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[caption id="attachment_55371" align="alignnone" width="580"] Rahul Dravid lauded Hardik Pandya for his brilliant performance in the ongoing ODI series against Australia. Image Source: twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: Legendary Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and current Indian U19 team coach Rahul Dravid thinks that star-all-rounder Hardik Pandya has taken his cricketing career to a different level by playing his best cricket just what the situations demand in the ongoing limited overs series against Australia. Dravid was the coach of Hardik Pandya when India A toured Australia last year and he thinks that the current crop of India A players will learn something from Pandya’s hard hitting batting. "A good example about Hardik from my perspective is, he's willing to play situations and not just the natural game we often speak about. Credit goes completely to him. It's not about playing just the one way you want to play," he said on the sidelines of India A's unofficial Test against New Zealand A in Vijayawada. "He's the one who has actually turned his career around," Dravid was quoted as saying by 'ESPNcricinfo.com'. Pandya is currently the hot topic of Indian cricket as he smashed the Aussie bowlers through all parts of the ground in the ongoing five-match ODI series against Australia. He has played two match winning knocks in two out three games so far. In the first ODI, he along with Mahendra Singh Dhoni had revived India's fortunes with a match-turning 83, while in the third game, where he was sent up to No. 4 after the openers put on a century stand in a chase of 294, Pandya sustained the momentum by scoring 78. "If he bats at four, he bats in a particular way. If he bats at six, he bats in a particular way. Tomorrow, he may bat at 80 for 4, like he did in the first ODI with Dhoni. That shows maturity and that's what you want to see. "This concept of 'play your natural game', which I hear all the time, frustrates me because there's no such thing in my belief as 'natural game.' It's only about how you play different situations," Dravid, who has been coaching India's U-19 and A teams for over two years now, said. Dravid feels Pandya is a perfect example of how to bat differently in different conditions. "You have to learn to bat differently in different conditions, and if you can do that like Hardik is showing at the moment, those would be signs of a developing cricketer, someone who can make consistent contributions and not someone who is a one-off, who can produce brilliance once in a while. "The aspiration and challenges set for a lot of India A players is to be all-weather players, all-situation players, all-condition players." Rishabh Pant is another big hitter who made his international debut earlier this year against England after graduating from the Under-19s in 2016. But his aggression has cut short a few of his promising innings and Dravid, who has worked with Pant for over two years now, stressed on the importance of providing the players with a learning environment. "It's recognition of the fact that someone like Rishabh will always be an attacking player. You don't want to take away his attacking instincts, but you want to inculcate a certain sense of smartness to be able to read situations and recognise situations where the time is hot for you to make it count," said Dravid.