Former Indian nationwide cricket group opening batsman Aakash Chopra has opined that the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) will resolve Gautam Gambhir’s future as head coach relating to his efficiency within the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup.
Aakash Chopra made this assertion after the Gautam Gambhir-led Indian nationwide cricket group was whitewashed by the South African nationwide cricket group within the two-match Take a look at sequence at dwelling.
India’s testing numbers aren’t good in any respect – Aakash Chopra
Since taking up as the top coach of the Indian group, Gautam Gambhir has achieved nice success in white-ball cricket, particularly T20I cricket. The Males in Blue have been dominating in 20-over cricket and have received back-to-back sequence.
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He additionally led India to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and lately led the group to win the Asia Cup 2025.
Nevertheless, comparable success has not been seen in Take a look at cricket as India have struggled within the red-ball format since Gautam Gambhir took over.
After successful the house sequence towards Bangladesh 2-0, India misplaced 3-0 at dwelling to New Zealand and misplaced 3-1 within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Within the new ICC World Take a look at Championship cycle, India began with a 2-2 draw towards England, adopted by a convincing 2-0 win over West Indies. Simply when issues had been beginning to look good, South Africa introduced India to their knees with a convincing 2-0 victory.
Ever since India misplaced the Take a look at sequence to Proteas, a number of followers and pundits have been demanding Gautam Gambhir’s sacking and now Aakash Chopra spoke on his YouTube channel and gave his views on the difficulty. He stated:
“India’s testing numbers below coach Gautam Gambhir haven’t been good. There is no such thing as a have to draw back.”
Does that imply it is best to fireplace him? – Aakash Chopra on Gautam Gambhir
Aakash Chopra additional stated that India has not overwhelmed the highest nations in Take a look at cricket, however added that Gautam Gambhir shouldn’t be sacked instantly. he stated:
“We’ve got solely received two sequence – towards Bangladesh and West Indies. We misplaced to New Zealand, drew towards England and misplaced to Australia and South Africa. We’ve not overwhelmed any of the highest groups.”
“Does that imply he must be sacked? India is not going to play one other Take a look at match for 10 months, throughout which there can be a T20 World Cup. We’re the defending champions and our efficiency within the T20 World Cup will resolve the best way ahead. Forward of the event, I can’t discuss any main adjustments. That features Gambhir’s teaching. The T20 World Cup can be an enormous take a look at.”
One is the coach’s mistake – Parthiv Patel
In the meantime, former India wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel blamed head coach Gautam Gambhir for India’s struggles and instructed that India weren’t taking part in with the best mixture. he stated:
“There are two issues. One is the coach’s mistake. The batsmen and bowlers are doing their job. However the query is, are we taking part in in the best eleven? Does India want so many all-rounders in Take a look at cricket? I consider Take a look at cricket is a sport of specialists.”
“We want six batsmen. The most effective factor is to have a wicketkeeper-batsman and a greatest participant averaging over 40. Then we want 4 bowlers and one all-rounder,” he advised Star Sports activities.
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