Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked Rahul Dravid about India’s preparations for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 during a felicitation ceremony for the T20 World Cup champions in New Delhi. PM Modi stressed that India’s focus should be on making the country proud when cricket returns to the Olympics in Los Angeles.
Dravid said that BCCI would be preparing for this big event from now itself and many players of this T20 World Cup winning team will be seen representing India in that event. During this, he also took the names of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. In such a situation, Virat’s reaction was worth seeing. Actually, both Kohli and Rohit have retired from the T20I format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title.
Rahul Dravid gave a big statement regarding Olympics 2028
Rahul Dravid said, “Modiji, we cricketers don’t get the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. But, now cricket is going to be a part of the Olympics. This is going to be a big deal for the cricketers, the country and the cricket board. We have to perform well in the tournament. And being with other players, learning from them, is a big deal. I think it is a matter of pride for cricket to be a part of the Olympics.”
He further said, “I have full faith that BCCI and the players and coaches of that time will be ready. I am sure that many people from this team will be a part of the team. Young players of this team like Rohit and Virat will play. Winning gold in the Olympics is a matter of great pride and happiness. We need to be fully prepared for this.”
Rahul Dravid says Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can play in 2028 Olympics. (Everyone smiles) đpic.twitter.com/TETCSY71qb
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Virat Kohli was seen folding his hands on this statement of Dravid. Let us tell you that, Team India, which returned home from Barbados on July 4, first met PM Modi in Delhi. During this, the PM discussed many issues with the players. One of these was the Olympics to be held in Los Angeles.
AUS vs IND 2024-25: Umpire Simon Taufel made special comment on KL Rahul’s controversial DRS out in Perth Test
There is a special discussion in the cricket world regarding Rahul’s dismissal. Australia vs India, 1st Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) India is facing Australia in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series from November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. In the match, stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah has won the toss and decided to bat first, which has not proved right for the team. However, there is a lot of discussion in the cricket world about the way experienced batsman KL Rahul was out in the match. After defending a lot of the ball, Rahul was slowly building his innings, but he was unfortunately given out in the 23rd over of the Indian innings. Mitchell Starc came to bowl this over of the Indian innings for Australia and in this over, he bowled the second ball of length to Rahul, which went very close to the bat. During this, other players including the bowler appealed, but the onfield umpire did not give the player out. But during this, captain Pat Cummins took DRS review and the third umpire gave Rahul out. But in UltraEdge it was clearly seen that the ball had hit the pad saved from the bat. On the other hand, now experienced umpire Simon Taufel has reacted to Rahul’s DRS out. Simon Taufel reacts to Rahul’s DRS out Let us tell you that Simon Taufel, while discussing with 7 Cricket about Rahul’s dismissal in the Perth Test, said – We saw in that side on shot that there was a spike on the RTS and the bat was away from the pad, in other words the bat. The lower part did not reach the pad. So rotating it in its natural course, you would have seen the second spike (on the sneako, to indicate the bat hitting the pad) come in more than if it had been rotated all the way. So former cricketer Matthew Hayden, who was commenting during this time, said – We are assuming that (Snikko) could be the outer edge of the bat, but it cannot be so. Well, the umpire’s decision is the final decision, and the player cannot protest against it. Due to this decision of the umpire, Rahul had to return to the pavilion after being out on the score of 26 runs in 74 balls.
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