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Rahul Dravid, legendary former Indian cricketer and Rajasthan Royals’ current head coach, recently played a 3rd division cricket match with his younger son, Anvay Dravid. Both father and son played for the Vijaya Cricket Club (Malur) in the Sri Nassaur Memorial Shield 3rd division tournament. Their team came to bat first‌ against the Young Lions Club. Anvay Dravid played an impressive inning of 58 runs in 60 balls, while Rahul Dravid scored just 10 runs in 8 balls. But their teammate, Swapnil Yelave, played outstandingly and scored a brilliant hundred. He made 107 runs in 50 balls with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes. Anvay Dravid and Swapnil helped their team score a competitive total of 345 runs in 50 overs.

Expectations of Rajasthan Royals from their new head coach Rahul Dravid

Last year, Rahul Dravid stepped down as Team India’s head coach after winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Before that, Team India also finished as the runner-up in the 2023 ICC World Cup under Rahul’s coaching. Overall, Dravid spent Memorial time with Team India as their head coach.

Now Rajasthan Royals signed him as head coach for the upcoming few years. And the franchise definitely wants to see some outstanding performance under Dravid’s coaching. By the way, Rahul Dravid also has an old relationship with . He spent the last 3 years of his IPL career playing for Rajasthan Royals from 2011 to 2013. And also worked as the team’s director and mentor in the years 2014 and 2015. Rajasthan Royals performed brilliantly in the IPL 2024 but lost the qualifier 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rajasthan Royals have not been able to win the title again since winning the first season of IPL in 2008. So, the franchise surely wants to win in IPL 2025, and their expectations from Dravid will be very high.

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