Coach of the Indian national cricket team Gautam Gambhir He has come under huge scrutiny following the team's poor performance in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 tournament. Things are not looking good inside the locker room with the coach at the helm.
According to reports in PTI, it has been learned that head coach Gautam Gambhir and the team's senior players are not on the same page. This has disrupted things in the dressing room as players believe that communication is no longer as good as it was during the era of Ravi Shastri and Rahul Dravid.
The players did not show much confidence in Gautam Gambhir, the head coach who is not having good conversations with the selection committee
Captain Rohit Sharma, who is known for clarifying things for all the players by talking to them, has not done the same since Gambhir took charge of the team in July. The captain reportedly did not explain to some of the non-junior players why they were sometimes left out of the side.
Debut players in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are known to be loved but senior players in the juniors are loved Harshit Rana Or Nitish Reddy didn't show much confidence in Gambhir. It is also reported that the position of head coach on the selection committee is not great either.
Gautam Gambhir has made some players insecure due to his playing XI experiences
Gambhir is said to have made some players insecure due to his playing XI experiences. While his best feature is to include it Nitish Kumar Reddy It worked, the handling of young batsman Shubman Gill was very controversial after he was left out of the squad for the Melbourne Test.
A source close to the BCCI said that with the Sydney Test looming and the Champions Trophy there as well, if the team's performance does not improve, Gautam Gambhir's position will not be secure.
If the performance does not improve, even Gautam Gambhir's position will not be secure – BCCI official
A BCCI official made a bold claim that Gambhir was not the first choice for the team's head coach as the board wanted VVS Laxman to take up the role. While describing the current coach as a compromise, he explained:
“There is a Test match to be played and then there is the Champions Trophy. If the performance does not improve, even Gautam Gambhir's position will not be secure.”
“He was never the first choice of BCCI (it was VVS Laxman) and some of the well-known outside names did not want to coach all three formats, so it was a compromise. Obviously some other compulsions were there as well.”
India national cricket team trails by 2-1 in the match series. They won the first match in Perth and then lost in Adelaide before the draw was made at the Gabba. The last match in Melbourne saw Australia win the match by 184 runs. The next match will be held starting January 3 in Sydney.
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