Rahul Dravid Has Won Many Hearts With His Act In Shikhar Dhawan’s Funny Reel: The Indian team has landed in the West Indies where they will take on Nicholas Pooran’s team for a 3-match ODI series which will be followed by 5 T20Is in the Caribbean and the USA.
Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain of the ODI team as all-format stars Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested from the ODI series.
India will be led by Shikhar Dhawan in ODIs vs West Indies
As the Men In Blue arrived at their final destination, Dhawan, who actively posts on Instagram, posted a funny reel that has now gone viral because of head coach Rahul Dravid.
In this reel, uploaded by the left-handed opener on Tuesday, Dhawan leads the Team India members out of a door and the rest follow him, all funnily saying Hi voicing over the music in the video.
Toward the end, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj flaunted their style and were followed by a polite and shy action from Dravid. The head coach’s shyness and avert to any sort of imitation or pretence was loved by fans while some even had a hearty chuckle at it.
You can watch the video here:
The video has garnered over 400,000 likes and thousands of comments.
Famous Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh reacted on it with “Hahahahahaha ek number” while senior Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, who is part of the T20I squad, commented: “Only shikar can pull these stunts.”
Netizens enjoyed Rahul Dravid’s cameo in this reel. Here are some of the reactions:
Rahul Dravid gearing up for West Indies series
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— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) July 19, 2022
wait for Rahul Dravid
— Kanav Bali
(@Concussion__Sub) Ever seen Rahul Dravid in an Instagram reel?
The Gabbar effect!!
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— 12th Khiladi (@12th_khiladi) July 19, 2022
You just made our day, Rahul Dravid.
It couldn’t be more sweet than this.
— North Stand Gang – Wankhede (@NorthStandGang) July 19, 2022
Rahul Dravid will be saying “Yo Maann” by the end of West Indies tour
— Chandan
(@CKSahay_) All the three ODIs will be played at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, starting July 22. The first three T20Is will be played in West Indies while the last two are slated to be hosted by the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida.
India squad for West Indies ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
