Hanuma Vihari remembers getting congratulated by Rahul Dravid after SCG heroics

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Indian Test specialist Hanuma Vihari should be feeling relaxed after a gruelling Australia-India collection, which noticed the guests triumph 2-1 few days in the past. Hanuma, who could not take part within the ultimate Test attributable to a hamstring damage, nonetheless was among the many stars from the collection as his valiant efforts alongside Ravichandran Ashwin helped India salvage a draw on the SCG within the third Test.
The knock could not have come at a greater time as his efficiency got here into query after failure within the first two Tests. Talking in regards to the knock in an interview with Sports Today, the right-handed batsman recalled how he was praised by his mentor and Indian batting pioneer Rahul Dravid in a textual content after the match and that actually made his day.

“Even after the Sydney Test, it was nice of him to send me a text. He said ‘Very well done, you did a great job’. That is the person he is and I respect him for that,” Vihari mentioned.

Vihari additional credit score Dravid for being that bridge that related India A and Ranji gamers with the complexity and hardness of worldwide cricket.
“I imply, after getting picked within the India A aspect. Those who had been there within the aspect, Siraj, Saini, Shubman, Mayank, everybody who had been a part of that aspect performed quite a lot of cricket collectively in India A. Also, within the final 3-4 years, we performed many India A excursions and he was the coach (Rahul Dravid). I don’t suppose we performed so many India A excursions earlier than. So that bridged the hole between Ranji Trophy and the Indian staff.
“We made the progress quickly. That’s the reason why we are playing our first game or the second game, we are ready for the challenge. We are not behind any other players. He made it possible,” he defined.