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Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir is under tremendous pressure due to continuous failures in Test cricket. Defeat against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, draw with England and win only against West Indies, this whole sequence has raised many questions on his coaching tenure. Now former Indian coach Ravi Shastri has also openly given his opinion on the same issue and his comment has further heated up the atmosphere.
Ravi Shastri broke his silence
In a podcast interview, when Shastri was asked a question on Gambhir’s performance, instead of giving any kind of defense, he said clearly, “I am not protecting him. 100 percent responsibility is also on the coach. If something like this had happened during my time, I would have taken responsibility first. After that, I would not have left the players in the team meeting either.”
His statement is important because the performance of the batsmen has emerged as the biggest problem in India’s recent Test defeat.
Shastri angry over test defeat against South Africa
Shastri also expressed his anger over India’s surprising batting in the Guwahati Test and made strong remarks. There too, India was suddenly reduced from 100/1 to 130/7, and this fall became the reason for losing the match. Shastri said, “This team is not so bad that such a decline happens suddenly. The players also have to understand their responsibilities. These are the same batsmen who have been playing spin since childhood, then why such a problem?”
His statement made it clear that the issue is not just about coaching, but also about the mentality and shot selection of the players.
BCCI suddenly called a meeting with Gambhir-Agarkar
Amidst Ravi Shastri’s statement, news came that BCCI has called an important meeting in which,
Head Coach Gautam Gambhir
Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar
Some big officials of BCCI
This meeting is considered very important due to the continuously falling performance of the Test team and questions being raised on some decisions of the team management.