Why Rahul Dravid is not a fan of ‘Do It For Dravid’ Campaign: ‘If you can get it removed, I’ll appreciate it’ | Cricket News

IND vs SA, T20 World Cup Final: Over the last week or so, a campaign in India has gained momentum on social media: that the Indian cricket team should win the T20 World Cup for Rahul Dravid, who will end his stint with the Men in Blue after today’s T20 World Cup final.
India take on South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup on Saturday in a clash that will happen at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
However, Rahul Dravid has brushed off any suggestions that the team is motivated to win the T@0 World Cup “for him”.
The Team India head coach was asked the broadcaster Star Sports about the campaign running in India: Do It For Dravid.
“It’s totally against who I am as a person. It’s totally against my values. I don’t really believe in this: do it for somebody,” Rahul Dravid said before going on to elaborate: “I love that quote about somebody asking someone, ‘Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?’ And he says, ‘Because it’s there’. Why do we want to win the World Cup? Because it’s there! It’s not for anyone, it’s not for anybody, it’s just there to win. We just want to play good cricket. All this ‘doing it for someone’ is against who I am as a person and what I believe in. So I don’t want to discuss it.”
Under Rahul Dravid’s mentorship, the Indian cricket team has come close to winning major ICC titles but has faltered at the final hurdles such as losing in the final of the ODI World Cup and losing the World Test Championship final last year.
Rahul Dravid later went on to sign off telling the broadcaster: “If you can get that campaign removed, I’ll appreciate it.”
The Indian cricket board BCCI is in the process of finalising a replacement for Rahul Dravid as the national team coach with former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir being thought of as a front runner.
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