SA v IND: 'No one is going to ever tell Rishabh not to be positive or aggressive,' says Rahul Dravid

India head coach Rahul Dravid has said that no one in the team will instruct wicketkeeperbatter Rishabh Pant to not be in his aggressive or positive selfHe acknowledged that a time will arrive when the coaching staff will have talks with Pant over the timing of playing particular shotsPant played a reckless shot to get out for a threeball duck in the second innings After being beaten outside the offstump Kagiso Rabada rattled Pant with a snorter of a delivery hitting him on the gloves after sneaking past his helmet grilleOn the very next ball Pant stepped out to slog a short ball from Rabada but gave a feather edge behind to keeper Kyle VerreynneIn the sense that we know Rishabh is a positive player and he plays in a particular manner which has gotten him a little bit of success But of course there are times we are going to have sort of level of conversations with him around It is just a little bit about maybe the selection of the time to that No one is going to ever tell Rishabh not to be a positive or aggressive player But sometimes it is just a question of picking and choosing the time to do that said Dravid in the virtual press conferenceDravid gave an explanation on how the talk with Pant will be ahead of the third Test at Cape Town When you have just come in maybe giving yourself a little bit more time would be more advisable In the end we know what we are getting with Rishabh he is a really positive player he is someone who can change the course of the game for us so we naturally wont take that away from him and ask him to become something very different It is about figuring out what is the right time to attack or play out a slightly difficult period that sets your innings up He is learning he plays in a particular way but he will keep learning improving and keep getting betterDravid went on to praise South Africa captain Dean Elgars unbeaten 96 which helped the hosts chase down 240 He played well You got to give him credit He really stuck it out there I think in both Test matches He has stuck out there and fought through some very difficult periods We have beaten the bat quite a few times I must admit even in the first innings and here but we havent been lucky in that sense The odd ball has kicked up and hit the glove and fallen to probably where fielders havent beenElgar received many blows on his body but was rocksolid and defiant in staying at the crease to carry his bat through the chase But credit to him in spite of being beaten and not looking very comfortable he stuck it out there and showed a lot of resilience determination and fought his way through We just had to keep coming back and had some clear strategies and plans against him but didnt get him out with those strategies and plansDravid also felt luck deserted India on day four At times it just doesnt work your way You beat the bat a lot of times and just dont get that nick which we were looking for But like I said in the end he sort of showed a lot of character and determination to keep fighting even though at times he didnt look very comfortableThe 48yearold rued the fact that there wasnt much swing on offer once play resumed on day four after rain relented We came here knowing that we will have to do something really special to get those eight wickets with 122 on board Obviously it was under covers for a while But also we knew that the outfield was wet and the ball was going to get wet Probably people would rely a lot on swing bowling and swing the ball a lot So probably the ball did not swung much because the ball got a little bit wet and the seam got a little bit softerBut credit to the South African batsmen they came out there and played really well They took the opportunities whenever the bad balls were bowled and cashed in on them Maybe a little bit of luck or break we needed today we didnt get today We were excited to go out there and trying to do our best to compete out there but on the day I think South Africa played better concluded Dravid