SA Test Coach Shukri Says, ‘I told Dravid that Sachin Tendulkar was better than Kohli’

‘I told Dravid that Sachin Tendulkar was better than Kohli’ says Conrad: A 56-year-old South African cricketer & coacher Shukri Conrad talking to Sportstar said “I played in both the White and the non-White sides. And then I was involved when unity came along. A little bit of everything. So yes, I have seen history.”

As the coach of the South African Test side, he is currently feeling quite content that India was unable to achieve a historic feat during their recent tour. Despite their best efforts, the Indian team couldn’t conquer the final frontier, which was to win a Test series in South Africa.

The two-match series between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw, with both teams putting up a tough fight. Nevertheless, the coach of the South African team is happy that his team was able to hold their own and prevent India from making history on their home turf.

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“I would have loved to play India in a five-match series here in South Africa; that’s like a dream,” he said. “These are two quality sides and fans from both India and South Africa would love it too. And I would love to go to India and play five matches”, Shukri is frustrated that there were only two Tests in the series.

Also, he expressed, “Our players want to play Test cricket, and if we had the resources that India, England, and Australia have, we would play more Test matches”.

Shukri Conversation With Rahul Dravid

“I remember chatting with Rahul Dravid about it a few years ago,” Shukri said. “I cannot believe, I told Dravid, that Sachin Tendulkar was better than Kohli. And he said to me, ‘Look, Sachin stays the master, Virat is great.”

Saying About Coaches in Cricket

“Graham Ford got me involved many years ago and I had a stint with him as an assistant coach,” Shukri Conrad stated. “I admired Graham in terms of how he went about things. I knew the late Bob Woolmer reasonably well, he was a good coach, and he had a little bit to do with my cricket in some capacity.

“The late Hylton Ackerman was a cricket brain second to none. So I always made sure that I aligned myself with good coaches that I could learn from. But I think the biggest thing for me as a coach is that you have to understand that you can learn from your players as well. The coach being the only voice is long gone,” the 56-year-old coach ended.