I have become a better batsman after working with Rahul Dravid: Sam Billings

Sam Billings hopes to improve his performance in the next match and get his team back to winning ways.

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Delhi Daredevils batsmen Sam Billings and Carlos Brathwaite. (Photo Source: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)

Delhi Daredevils has had a poor start to the 10th season of the Indian Premier League as they lost their opening match to the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 15 runs. The Delhi franchise’s weakness has been their batting as they have been struggling to put up big scores on the board over the past few years.

England cricketer Sam Billings who got off to a good start against the Royal Challengers Bangalore but could not capitalize on it has said that working with former India skipper Rahul Dravid has made him a better player of spin bowling. This is Billings second year as a part of the franchise and the player feels that the past year has seen him improve like never before.

“There is no doubt that in the last one year, the improvement (I have felt in my game) has been the biggest of my career. Getting to know your game in different conditions is always a learning experience.”

“Playing quality spin for six weeks (in the IPL), you learn a lot out of that. Anyway, you are always looking to try to improve and perform. Of course, the schedule is hectic”

The wicket-keeper batsman was also all praise for Rahul Dravid and said there is a lot of knowledge that can be picked up from both Dravid and Paddy Upton.

“He (Dravid) is one of the best to have played the game. So there are lots to learn from him and even from Paddy.”

“It is always a great experience to pick their brains. It is a huge honour actually. You are always learning from people of that stature”

Billings looked really disappointed not to have won the last game against the Royal Challengers but is keen to improve in the next and contribute to the team’s performance.

“Yeah, very disappointed with the result. Real shame to not get over the line. We are focused on the next game now. There are lots of positives to take from the previous game.”

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