The boys deserve all the praise: Rahul Dravid

After an astonishing Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph Down Under, social media bloomed with posts and comments praising former India captain Rahul Dravid. The youngsters who excelled with flying colours were mentored and trained by ‘the Wall’ himself during his tenure as the coach of India A and U-19 squads.

Injuries to regular starters gave some of the youngsters a fair chance and proved this to be a testament to the strength that Team India's bench possesses. The former RCB captain is known for his simplicity and that’s why people embrace him as the gentleman of the game. After going through such rich praise for the invaluable contributions of the boys to the side, and guess what Dravid had to say?

"Ha ha, unnecessary credit, the boys deserve all the praise," was the ICC Hall of Famer's reply to the Indian Express on his role in the building of India's bench strength.

Youngsters performance Down Under in the Border Gavaskar Trophy

• Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was highest run-scorer for India in the series with 274 runs.
• Mohammed Siraj was India’s pick of the bowlers with 13 wickets to his name.
• Shardul Thakur had brilliant 4th Test match where he scalped 7 wickets and also scored an important half-century.
• Washington Sundar impressed with his all-rounding traits by scoring a crucial fifty and picking up 4 wickets in the final Test match.
• T Natarajan's story is definitely a fairy tale, becoming the first Indian player to make his debut in all three formats in a single series over a period of 40 odd days. He also bagged 3 wickets on his Test debut.