Rahul Dravid will be successful as coach: Kapil Dev

India's 1983 World Cup-winning captain and former pacer Kapil Dev has predicted that Rahul Dravid's appointment as Indian cricket team's head coach will be successful.

Dravid was appointed Indian team's head coach before the ongoing series against New Zealand and will continue till ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

Dev said: "He's a good man, a good cricketer. He will do a better job as a coach than as a cricketer because in cricket, nobody has done better than him. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed."

He further said: "You can't just judge one after his debut, you don't go by one performance. Over a while, what Rahul will do, we will come to know. You only think positive."

Meanwhile, naming his favorite all-rounders, Kapil named Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

He added: "I would say Ashwin, hats off to him. He ruled out that Jadeja's bowling has not been at its best of late. "

About Jadeja, he further added: "What a fabulous cricketer he is, but unfortunately he improved as a batter and come down as a bowler to me."

"When he started, he was a far better bowler, but now he's a far better batsman. Every time India needs him, he will get runs. But he's not performing as a bowler," Kapil said.

He also hailed Shreyas Iyer for his debut century in the ongoing first Test against New Zealand.

"When any youngster makes a hundred on debut, it means the sport is going in the right direction. We need cricketers like him. He waited for almost four-five years to play for India. Finally, he got a chance and came out with flying colors," he concluded.