New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The pair of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma worked wonders for Indian cricket. Ever since the duo held hands in 2021, the Indian team reached the T20 World Cup in 2022 before reaching the ODI World Cup final at home a year later, losing to Australia at the Wankhede Stadium. From the heartbreak at home, the captain-coach duo revived the Indian team's fortunes with two back-to-back ICC trophies within a gap of few months.

India regained their lost glory at the T20 World Cup in 2024 in Barbados before clinching the ICC Champions Trophy in March 2025. Earlier, the combination of MS Dhoni and Gary Kirsten has been successful, but not as much as how things panned out during Dravid and Rohit's tenure together.

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