{"id":260902,"date":"2022-11-19T07:38:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T07:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/19\/r-ashwin-explains-why-rahul-dravid-and-support-staff-opted-to-take-a-break-from-new-zealand-tour-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T07:38:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T07:38:18","slug":"r-ashwin-explains-why-rahul-dravid-and-support-staff-opted-to-take-a-break-from-new-zealand-tour-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/19\/r-ashwin-explains-why-rahul-dravid-and-support-staff-opted-to-take-a-break-from-new-zealand-tour-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"R Ashwin explains why Rahul Dravid and support staff opted to take a break from New Zealand tour | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: On Thursday, former India head coach Ravi Shastri was unimpressed with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rahul-dravid\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_rahul-dravid\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rahul Dravid<\/a> and support staff for taking a break by not being a part of the white-ball tour to New Zealand. <br \/>Now, ace India off-spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ravichandran-ashwin\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_ravichandran-ashwin\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ravichandran Ashwin<\/a> explained that why Dravid and other members of the support staff have taken the break, citing the mental and physical fatigue while preparing for a marquee tournament like the recent Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup in Australia. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vvs-laxman\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_vvs-laxman\" frmappuse=\"1\">VVS Laxman<\/a>, the current head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), is the stand-in head coach for the New Zealand tour, with Hrishikesh Kanitkar (batting coach), Sairaj Bahutule (bowling coach) and <!-- -->Munish Bali<!-- --> (fielding coach) assisting him for the white-ball matches. <br \/>&#8220;I will explain why Laxman has gone there with a completely different team because even that could be interpreted differently. Rahul Dravid and his team put in extensive hard work ahead of the T20 World Cup, right from planning. Since I saw this from close quarters, I&#8217;m saying this,&#8221; said Ashwin on his Youtube channel. <br \/>On India&#8217;s white-ball tour to New Zealand, <!-- -->Hardik Pandya<!-- --> is captaining the T20Is side while Shikhar Dhawan will be the skipper for the ODI series. Ashwin also pointed out that India have to leave for Bangladesh just a day after white-ball tour of New Zealand ends, which is also why Dravid &amp; Co took a break. <br \/>&#8220;They had specific in-depth plans for each venue and each opposition. So they would have been under not only mental but also physical burnout and everyone needed a break. As soon as the New Zealand series ends, we have the Bangladesh tour. That&#8217;s why we have a different coaching staff led by Laxman for this tour,&#8221; he added. <br \/>Earlier, Shastri, a member of the 1983 ODI World Cup winning squad, had said in a virtual press conference ahead of the T20I series opener that giving constant breaks to the main support staff led by Dravid is not good from the player-coach relationship perspective. <br \/>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in breaks. Because I want to understand my team, I want to understand my players and I want to then, be in control of that team. These breaks, what do you need that many breaks for, to be honest? You get your 2-3 months of the IPL, that&#8217;s enough for you to rest as a coach. 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