Team India Performance Under Gautam Gambhir Coaching: Team India has lost 2-0 in the three-match Test series against New Zealand, that is, India has lost the Test series against New Zealand at home for the first time. This is another big blow for Team India after Gautam Gambhir became the head coach. Let us tell you, after the T20 World Cup 2024, Rahul Dravid’s tenure as head coach ended, then Gautam Gambhir was given this responsibility. But in the short tenure of Gautam Gambhir, Team India has had to make many shameful records. Which had started with the Sri Lanka tour itself.
Bad condition of Team India during the tenure of Gautam Gambhir
- Gautam Gambhir’s first foreign tour as head coach was to Sri Lanka, it was from here that his tenure started. He was successful in leading the team to victory in the T20 series. But Team India had to face defeat in the ODI series. This was the first ODI series loss against Sri Lanka after 27 years.
- Team India was all out in all three matches of this ODI series played against Sri Lanka. This was also a record. Actually, this was the first time in the history of Indian cricket, when Team India was all out in all the matches of the ODI series.
- This is the first time in the last 45 years that the Indian team has not been able to win any ODI match in a year. Let us tell you, Team India played only 3 ODIs this year, in which it faced defeat in 2 and one was tied.
- Team India’s poor performance continues against New Zealand also. The first match of this series was played in Bengaluru, in which Team India was defeated. Along with this, Team India also lost the Test match against New Zealand at home after 36 years. Before this, New Zealand had won a Test in India in 1988.
- Team India had lost a Test match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after 19 years. Earlier in the year 2005, Pakistan had defeated Team India in a test match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
- Team India was all out for 46 runs in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand. This was the first time in the history of Indian cricket when Team India was all out for 50 runs at home.
- Team India also had to face defeat in the Pune Test against New Zealand. With this, the Indian team has also lost this series. Let us tell you, India has lost a test match at home after 12 years.
- Before this series, Team India had won 18 consecutive Test series at home, but now this sequence has been broken. India has lost the Test series at home after 4302 days.
