Gautam Gambhir ‘needs to finish famous person tradition’ however India head coach’s job at risk as senior cricketers miffed: Report
All shouldn’t be effectively inside the Indian dressing room, and that is now not a secret. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy loss in opposition to Australia after 10 years has opened a pandora’s field, and head coach Gautam Gambhir is feeling the warmth. The pinnacle coach is dealing with criticism after a string of poor Take a look at outcomes, which noticed India lose back-to-back collection in opposition to New Zealand and Australia.
For the primary time, India haven’t made it to the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) ultimate. Just lately, BCCI’s prime brass met with Gambhir, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar and captain Rohit Sharma to evaluation India’s disastrous efficiency Down Beneath.
A information company PTI report now claims that Gambhir’s future might be evaluated after the Champions Trophy, which begins February 19. There may be additionally a rising concern about Gambhir’s push to finish the “famous person tradition” contained in the dressing room.
Ever since Gambhir took over the facet, India has misplaced six out of 10 Assessments and an ODI collection in Sri Lanka.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy loss has additionally raised questions on Virat Kohli’s and Rohit Sharma’s future after the duo did not get going with the bat. Whereas Rohit managed simply 31 runs in 3 Assessments, Virat scored 190 runs in 9 innings.
“If India does not do effectively within the Champions Trophy, the pinnacle coach’s place may turn into untenable. Sure, his contract runs until the 2027 World Cup, however the technique of analysis continues. Sport is result-oriented and until now, Gambhir hasn’t given any tangible outcomes,” PTI quoted a BCCI supply as saying.
‘Gambhir and gamers not on the identical web page’
As per the report in PTI, Gautam Gambhir and senior squad members are usually not on the identical web page concerning staff tradition. The India head coach needs to finish the famous person tradition inside the Indian setup; nevertheless, some members haven’t acquired this very effectively.
It has come to mild that Gambhir was not happy with some star gamers’ particular calls for about motels and follow instances throughout the tour of Australia.
“Gambhir needs to finish the famous person tradition that has been prevalent for therefore a few years now. As captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012, he had dropped Brendon McCullum from the taking part in XI for the IPL ultimate in opposition to CSK,” PTI quoted a supply, who has seen Gambhir’s functioning carefully.
“He has come right here to dismantle the famous person tradition and that is what has triggered discomfort for some taking part in members,” a supply, who has seen Gambhir’s functioning carefully, the supply added.
In all chance, Gambhir’s tenure will boil right down to how India carry out within the upcoming Champions Trophy. India are grouped alongside Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh.
India will open their marketing campaign on February 20 in opposition to Bangladesh on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium.
