Former India off-spinner R Ashwin has come to the protection of head coach Gautam Gambhir following India’s 0-2 dwelling Take a look at sequence defeat to South Africa. Ashwin emphasised that concentrating on the coach alone is unfair when gamers themselves haven’t totally shouldered duty. India have been outplayed all through the sequence, which concluded in Guwahati on Tuesday, struggling a file 408-run loss within the second Take a look at. A lot of the criticism has centered on Gambhir’s squad planning and his desire for all-rounders, which critics argue has disrupted workforce stability.
Nonetheless, Ashwin, who retired from each worldwide cricket and the IPL, pressured that Gambhir, contracted till 2027, doesn’t advantage requires dismissal.
“Why are we doing this? It is a sport. Managing a workforce can’t be that simple. And sure, he’s hurting too. We should perceive that. It would really feel good to get somebody sacked, however that is not the way it must be,” Ashwin mentioned on his YouTube present ‘Ash ki Baat’.
“I’ve by no means been that sort of particular person. It is not about supporting anybody, Gautam shouldn’t be my relative. I may additionally level out 10 errors. Sure, errors occur, however anyone could make them. It is simply that after they price you, they change into very costly,” he added.
Ashwin acknowledged India’s proud dwelling file and the stress to assign duty, however argued that blaming the coach solely is misplaced.
“We wish to ask for duty. It is simple, as a result of in Indian cricket, you already know it and I do know it there’s quite a bit to achieve and some huge cash concerned,” he mentioned.
He additional identified the constraints of a coach’s function:
“So many individuals are able to take the job, and there’ll all the time be individuals placing their hat within the ring. However the reality is, a coach can’t choose up the bat and exit to play.
“What can a coach do? I am asking you a easy query. Put your self within the coach’s place. Chances are you’ll say a participant wants continuity and that there was a number of rotation, wonderful, agreed. However the ability to play and carry out is the participant’s duty,” Ashwin mentioned.
He urged the gamers to share accountability for the workforce’s efficiency.
“I have not seen sufficient duty taken by sufficient gamers to say the coach is the issue…I did not see sufficient from the gamers’ facet responsible decision-making alone. Certain, decision-making can all the time be higher, little question,” he added.
Ashwin concluded by cautioning in opposition to private assaults on Gambhir.
“However I personally do not like this particular person assault, as a result of we all the time search for somebody responsible,” he mentioned.