The Canadian U19 squad played India in a warm-up match. They were soundly beaten on the field, but Indian coach, Rahul Dravid, took the time to meet with the Canadians afterwards. Wisden India reports:-<\/p>\n
It provided a boost to the whole squad. \u201cIt was a big deal meeting him. Everyone in the team was buoyed,\u201d said Luthra. \u201cJust to talk to someone who has played that much cricket. He is someone we look up to. Everyone wants to do what he has done. It was so special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luthra wasn\u2019t alone in feeling that. \u201cIt was basically a dream come true for me, personally, and for a lot of the boys as well,\u201d said Miraj Patel, the team\u2019s vice-captain. \u201cMeeting Rahul Dravid is always a pleasure. He is a true gentleman in the sport, and his thoughts certainly gave me a boost to my game, and it has helped me out.\u201d The Canadian U19 squad played India in a warm-up match. They were soundly beaten on the field, but Indian coach, Rahul Dravid, took the time to meet with the Canadians afterwards. Wisden India reports:- It provided a boost to the whole squad. \u201cIt was a big deal meeting him. Everyone in the team was buoyed,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8718,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8717\/revisions\/8718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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