Former Indian Captain and stand-in U-19 Indian team coach Rahul Dravid welcomes the new pink ball in test cricket. In an exclusibe interview given to NNIS, he shared his views on Pink ball and other things:
On Using Pink Ball
Rahul Dravid played for MCC against Nottinghamshire in 2011 and scored a brilliant century. Remembering his experience he said, "I played with the pink ball around 4 years back and i must admit that i quite enjoyed it and didn't had any issue with the ball visibility". He further added, "Its a good move to revive test cricket. We need to experiment things to bring more people in the stadium".
On Virat Kohli Captainship
Dravid is very happy with Kohli's captaincy and said that, "He has produced good results in test cricket and doing a great job at the moment but learning is a continous process."
On Perfect No.3 for India
When asked about his opinion on Cheteshwar Pujara, he said, "I really like him and he has played some critical match winning knock for India at No.3. But one has to perform no matter on which position you are batting".
Rahul Dravid's Green Signal to Pink Ball (Video)