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This South African great reacted to the exit of Rahul Dravid from the Rajasthan Royals
Former South Africa captain and star batter AB de Villiers reacted to Rahul Dravid's exit from the Rajasthan Royals as a head coach.
Last Updated on - September 1, 2025 10:57 PM IST
The former Indian captain and coach Rahul Dravid has recently left his job as head coach of the first winner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Rajasthan Royals.
He had joined the team after finishing his responsibility with the Indian team. However, in his first season with Rajasthan, they performed very bad. They only won 4 out of 14 games and ending up 9th in IPL 2025.
The former South Arica captain and star batter AB de Villiers reacted on Rahul Dravid’s exit from the Rajasthan Royals and stated it as a ”kicked out‘. ”It sort of sounds to me like it was an owner or management kind of call. They gave him an option to have a broader role in the team. He sort of turned that down. Maybe he was upset because he really wanted to be still involved. He wanted to be in the dugout. Maybe it was his call. I don’t know. We’ll. I’m pretty sure we’ll find out once we get him talking about it in the future. Maybe. But Rahul, obviously, is leaving big footsteps behind, big shoes to fill,” De Villiers said on his social media show 360 LIVE.
“Sometimes you see it in the Premier League as well, the football league, where the managers and the coaches are always under huge pressure to perform and to bring trophies home. And once they don’t, they start hearing from the owners and whoever makes the decisions for the various leagues, sorry, franchises, so we don’t know the facts really. It sounds to me like the fact that he turned down that other role, sort of like he was kicked out, which is never ideal. But maybe Rajasthan have different ideas for the upcoming season. Maybe they want to shake things up a bit and move forward with that.” he added.
Former South Africa captain and star batter AB de Villiers also reacted to the strategies of the Rajasthan Royals like many other cricket experts, and he also shared his opinion on their involvement in the IPL 2025 auction.
“I don’t think they had the greatest auction last time, as they let go of some incredible players, the likes of Jos Butler, to name but a few, which I thought was a mistake. They sometimes are a good thing, but not overly aggressive for you. You can let one or two go, but they. They let a huge bulk of their team go at once, I think, a gradual sort of decline.” he added.