10 takeaways from Rahul Dravid's MAK Pataudi Lecture

Former Indian Test captain Rahul Dravid delivered the annual MAK Pataudi lecture on Tuesday and as he did at the Bradman Oration a few years earlier, he impressed everyone with his thoughts on the game.Being the current coach of the India A and India U19 teams, the 42-year-old spoke a lot about cricket among the youth of the country. He asked the state associations in India to prioritise promoting the game to youngsters.Here are the top takeaways from Dravid’s lecture:

#1 On the current state of Indian cricket

“Indian cricket at the moment is in a state of both enormous popularity and considerable reflection. It is blessed with great resources, financial and human, and is currently trying to arrive at a consensus over the best way possible to make the most of what we have.

“Indian cricket’s economic strength is both the envy of the world and if I may say so, some of its resentment.

“We are at a moment in our history where we have every reason to be optimistic, but where we must strive to be visionary leaders of the world game, working with equal parts foresight and empathy.

“At times like these, we need the wisdom of our elders and the energy of our young cricketers to do what is best for Indian cricket and the game at large. For a few weeks now, I have thought about what kind of advice would Tiger Pataudi, one of our most wise elders, have offered us.”