The Indian cricket team is currently practicing at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, where the first Test against South Africa is to be played from November 14. While preparing for this, Gambhir told what kind of dressing room Team India has right now. He also gave a big statement regarding the T20 World Cup, he said that right now Team India is not at the place where we want to be.

Let us tell you that after Gautam Gambhir became the coach, the Indian team has not lost any T20 series yet and has also won the Asia Cup title. India has just defeated Australia 2-1 in the T20 series. Now the next big tournament is the T20 World Cup, which will be held in February.

What did Gautam Gambhir say?

Before the start of the India vs South Africa Test series, BCCI shared a video of Gautam Gambhir, although it was a small part of the interview. In this, Gambhir is saying, “As a nation and individually we should never celebrate a series defeat.”

Then he said, “Just throw the players into the deep sea. We did the same with Shubman when he was appointed Test captain.” Regarding the dressing room, Gambhir said, “This is a very transparent dressing room, and now we want this dressing room to remain like this.”

Regarding the T20 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir said, “By the World Cup, we have still not reached the point where we want to be. So hopefully the players will know the importance of staying fit, so we still have three months to get to where we want to be.”

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Get inside the mind of #TeamIndia Head Coach @GautamGambhir as he shares his vision in

Stay tuned for the full exclusive interview pic.twitter.com/nmvG9x2YUW

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 10, 2025

India vs South Africa Head to Head (Test)

This is the 8th time that the South African cricket team has come to India to play a Test series. Out of the 7 series played before this, India has won 4 times and South Africa has won 1 time. 2 series ended in a draw.

• Total matches- 44
• India won- 18
• South Africa won-
• draw-10

After the Test series, a 3-match ODI series will be played between India and South Africa, followed by a 5-match T20 series. The T20 series will start from 9th December, whose last match will be on 19th December.

Oval Test, fifth day and England wanted only 35 runs. The game was barely going to last for one or one and a half hours, but the fans reached the ground to see the chase of 35 runs in thousands. Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna’s deadly bowling had already covered England 6 runs. As soon as Siraj bowled Gas Atkinson, Team India jumped and on the other hand there was an atmosphere of happiness in the dressing room. After this victory, Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel lifted the head coach Gambhir in his lap like a child.

As the thrill of the match was increasing, the support of the support staff present in the Indian dressing room was increasing. BCCI has shared a video clip, which shown the thrill of the last 2 wicket and the reaction of the Indian dressing room on it. Indian bowlers were constantly dodging England’s tail batsmen. Meanwhile, when the wicket fell, Gautam Gambhir started clapping like a child.

Gautam Gambhir became emotional

As soon as Mohammad Siraj dismissed Gas Atkinson, the atmosphere of the Indian dressing room changed. Head coach Gautam Gambhir was so excited that he started dancing and in this enthusiasm, Morne clung to Morkel’s lap. At the same time, when Gautam Gambhir came to the ground, Ravindra Jadeja also lifted him in his lap.

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Raw emotions straight after #Teamindia‘S SPECIAL WIN at the Kennington Oval #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/vhrfv8ditl

– BCCI (@Bcci) August 4, 2025

Assistant coach in the Indian team, Ryan Ten Doshe also started dancing in joy, the other support staff also had no place for happiness. England captain Ben Stokes could not stop himself due to praising the Indian team and especially Mohammad Siraj. Let us know that Siraj dismissed a total of 9 wickets in the Oval Test and 23 batsmen in the entire series.

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Team India, playing Test series in England, is lagging behind 1-2. The fourth Test will be played in Manchester from July 23, for this Team India has started practice. Meanwhile, BCCI shared a video on social media, including the clip of Lord’s dressing room when the head coach Gautam is talking to Gambhir players after the defeat. He praised Ravindra Jadeja.

Gautam Gambhir praised Ravindra Jadeja in the dressing room after the match. He said, “He fought amazing battle, the struggle that Jaddu struggled was a very brilliant innings.”

In the second Test, KL Rahul and Joe Root scored centuries. But the most discussed was 61 runs scored in Jadeja’s second innings, despite the defeat, Jadeja’s innings won everyone’s heart. Chasing 193 runs, Team India was all out for 170 runs, but Jadeja was unbeaten.

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Watch #Teamindia , #ENGVIND , @imjadeja

– BCCI (@Bcci) July 18, 2025

In this video shared by BCCI, Mohammad Siraj said about Ravindra Jadeja, “Jaddu Bhai is extraordinary in fielding, batting and bowling. He goes to run in every difficult time.”

Team India’s Assistant Coach Ryan Ten Doshet said, “His batting has reached a different level. The last 2 Tests have shown his continuity and calm behavior.” Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said, “I have always felt that they have the ability to play in pressure.”

Many changes in the fourth test possible

In the fourth Test, many changes are possible in Team India’s playing 11. Jasprit Bumrah can be rested. There is doubt on Rishabh Pant. Karun Nair has not been effective in the last 3 Tests, questions are also being raised about him. The fourth Test between India and England will be played from July 23 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester. India is 1-2 backward in the series.

India tour of england: The first Test match between India and England is to be played at the Handingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. For this, when the Indian team traveled from London to Leeds by train, the team players shared childhood stories. BCCI has shared a video on social media, in which the Indian players took out the coffee cup from London’s hotel and also took a selfie.

Wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Juril told that his father’s posting was in Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), when his father always used to book window seats while traveling. At the same time, Sai Sudarshan told that he used to travel by rail to do cricket training in his childhood. KL Rahul was seen posing inside the train, while Morne Morkel was taking pictures of him.

Meanwhile, someone said to Washington Sundar, fix his hair, while Sundar is seen setting his hair in the style of some heets. Harshit Rana is also traveling with Team India, let us tell you that he was not included in the original Indian squad.

Shardul Thakur enjoyed the window seat

Shardul Thakur is from Mumbai, he remembered the days when he used to travel by train for cricket practice. He said, “I am enjoying the window seat in this train, but it is not in Mumbai.

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‘Train’ing with #Teamindia #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/i1GBSTU0PC

– BCCI (@Bcci) June 18, 2025

This time the Indian team is visiting England under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. When Team India last visited England when Virat Kohli was the captain of the team and the series was spent on a 2-2 draw.

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