• By Manik Sharma
  • Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:10 PM (IST)
  • Source:PTI

After enduring a heartbreaking defeat in the World Cup final against Australia, India's head coach Rahul Dravid is taking time to reflect on his future with the national team as his two-year contract officially ended.

The loss marked the conclusion of Dravid's contract with the BCCI, but discussions about his future have not yet taken place within the organisation. Despite guiding the team to two ICC tournament finals and one semi-final during his tenure, Dravid remains non-committal about his coaching future, stating that he has not had the time to reflect on it.

"I haven't thought about it. I've just come off a game. I had no time to think about this and no time to reflect on this. Yeah, I will when I get the time to do that," PTI quoted Dravid as saying at the post match media conference.

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"At this point of time, I was completely focused on this campaign and there was nothing else on my mind. And I haven't given any other thought to what happens in the future," he added.

Dravid said that he does not analyse his own coaching tenure, expressing pride in working with the players and considering it a privilege.

“To be honest, I am not really someone who's going to judge and analyse myself. I was really proud to work with them. I think the players that I worked with over the last two years in all the formats, it's been a privilege," Dravid said.

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He also did not want to comment whether he would be interested in guiding the team during the next year's T20 World Cup in USA and the West Indies.

"Honestly, I haven't thought about it. I think all our campaign, all our energies were focused on this match, focused on this tournament, and focused till here. And I haven't actually given it any thought or I have no plans, I have had no plans of what's going to happen in the future," said the former India wicket keeper captain.

When asked whether some of the golden generation of Indian cricketers lost out on an opportunity to win a World Cup as next edition in South Africa in four years might be too late, the Indian coach laughed.

"I'm not really thinking about 2027 and who's going to be there and who's not going to be there. There's a lot of time for that. A lot of water will flow under the bridge before that. There'll be a lot of time for that," Dravid said.