on the other hand bowled two wides and a no ball giving away 53 runs in his four oversNobody wants to bowl wides in any format especially in the T20 format of the game They extra deliveries and runs can hurt youThey are young kids they will have games like this Weve got to be patient with a lot of these young kids If you look at this team there are a lot of youngsters playing especially our bowling attack said DravidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever