Indian cricket group head coach Gautam Gambhir (L)© AFP
The Indian cricket group has confronted quite a lot of criticism after struggling a 0-3 whitewash towards New Zealand within the recently-concluded Take a look at sequence. The Rohit Sharma-led facet was utterly outplayed by the guests and the humiliating outcomes have additionally put head coach Gautam Gambhir in an uncomfortable place. Based on a report, the BCCI will probably be discussing the sequence loss intimately and one of many matters would be the pitches utilized in Pune and Mumbai. In the course of the tenure of Rahul Dravid as head coach, India determined to cease making rank turners in residence Assessments. Nevertheless, Gambhir reportedly went again to the tactic regardless of resistance from a part of the group administration and India ended up shedding each video games.
“The choice to return to rank turners caught just a few folks within the board abruptly. The brand new help employees below Gautam Gambhir will probably be requested about their imaginative and prescient for taking the group ahead,” Times of India quoted a supply as saying.
Unprecedented sequence defeats towards Sri Lanka and New Zealand have positioned Gautam Gambhir below immense strain barely three months into his appointment as the pinnacle coach of the Indian group.
He was appointed to the highest publish amid a lot fanfare and was additionally given a uncommon seat on the choice committee assembly for the tour of Australia. Nevertheless, his preliminary report card clearly suggests issues aren’t trying good for the previous India opener.
Until there’s a exceptional turnaround Down Beneath, Gambhir, who was given a free hand in choice issues, could not have as a lot say in points in regards to the group within the coming instances.
Proper after Gambhir took over the reins, India misplaced an ODI sequence to Sri Lanka for the primary time in 27 years, after which New Zealand accomplished a 3-0 whitewash of his facet in Assessments at residence on Sunday, one thing the group by no means skilled in its lengthy cricketing journey.
(With PTI inputs)
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