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The cricketing world gears up for the second India-Pakistan match-up at the Asia Cup 2022. The Men in Blue won the first game in nail-biting fashion and now the entire world has set their eyes on tonight's fixture. In the lead-up to this game, India coach Rahul Dravid was asked about multiple things starting from Pakistan’s bowling attack to Ravindra Jadeja’s injury.


But the biggest query the press put forth was his long conversation with former India captain Virat Kohli. Reporters asked Dravid whether the conversation was about Kohli’s return to the Indian team or his struggles. 


Here Dravid had a witty remark as he addressed the fact that these conversations are confidential and the only thing he can reveal is that they were discussing some of the restaurants around the place they are staying.  


Dravid said, "Bahut lagega yaar yaha pe. Pehli baat, players and coaches ke beech jo baatein hoti he woh me aake media me toh baat nahi karunga. Haa yeh bhi baat kar rahe the ki khana kaha acha milta hai Dubai me. Unko bahut ache resturants bhi pata he yaha pe. So woh bhi advice kar rahe the.” ( See, I can't reveal the conversations between the player and the coach. But yes, we were also talking about where we can get good food here. He knows a lot of good restaurants here).


The Indian coach further discussed the questions regarding Virat Kohli’s form and spoke on how the Delhi-born batter is getting some time in the middle and is gradually finding form. Dravid said, "He's (Kohli) also coming back after a break, it's nice to see that he's come back fresh, looking forward to playing all these games.”


“He got time to spend in the middle. Hopefully, he will kick on from here on and have a good tournament. For us, it's not really about how many runs he makes. Especially with Virat, people get a little bit obsessed with his statistics and numbers. For us, it's really not about that," he added.