Gautam Gambhir: Head coach Gautam Gambhir held a press conference after the Indian team won the Test series 2-0 against West Indies. He has said many things in front of the media, out of which these 3 things are very important. The players have got full support from Gambhir.
Gautam Gambhir PC IND vs WI Test: Team India won the series 2-0 by defeating West Indies by 7 wickets in the second test match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Batting first, India scored 518 after losing 5 wickets and declared the innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 175 runs and Shubhman Gill played an inning of 119 runs. In reply, West Indies collapsed for 248 in the first innings. India followed on and then West Indies scored 390 runs. India achieved the target of 121 runs by losing 3 wickets. After the game, head coach Gautam Gambhir held a press conference and said 5 important things.
Statement given about Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
Gautam Gambhir was asked, what are the plans of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to play the 2027 ODI World Cup? Gambhir replied to this and said,
The 50-over World Cup is still two and a half years away. I think it is more important to live in the present. Obviously both are excellent players and they are making a comeback. In such a situation, his experience will be very useful in Australia. Hopefully both the players will be successful and more importantly, we will play a successful series as a team.
Gambhir’s reply regarding Nitish Kumar Reddy’s bowling
Head coach Gautam Gambhir was asked about bowling in the Delhi Test against Nitish Kumar Reddy. Why did the 22-year-old score 43 runs in an innings but not bowl a single over during the match, in which the Indian innings bowled almost 200 overs? On top of this the coach said that,
It doesn’t matter to me how many overs he bowls. It is important that he gets experience on home ground also. Sometimes you learn a lot just by playing cricket. This is Test cricket and we don’t want to play a 23-year-old player on a tough tour just away from home. It would be injustice to him if we take him on a foreign tour, be it Australia, England, South Africa or New Zealand. I believe that when he has done well abroad, he should get opportunities in domestic matches also. Players like Nitish need to be improved, because you know he is not a very fast bowling all-rounder. We have been mentioning the bowling all-rounder for decades.
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Gautam Gambhir responded to Harshit Rana’s critics
Gambhir also presented his side on the comments made on fast bowler Harshit Rana. He has also criticized former cricketer Kris Srikkanth. He had raised questions on Harshit’s selection in the ODI and T20I series on the Australia tour. On that Gautam said,
Harshit Rana is permanent because he is Gautam Gambhir’s favourite. His selection team is decided and hence his name is taken after Shubman Gill. Ask them what is the reason for retaining Harshit Rana? He is a film cricketer who is an expert in antics. The fixed member in the team is Harshit Rana. No one knows why. Look, this is shameful and I will be completely honest with you. If you are criticizing a 23 year old boy for running a YouTube channel then it is unfair. His father is not a former president, former cricketer or an NRI. Taught cricket on the basis of my ability.
If you say this to a 23 year old boy, what will be his mental state? If your child plays cricket tomorrow and he gets abused, imagine how you would feel. Criticize me I can tolerate, but he is 23 years old and it is not acceptable.
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