Rahul Dravid is a great player and an icon, but he is a terrible coach: Basit Ali

“The rest of them looked tired,” the former batter said on his YouTube account. The 52-year-old was very harsh in his criticism of Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach, and said he was not a good coach. He also asked what kind of wickets India had made for the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which was played at home.

Basit Ali, who used to play for Pakistan, slammed Team India for how poorly it has done so far in the World Test Championship final against Australia. The Rohit Sharma-led team struggled with the ball in the first game, and the top order struggled once more while batting in an ICC knockout match.

Notably, Australia is ahead by 296 runs at Stumps on Day 3, and it will be hard for team India to make any kind of return in the next two days. While analysing India’s performance so far at The Oval, Basit said that everyone in the middle except for Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravindra Jadeja has looked tired.

He also said that Rohit Sharma‘s choice to bowl first after winning the toss was a bad one. He also said that India would need a miracle at this point to win the WTC final. “India lost the game when they decided to bowl instead of focusing on the first two hours. And the bowling was just like what you see in the IPL.

By lunchtime, the Indian bowlers were so happy that it looked like they had won the game. Now, all India can do is try to get them out quickly and hope for a miracle in the fourth inning. During the 120 overs that India played, I could only see Rahane, Kohli, and Jadeja in good shape.

“I have always been and will always be a huge Rahul Dravid fan. He is a great player with a long history. But he is completely useless as a coach. You made persuasive speeches about India. Just tell me what to do. Were there similar wickets in Australia when India went there? They had pitches that jumped, right? God only knows what was on his mind. Ali said, “God knows where he was when God was handing out brains. God knows where he was when God was giving brains to people.”