No fancy rhetoric, no taking refuge under silly excuses. Rahul Dravid was his usual candid self after India’s humiliating defeat in Durban on Wednesday. The thing is, can he transform his words into action on the field?
Bad start
It’s disappointing to start a tour this way but there’s not much you can do about it now. Being disappointed doesn’t really help. The way forward is to improve from here and learn the lessons quickly. The thing I can only say is that it can only get better from here.”
Batting failure
Our shot selection against some bowlers is an area we need to look at and reassess when we go into the next game. There are going to be two or three key players in any team. It’s a question of some of the other guys also putting up scores when the key players fail.”
Lack of preparation
It’s been pretty much agreed that if we are to be consistent overseas, we have to prepare wickets like these back home. A lot has been written and spoken about it... It’s a question of how it’s going to happen and whether it will happen at all.”
