One of the persisting issues with Indian Cricket, as far as selection and coaching is concerned happens to be the current coach, Gautam Gambhir, who though is a noted T20 World Cup winner (given India’s 2026 T20 WC win at home), but somebody who often finds himself in a bit of a storm as far as certain selection calls are concerned.
Moreover, an aspect that has come to cloud his judgement, perhaps if One could say in that Fashion is the fact that India’s farm in Red Ball cricket hasn’t been all that great, especially with the last two cricketing seasons are concerned.
Testing times for Team India in red ball duties Not only has the visiting Indian team lost the border Gavaskar trophy to Australia, but they were able to only draw level with England the last time when India to in 2025. Perhaps the fans haven’t yet come to terms with the fact that team India work blank out in the two separate test match series that were held against New Zealand and South Africa, respectively, where the host were clean swept by the visiting sides.
These two losses have definitely come to hurt India’s fortunes as far as making it to the final event of the current World Test Championship cycle is concerned.
Now team India are set to play Sri Lanka in an important 2- match test series as the visiting side under captain Shubman Gill aims make right certain woes that had been hurting their form in red ball Cricket.
But speaking to The Times of India ahead of this series was noted leg spinner Amit Mishra, who has represented the country in various formats. And refreshingly so, instead of putting the blame on the Coach Gautam Gambhir and the lacklustre form that’s been evident in patches as far as the team goes, the former cricketer has offered a compelling insight.
Here’s what the experienced leg spinner who even played the IPL widely had to share-
‘It’s tough for the coach. I think players need to take more responsibility. One coach for all format has been the norm for years. You have to give time to any coach. In Test matches, we have new players with less experience. It takes time for coaches and players to develop!’
A lesson to take in from Dravid’s tenure?
Amit Mishra also asserted the fact that even Rahul Dravid took 1 to 1.5 years to settle down in his role as a coach before the difference as a coach began to show up in the team’s results.