Ravindra Jadeja cannot be ruled out of T20 World Cup 2022 yet: Rahul Dravid

Jadeja
has
been
ruled
out
of
the
ongoing
Asia
Cup
2022
due
to
a
knee
injury.
Answering
questions
about
the
possibility
of
Jadeja
missing
the
T20
World
Cup
due
to
injury,
Dravid
said
there
is
still
time
for
the
big
cricketing
event.

“Jadeja
has
sustained
an
injury
in
his
knee
and
he
is
out
of
Asia
Cup.
There
is
still
time
for
the
World
Cup.
So,
we
cannot
rule
him
out
of
it.
He
is
under
the
care
of
the
medical
team.

I
don’t
want
to
rule
him
out
or
make
too
many
comments
until
we
have
a
much
clear
picture
about
it,”
Dravid
said
at
the
pre-match
press
conference
ahead
of
India’s
Asia
Cup
2022
Super
4
match
against
Pakistan.

“The
whole
purpose
of
trying
to
build
the
squad
is
that
they
can
play
in
any
conditions.
The
focus
is
on
tomorrow’s
match.
I
am
very
confident
that
we
have
a
really
good
bowling
attack
as
well.
Everyone
is
very
keen
to
try
and
achieve
many
things,”
he
added.

Virat
Kohli
seems
to
have
returned
to
form
in
the
tournament
as
he
smashed
an
unbeaten
59
against
Hong
Kong,
and
35
against
Pakistan.

Talking
about
the
star
batter,
Dravid
said
Virat
Kohli
is
happy
with
his
performance.

“I
can’t
tell
you
what
conversation
I
had
withVirat
or
with
any
player.
He
played
well
in
the
previous
game.
Happy
that
he
got
a
break
and
hopefully
he
can
kick
on
from
here.
Virat
is
keen
on
putting
on
some
big
performances
and
I
am
glad
he
did
well.

“The
way
he
played
in
the
last
match
was
really
good.
He
came
back
after
one
month’s
break.
I
am
happy
for
him
too.
For
us,
it
is
not
really
about
how
many
runs
he
makes.
For
us,
even
a
small
contribution
is
important
too
when
the
team
is
really
looking
for
it
to
win,”
Dravid
said.

“It
is
a
big
preparation
for
us
for
the
World
Cup.
We
have
tried
to
develop
a
bigger
pool
of
players.
You
got
to
have
backups
these
days
due
to
Covid
and
injuries.
We
are
lucky
to
have
one
of
the
best
on
our
side.
Any
time
Ashdeep
Singh
can
step
in.
We
have
come
here
wanting
to
play
the
best
side.
There
is
not
any
workload
management
for
this
tournament,”
he
added

Talking
about
facing
difficulties
in
choosing
the
playing
XI
while
having
so
many
good
options,
he
said:
“It
is
a
pleasant
headache”
to
have.

“There
should
be
a
backup
for
every
position.
There
will
be
someone
missing
out.
I
have
had
a
tough
conversation
with
some
players
who
have
missed
out
but
they
deserved
it.
There
is
nothing
wrong
with
their
ability.”

“For
us,
it
is
only
a
match
like
others.
If
we
win
then
it
is
very
good
if
we
lose
then
we
will
play
against
Sri
Lanka.
We
have
a
lot
of
quality
players.
Pakistan
are
in
good
form
but
we
need
games
like
these
to
improve
ourselves.

You
are
able
to
judge
the
players
and
even
I
can
get
a
lot
of
answers
to
the
questions
I
have,”
he
added.