Dilip sponsored his remark bringing up KL Rahul‘s direct hit which removed in-form Litton Das right through the T20 World Cup in Australia and in the end helped India beat Bangladesh.
“There are certain areas where we have certainly improved over a period of time. If you look at the number of direct-hit percentages in the World Cup and that one direct hit from KL Rahul changed the course of the match,” Dilip instructed the media after India’s non-compulsory coaching consultation on the Wankhede Stadium in mumbai.
“That’s something we are looking at as a group and if you look at it’s overall ratio, even though there are no run outs, the number of times we have hit the stumps has improved a bit. That’s one area we will keep improving,” he added.
Dilip sponsored Rahul, who didn’t attend the non-compulsory coaching consultation, to proceed doing properly at No 5 as a wicketkeeper-batsman.
“We all know that KL Rahul is a wonderful player. He has a proven record. Even in ODI’sIn the middle-order, he has proved enough as a batter. As a wicketkeeper, he gets a lot of balance into the team because he gives advantage.
“Since he isn’t somebody who has picked up the gloves simply now – he has been doing that since a more youthful age – he provides a large number of issues. Not that tricky to paintings on his wicket-keeping, with the exception of refining a couple of sides,” Dilip said.
Dilip said that the team is looking to have specific fielding drills and training for specific players so that they are best prepared to field at certain positions.
Hardik Pandya will be India’s stand-in captain for the first ODI on Friday, and Dilip backed the all-rounder to come good.
“He is the captain now formally. But he has been in our management team for these types of suits and he is confirmed in T20s what he can carry on desk as a captain. Even if Rohit is the captain, he is a part of our management team, He provides a large number of worth to the staff, now not simplest you, all of us are taking a look ahead to him. He is well-equipped to do it,” Dilip said.
The fielding coach added that senior players like Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja inspire the younger players to work on their fielding.
“They have confirmed over a time frame, they’ve been position fashions in relation to what they are able to give a contribution in fielding. Players do glance as much as them. What particular I see after they come to apply is the depth. Even after proving themselves, they create that depth, which rubs directly to the kids,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)