Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar hit out at critics who focused Gautam Gambhir following India’s 0-2 whitewash by the hands of South Africa within the not too long ago concluded Check sequence. On Thursday, India slumped to a humiliating 408-run defeat on the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati — their largest loss in Exams by margin of runs. It additionally marked India’s second Check whitewash in simply 13 months.
Within the aftermath of the Guwahati defeat, requires Gambhir’s removing have grown louder. The anger escalated to the extent that chants of “Gautam Gambhir hay hay” had been heard exterior the Barsapara Stadium. Talking to India At the moment’s Rajdeep Sardesai, Gavaskar mentioned that since individuals did not reward Gambhir when India gained the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup, questioning him after a house Check sequence defeat is unfair and inconsistent.
“He is a coach. The coach can put together a workforce. The coach can inform, you understand, a man together with his expertise. Nevertheless it’s on the market within the center that the gamers must ship. Now, to those that are asking, you understand, for him to be held accountable, my query, counter-question is: what did you do when India gained the Champions Trophy below him? What did you do when India gained the Asia Cup below him?
“Did you say then—you are asking for a sacking now—did you say then that he must be given an prolonged contract, a contract for all times for sooner or later cricket and for T20 cricket? You did not say that. It is solely when a workforce would not do nicely you take a look at the coach,” Gambhir mentioned.
WHY BLAME GAMBHIR?
He additionally mentioned there may be nothing improper with Gambhir serving as India’s head coach throughout all three codecs, citing the instance of Brendon McCullum, who has been with the England workforce for the final three and a half years. Gavaskar added that coaches are solely pointed at when a workforce performs poorly, not once they do nicely. Gavaskar mentioned that it is the gamers who must be questioned for not performing nicely.
“Not essentially. You may have coaches, for instance, Brendan McCullum is a coach for all three codecs for England. A variety of nations have a coach who’s there for all codecs. However we are inclined to solely look and level a finger at someone when the workforce has misplaced.
“You are not ready to provide him credit score. Should you’re not ready to provide him credit score for the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup win, then please inform me why you wish to blame him for the workforce on the market on that 22-yard, not doing nicely. Why are you blaming him?” Gavaskar added.
Throughout Gambhir’s tenure as India’s Check coach, the workforce has struggled for consistency, successful seven, dropping 10, and drawing two of their 19 Exams — a win charge of below 37 per cent. Whereas there have been highs, together with 2-0 house sequence wins in opposition to Bangladesh and the West Indies, they had been overshadowed by main setbacks corresponding to final yr’s 0-3 house whitewash to New Zealand and the latest 0-2 loss to South Africa, which has additional deepened issues about India’s Check stability.
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