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New Zealand wounded Team India and Gautam Gambhir so that it was not so easy to fill it. Kiwi Brigade, playing without Ken Williamson, cleaned India’s soup and beat 0-3.
Delhi: The Indian cricket team has seen a different rise in world cricket for the last nearly two and a half decades. After the 2000 match fixing scandal, the Indian cricket was getting caught in the swamp. But, then from there, former New Zealand veteran John Wright took charge of coaching in Team India and after that different head coaches were seen over time and in these 25 years, Indian cricket has become a power house in world cricket today.
In 2024, Gautam Gambhir took over the responsibility of the head coach of Team India
Former India head coach Rahul Dravid’s term ended with winning the T20 World Cup title last year. After the departure of this veteran, the responsibility of the head coach of the team was entrusted to Gautam Gambhir. On the basis of his tremendous strategy in IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders were given the title by Gautam Gambhir. After this, the board gave him the burden of coaching the Indian cricket team on his shoulders with this hopes.
After Gambhir became a coach, the Indian team is in trouble
On becoming the head coach of Gautam Gambhir, who is considered to be his aggressive style and clever mind, it was believed that Team India is now going to be completely rejuvenated. Now, what Team India used to go very close and miss the possibility of victory in those matches. Gautam Gambhir started his term with a tour of Sri Lanka in late July last year. Gautam Gambhir failed in this first exam and the Indian team suffered a defeat in the ODI series after 27 years from Sri Lanka.
New Zealand lost in home series for the first time in 36 years
Not ODI and T20 format, but Gautam Gambhir’s real test was the format of red ball cricket. In the Test, the Indian team with Gautam Gambhir came out to play in the domestic Test series against Bangladesh for the first time. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the team easily trampled Bangladesh and took the series 2–0. Gambhir won the first Test series under his guidance. But, from here, the coaching of this legend started turning up.
India easily settled Bangladesh. After this, the house was confronted with New Zealand. Looking at the status of the Indian team on their domestic soil, it was believed that the Kiwi team is going to be easily hunted here. But New Zealand wounded Team India and Gautam Gambhir that it was not so easy to fill it. Kiwi Brigade, playing without Ken Williamson, cleaned India’s soup and beat 0-3. This was the Indian team’s first defeat in their home against New Zealand in 36 years.
Bgt India lost for the first time since 2014-15
From then on, the coaching style of Gautam Gambhir began to be questioned. Team India then visited Australia. The Indian team had not lost any Test series from Australia since 2014-15. In such a situation, he was expected to maintain this connection. However, Australia made Gautam’s wound more serious. India suffered a crushing defeat of 1-3 from the Kangaroo team.
The Champions Trophy served as Sanjeevani during Gautam Gambhir’s coaching tenure after Australia lost to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Where India won the title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After this it was believed that luck would change in the Test too. However, on this tour of England, Gautam Gambhir is getting defeat again during his tenure and now his coaching style is being questioned.
Is Team India being ruined by Gautam Gambhir’s coaching style,
The decisions that they are constantly taking for the team, they do not understand anyone. Gautam Gambhir has lost 8 matches in 14 Tests till the end of the Manchester Test match against England during his coaching tenure. So, at the same time India has won only 4 matches and 2 matches have ended on a draw. Many decisions of Gautam Gambhir have also been responsible for this record. So, is Gautam Gambhir’s coaching style wasting Indian cricket in Test? Let’s try to know the answer to this question.
Gautam Gambhir is adopting rescue strategy
The Indian cricket team is the best side of Test cricket without any doubt and question. This team has seen tremendous balance in the red ball format. However, why are you getting defeat on defeat during Gambhir’s tenure? So the easiest answer for this is defensive strategy.
Head coaches are not playing with 5 major bowlers
Yes… Indian cricket team has been playing attacking cricket in Tests for the last few years. Team India’s biggest basic mantra was to keep the bowling unit strong in the jugalbandi of Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli. Then the team used to land with the strategy of 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers. Then the immediate captain Virat Kohli used to say often.
The policy of which both of them adopted in the Test, also ran the pair of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma on the same plan. To take 20 wickets in the Test, it becomes necessary to keep the bowling unit strong. But, the way Ravi Shastri-Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid-Rohit Sharma adopted the strategy on bowling, now Gautam Gambhir is not seen following him.
Talking about the current England tour, there is an army of batsmen in the Indian team. The team’s batting lasts till 8th, 9th. Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shardul Thakur have been playing in separate Tests even after the batting up to Ravindra Jadeja on number-6 in this series. However, Kuldeep Yadav is not getting a chance. Many legendary cricket experts are constantly talking about giving a chance to this Chinaman bowler, but there is no effect on serious and team management.
Earlier, something similar was seen in Australia. Where, you fed most all -rounders as bowlers, but Bumrah and Siraj were continuously playing in specialist bowlers. So, this strategy of Gautam Gambhir is really seen beyond comprehension. After all, what are they thinking behind it? Why are they in such a fear that they are giving depth to batting. There is no strength in bowling. Somewhere, it can be said that Gautam Gambhir is playing with a quite a defensive strategy and that is why he seems to be ruining the Indian cricket team in the Test.
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