{"id":36742,"date":"2021-06-27T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=36742"},"modified":"2021-06-27T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T18:05:00","slug":"bcci-shares-picture-of-shikhar-dhawan-rahul-dravid-ahead-of-sri-lanka-tour-sends-twitter-into-a-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=36742","title":{"rendered":"BCCI Shares Picture Of Shikhar Dhawan, Rahul Dravid Ahead Of Sri Lanka Tour, Sends Twitter Into A Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n                        <!-- Story Text --><br \/>\n                                <b class=\"place_cont\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday introduced fans to the captain and coach of Team India for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. In the post, Shikhar Dhawan and Rahul Dravid can be seen posing for a picture. India will soon travel to Sri Lanka for three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and the same number of Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Indian team and former India captain Rahul Dravid will step in to coach the young side as regular skipper Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri are in England, gearing up for the upcoming five-match Test series.<\/p>\n<p>The BCCI captioned the picture as &#8220;Say hello to #TeamIndia&#8217;s captain &amp; coach for the Sri Lanka tour. We are excited. Are you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Say hello to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a>&#8216;s captain &amp; coach for the Sri Lanka tour<\/p>\n<p>We are excited. Are you? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvIND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SLvIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnNMzRX4ZB\">pic.twitter.com\/OnNMzRX4ZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 BCCI (@BCCI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI\/status\/1409107401144365061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Soon after the Indian board tweeted the image, fans flooded social media with heart-warming messages for the duo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rahul Dravid &#8211; Most awaited Coach for the Indian Cricket Team,&#8221; a user said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rahul Dravid &#8211; Most awaited Coach for the Indian Cricket Team<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Siddharth Setia (@ethicalsid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethicalsid\/status\/1409111082854064128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The best thing Happened to Indian Cricket!. The Great Wall of India! Wish he becomes our Head Coach at the earliest,&#8221; another one said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The best thing Happened to Indian Cricket!.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Great Wall of India! Wish he becomes our Head Coach at the earliest!<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Nithin (@nithinvija) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nithinvija\/status\/1409112548603924484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;For the captain&#8230;Yess For the coach&#8230; Definitely YESSSSS,&#8221; a fan tweeted along with heart emojis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For the captain&#8230;Yess<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor the coach&#8230; Definitely YESSSSS<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Tarini Prasad Beura (@I_m_Tarini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_m_Tarini\/status\/1409113790902276098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shikhar will do well as the Captain just the way he has performed as a player. Have a great series Shikhar and bring home the hardware( trophy). Go Team India.!!<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 ravindra chawla (@ravi1845) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ravi1845\/status\/1409115310104449027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello Captan aur Coach Saab !!!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNew combo heading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamIndia<\/a> with a young unit raring to go.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHell yeah we are excited<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 (@Agnelo_G) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Agnelo_G\/status\/1409113280329650181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>India will be without their players, who are in the Test squad in England, for the Sri Lanka tour, starting next month.\u00a0Team India will play a couple of intra-squad games after landing in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>All the six matches will be played at R Premadasa stadium in Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- Comments button ( after story ) --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- Tags ( after story ) --><\/p>\n<div class=\"tgs\">\n<p>Topics mentioned in this article <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <!-- Topic soical links --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\\\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/sri-lanka-vs-india-2021\/bcci-shares-picture-of-shikhar-dhawan-rahul-dravid-ahead-of-sri-lanka-tour-sends-twitter-into-a-frenzy-2473606\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday introduced fans to the captain and coach of Team India for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. 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