'Test cricket is hard, you are going to need each other to succeed': Dravid to young players

Rahul Dravid underlined the importance of staying together and functioning as a unit to be triumphant in the tough world of Test cricket while delivering a motivational dressing room speech after India registered a memorable 41 IND vs ENG Test series winAfter losing the opening Test in Hyderabad the hosts bounced back in stunning fashion to win the next four matches to claim the seriesSeries like this have to be earned and this is tough Test cricket is hard at times Its hard in terms of your skill Its hard physically as youve seen its hard mentally Dravid said in a video posted on BCCItvBut its great satisfaction at the end of it The satisfaction that you get winning a series like this coming from one behind to be able to win four I think its just phenomenal he addedAs key players like Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami and KL Rahul who played only the opener were unavailable India found heroes in some young names in the series The home side handed debuts to five players Rajat Paitidar Dhruv Jurel Devdutt Padikkal Sarfaraz Khan and Akash Deep in the marquee IND vs ENG Test seriesIn fact Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja too missed a Test eachThe Indian coach was a chuffed man after some of those young names emerged with flying colours from the seriesFor a lot of you young guys especially coming into this group you are going to need each other to succeed Whether youre a batsman or bowler or whatever you are your success is tied in with other peoples successAll of you are invested in each others success And thats really important going forward Its not about your success but its about how you can help other people succeed which will also help you succeed he saidThe 51yearold was delighted to see the players finding ways to turn the tide whenever they were put under pressureThere were times in the series that we were really challenged and pushed and we found a way to bounce back which speaks to the skills that we have the resilience that we have the character that we haveOn many occasions in this series the games could have gone either way But we always found people in this dressing room who stepped up and turned the game our way And that was fantasticAlso ReadFort Youngsters score fifth win on the trot in MCA Womenrsquos LeagueDravid also said the team also did well to maximise advantageous positionsSo you not only need to win the games when you have to fight back which we did really well But you have to also win the games when youre ahead and you dont let the opposition come back in any situationThe former India captain praised the team for emerging winners from a long gruelling series against a quality oppositionWe talked about this at the start of the series as well Irrespective of whether we win or lose this is going to teach us a lot a five Test match series Youre going to go through a lot of ups and downsIts a long series youre going to be tested And it was going to teach us a lot about us as players or some as a team and a lot about us and weve come through that exceptionally with terrific flying colours and we face challenges both on and off the fieldWith agency inputs