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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know “He Deeply Cared About Team”: Former India Head Coach Dravid About Relationship With Rohit Players To Miss Out From Asia Cup 2025 Squad F ormer India head coach Rahul Dravid spoke about working with former T20I and Test Captain Rohit Sharma during their stint together that ran for nearly three years. It was Dravid and Rohit’s duo that brought an end to India’s 17-year thirst for the ICC T20World Cup trophy in 2024. In a historic final in Barbados, India remained unbeaten to lift the coveted T20World Cup trophy by trouncing South Africa in a nailbiting contest in the final. Emotions overwhelmed the Indian camp, including Dravid, who is known for his calm and unfazed demean- our since his playing days. Rohit hid his face on the ground, hiding his tears, while Dravid lifted the title in the air with a jubilant roar. The tormenting pain of the 2023 ODIWorld Cup final against Australia faded away as the entire nation experienced euphoria. Dravid took a trip down memory lane and reminisced about the days when he used to work in tandem with Rohit. The former India head coach felt Rohit, who deeply caredabout the team, was clear about the way he wanted to operate the team from the very first day. “I think it was really good. Firstly, he deeply cared about the team. Know, right from the first day, I think he was very clear about how he wanted to run the team and what was important to him. And that’s really important in any relationship with a captain and a coach, and espe- cially the way I coach,” Dravid said while speaking to for- mer India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Kutti Stories. Dravid, who earned the sobriquet of ‘TheWall’, felt Rohit’s past captaincy exploits played a part in his objec- tive of shaping the team and the environment the way he wanted it to be. “I always like to believe that it should be the captain’s team. I’ve been a player and I’ve been a captain as well. But a captain has to lead it in terms of the direction he wants to go in, and you have to support him and help him in that. Of course, you need to sometimes help a captain in terms of getting that clarity and understanding what is required,” Dravid said. “But with Rohit, I thought he was very clear about what he wanted from the team, how he wanted the environ- ment to be, how he wanted the atmosphere to be, how he wanted things to run. I think he has had so much experi- ence over the years, it really helped. He was very clear on those things,” he concluded. -ANI T eam India for the Asia Cup 2025 was unveiled on Tuesday, with skipper Suryakumar Yadav leading the squad and Shubman Gill as his deputy, with several major names missing out. Let’s take a look at the players who will miss out from the Asia Cup 2025 squad. SHREYAS IYER Shreyas Iyer, who had an incredible IPL season this year for the Punjab Kings (PBKS), scoring 604 runs in 17 matches, was left out of the squad. YASHAVI JAISWAL Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had incredible IPL seasons this year for the Rajasthan Royals (RR), has been left out. Jaiswal is not in the main squad, but rather in the reserves group alongside other players. PRASIDH KRISHNA Prasidh Krishna was left out of the squad despite being the Purple Cap holder for most wickets in IPL 2025, with 25 wickets in 15 matches at an average of 19.52. KL RAHUL In the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, KL Rahul emerged as the third-highest run-getter, with 532 runs in 10 in- nings at an average of 53.20, with two centuries and two fifties and a best score of 137. He was India’s second- highest run-getter in the series, behind skipper Shubman Gill (754 runs). RAVI BISHNOI Ravi Bishnoi made his T20I debut for India in February 2022. In the same year, he made his ODI debut as well. In 42 T20 for India, Bishnoi has grabbed 61 wickets at an average of 19.37 and an economy of 7.35. -ANI Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid. PHOTO: Instagram/@rohitsharma45 PHOTO:Source:KL Rahul Instagram Sports News India Times (August 23, 2025 - August 29, 2025) August 29, 2025 27 PHOTO:SOURCE: IPL PHOTO:SOURCE:X/YASHASVI JAISWAL SOURCE: IPL SOURCE:X/@BCCI