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India Coach Rahul Dravid Says Series Loss Vs South Africa Is 바카라˜Good Eye-Opener바카라™, Backs KL Rahul

India were handed a 3-0 loss in the ODI series against South Africa that ended on Sunday. Earlier, India had lost the Test series 2-1.

KL Rahul (C) congratulates South Africa's Quinton de Kock after the latter's century in 3rd ODI.
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India바카라™s head coach Rahul Dravid on Sunday admitted that his team didn바카라™t play 바카라˜smart cricket at crucial times바카라™ but backed the beleaguered KL Rahul to get better as a leader in the coming days. (More Cricket News)

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India lost both the Test and ODI series in what turned out to be a disastrous tour of South Africa despite a bright start in the opening Test at Centurion, which the team won comprehensively.

바카라œHe did a good job. It's not easy to end on the wrong side of the result,바카라 Dravid said when asked how he found Rahul as a leader, having lost all four games that he captained on tour.

바카라œHe is just starting out and I think he did a very decent job. He will constantly get better as he captains,바카라 the head coach batted for the young skipper. Dravid felt that 바카라œexecution of skills바카라 was lacking in all the three ODIs that India lost.

The series, according to Dravid, is a "good eye-opener" but there is still a lot of time before the 2023 ODI World Cup, and India should be getting better in the near future.

바카라œThis is a good eye-opener but we haven't played a lot of ODI cricket. We last played against England in March (after that second-string side played against Lanka under Dravid's coaching). We will play a lot of white-ball cricket before next year's World Cup.바카라

Dravid accepted that the Indian ODI team for the series didn't have the kind of balance required although he agreed that one can try and start looking at the template.

바카라œThe guys who play at 6, 7, and 8 weren't available for selection and when they come back, the side will have a slightly different look," he said. He agreed that till the 30th over in both the chases, they were in the game before some of the batters played poor shots. We didn't play smart cricket at crucial times,바카라 he added. 

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