The Indian cricket team lost the ODI series at home to New Zealand for the first time, after which Gautam Gambhir is being criticized the most. Gambhir is currently the head coach of the Indian team, and many people are demanding his removal. However, while he was the coach, India won the Champions Trophy and Asia Cup titles last year. Now the next stop is the T20 World Cup, which is going to start from 7th February. But can BCCI take any big decision after this tournament?

Criticism of the coach is not new in the Indian cricket team, it has been happening like this since the beginning. Along with the players, the coaches have also been criticized for the poor performance of the team. The ODI series against New Zealand is even more shameful because the visiting team won by playing with many young and inexperienced players. Although India had also given rest to many of its players, the team was playing with veterans like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

After Gautam Gambhir became the coach

It is not that the condition of the Indian team became worse after Gambhir became the coach, but the team won many memorable series and tournaments. But something also happened with it, which has never happened in so many years. For example, in the third ODI, India lost for the first time in Indore, with this, New Zealand won the bilateral ODI series in India for the first time.

Gautam Gambhir was appointed head coach in 2024. After that, for the first time in 27 years, Sri Lanka defeated India in an ODI series. After this, it happened after 36 years when New Zealand defeated India in Test in India. For the first time New Zealand won the Test in India. After this, after 19 years, India lost the Test at Chinnaswamy and for the first time got bowled out within 50 runs in a Test at home.

Questions raised on Gautam Gambhir’s planning

Most of the discussions took place regarding the planning of the head coach. Ajinkya Rahane also expressed dissatisfaction with the continuous changes in the team and unclear roles. Then questions were raised about Nitish Kumar Reddy, who got many opportunities after his brilliant performance in Australia. Similarly, it was said about Harshit Rana that he was getting more opportunities than others, although he impressed with bat and ball in the ODI series against New Zealand.

Players are being given opportunities according to the format, like KL Rahul is keeping wicket in ODI but neither he nor Rishabh Pant is keeping wicket in T20. Suddenly questions were raised on Ishan Kishan’s entry before the T20 World Cup.

Good record in T20

Gautam Gambhir’s journey as a coach in T20 has been wonderful. Out of 27 matches, the Indian team has won 23 and lost only 3 matches. However, in comparison to this, the performance in ODI and Test was not good. Now India’s next stop is T20 World Cup, hence BCCI has waited till this big tournament. Although the board has already said that he is not going anywhere till the 2027 ODI World Cup.

A few weeks ago there was news that BCCI is considering making VVS Laxman the Test coach in place of Gautam Gambhir. On this, Secretary Devjit Saikia had said that this is completely wrong. He had clearly said that no consideration is being given to removing Gambhir, this is simply wrong.

Then NDTV quoted a senior BCCI official as saying that there is no idea of ​​removing Gautam Gambhir till the 2027 World Cup.

India won the Champions Trophy title in the year 2025 when Gautam Gambhir was the head coach. India defeated New Zealand in the final, captain Rohit Sharma was adjudged player of the match in the final. Under Gambhir’s coaching, India also won the Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan in the final, although this year was not special in Tests. India lost the Test series against South Africa at home. Here we are telling you about the performance of Team India in all three formats.

test record

This year started with a defeat in Tests, in this match played in Sydney, Australia won by 6 wickets. After this, the command of Team India in Test was handed over to Shubman Gill, with him Gautam Gambhir’s first tour of England took place. This series was good, Gill also batted and India was successful in drawing the series 2-2. On this tour, India won in Birmingham and Oval. The year ended poorly in Tests. South Africa defeated India badly 2-0. In the first test of this series, India had got a target of only 124 to win. But the team collapsed for 93 runs.

• Total matches- 10
• Won- 4
• Loser- 5
• draw-1

ODI record

This year was memorable for Team India in ODIs under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. The team won the Champions Trophy title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. The year started with the home series of matches against England, which Team India won 3-0. After this, India won all the matches in the Champions Trophy also. India got its first defeat from Australia, when India lost by 7 wickets in Perth. By winning the second match also, Australia took an unassailable lead in the 3-match series. The last series of the year was against South Africa, in which India won 3-1.

• Total matches- 14
• Won- 11
• Lose- 3

t20 record

In T20, the year started with a 4-1 win in the 5-match series against England. In this home series, India lost only in Rajkot. After this, Team India played directly in the Asia Cup in this format, where India performed brilliantly. Defeated Pakistan 3 times including the final. Under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir, the team won the Asia Cup title after the Champions Trophy this year. The year also ended with the T20 series, India won the 5-match series against South Africa 3-1.

• Total matches- 21
• Won- 16
• Lose- 3
• Inconclusive- 2

Considering team formats (Test, T20 and ODI) together, the Indian cricket team played a total of 45 international matches in the year 2025. Out of these, 31 matches were won and 11 matches were lost.

Team India lost by 408 runs to South Africa in Guwahati. Along with this, Team India has also lost the series by 0-2, after which head coach Gautam Gambhir is the target of critics. This is the second time in the last 13 months that the Indian team has suffered a clean sweep in a Test series at home.

India has also suffered its biggest defeat by runs in Test cricket in Guwahati. After this shameful record, the demand for removal of Gautam Gambhir from the post of head coach has started becoming stronger. Even after Baraspara Maidan, slogans were raised for the removal of Gautam Gambhir. Amidst all this, former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has defended Gautam Gambhir.

Discussing this on his YouTube channel, Ravichandran Ashwin said, “We ask for responsibility. It is easy because we all know that there is a lot of money at stake in Indian cricket. A lot of people are always ready to take responsibility. But the truth is that the coach cannot take the bat on the field. He can only do his job, that is to advise the players.”

Gautam Gambhir I have no relatives…

Ravichandran Ashwin came in support of Gautam Gambhir and further said, “It is not easy to manage a team. Yes, he too must have been hurt, we should understand this. This is not a matter of supporting anyone, Gambhir is not my relative. I can also count 10 mistakes. Yes, mistakes happen, anyone can make them.

Ever since Gautam Gambhir became the coach, Team India has played 19 test matches in which it has won 7 times and India has lost 10 test matches, while 2 matches have been drawn.

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The Indian cricket team lost another test series under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. South Africa won the 2-match Test series played in India 2-0. This defeat also raised questions on Gambhir’s coaching, he sent Washington Sundar to bat at number three in one test and in the next match, sent him down and played Sai Sudarshan in this position.

The strategy of keeping both the wicket keepers in the playing 11 in the form of Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant was also a flop. All-rounders are being given importance in the team instead of test specialists, while they are not even being utilized. Like Nitish Kumar Reddy played the second test, but he bowled only 10 overs in both the innings. Here we have brought the report card of Gautam Gambhir. Know how many Tests India has played under his coaching, how many matches India won and how many lost. Here the record of Test series under his coaching is also given.

Gautam Gambhir’s record as a coach in Test cricket

The Indian cricket team has played a total of 19 tests so far under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. Team India has won only 7 of these matches. The defeat against South Africa in Guwahati is India’s 10th defeat under Gambhir’s coaching.

• Total matches- 19
• won- 7
• Lose – 10
• draw-2
• Winning percentage- 36.84

India has lost 3 test series under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir

This was India’s sixth Test series against South Africa under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. India had lost the Test series against New Zealand by 0-3 at home, after which South Africa also defeated Team India in India. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, India ended the 5-match Test series 2-2 on the England tour, after which it defeated West Indies 2-0 at home. But Team India failed completely in front of the World Test Champion team South Africa.

• Total series- 6
• Series won- 2
• Lost series- 3
• Series Draw- 1

Team India has lost 3 out of 6 test series played under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir. After losing 0-3 at home to New Zealand in 2024, Team India lost the Border Gavaskar Trophy (2024-2025) series 1-3 against Australia. Now South Africa defeated Team India in India. This is the second time under Gambhir’s coaching that Team India has got a clean sweep in the Test series at home.

India vs Australia 5 match T20 series starts from Wednesday. The first match will be played in Canberra. Gautam Gambhir will be more worried than the Indian players, who as coach would like to avoid a hat-trick of series defeats against Australia. During his tenure as coach, India won the Champions Trophy and Asia Cup titles but here it is different.

Gautam Gambhir’s first Test series against Australia after being appointed the head coach of the Indian cricket team was BGT (Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25). India took the lead by winning the first match by 295 runs, but Australia won 3 out of the next 4 matches and won the series 3-1. One match ended in a draw.

While Gautam Gambhir was the coach, India won many memorable series and trophies, but Gambhir has not yet forgotten the home series defeat against New Zealand, nor does he want to forget it. Earlier this month he said, “I don’t think I’ll ever forget that series, and I shouldn’t. I remind the players too, sometimes it’s important to remember the past, so you don’t take anything for granted. Everyone thought we would beat New Zealand easily, but that’s the reality of the game. For me, it’s important that the dressing room never forgets what happened against New Zealand.” Forgot. This experience inspires us not to spare even an inch to the opposing team.”

Gautam Gambhir would like to avoid hat-trick of hat-tricks

After the Border Gavaskar Trophy, India played the second series against Australia in ODI format, which was part of this tour. India lost in this too, Australia won the series 2-1. Now it is the turn of T20, Gambhir would not want India to lose 3 consecutive series to Australia while being his coach.

Ind vs pak in asia cup 2025: A strong match will be played between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup at 8 pm. Protests are going on across the country regarding this match. After the Pahalgam terror attack, the teams of India and Pakistan will be face to face for the first time on the cricket field today. From the players of the cricket world to their coaches, they are expressing their talk about this match. The coach of Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has called the players of the Indian team a warrior.

Gautam Gambhir’s head coach’s big statement

In the Asia Cup, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir is also with Indian players in UAE. On the match against Pakistan, Gambhir’s childhood coach Sanjay Bhardwaj said that ‘players are also humans. If anyone harms their country, then the players also hurt. We also do not want to have relations with any person or country who can harm India ‘.

Sanjay Bhardwaj further said that ‘India is a strong team. We just want Team India to win a one -sided match and give us a chance to celebrate. Our players are warriors and they fight for the honor of the country ‘. Gautam Gambhir’s coach further said that ‘those who understand that India should not play against Pakistan, then those people should understand that we cannot show Pakistan back’.

‘Jung grounds will answer’

India’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami is not a part of Team India in the Asia Cup. But every player and his coach’s emotions are the same against Pakistan. Shami’s coach Badruddin Siddiqui said about the match with Pakistan that ‘there has been a long time between India and Pakistan. Nobody wants any kind of connection with Pakistan, but we have to play against Pakistan in the Asia Cup under compulsion. We will definitely play the match and the way we replied to Pakistan in the battlefield, we will give the same answer on the playground.

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Sanju Samson made his debut in international cricket in 2015, but he did not get a continuous opportunity. He kept getting inside the team, sometimes after 1 or 2 matches, he had to be out of the team. Talking about this in an interview with Ashwin, he told how Gautam Gambhir saved his career. What was his conversation with Suryakumar Yadav and when he flopped in Gambhir’s coaching, what did the coach say to him and how confident.

In the coaching of Gautam Gambhir, Sanju Samson got an opportunity to open, he also impressed a lot. When Ashwin questioned Samson on his YouTube channel, the wicket-keeper batsman replied, “I kept going inside the team in my career, I was able to play only close to 15 matches in 8-9 years. I would have been in the team, sometimes outside, sometimes outside but I always extended myself with a positive mind. After the World Cup, there was a sudden change after the World Cup.

Samson told that Suryakumar Yadav told me during the Dalip Trophy, Suryakumar Yadav told me that there is a big opportunity for you, you will get constant opportunities in the next 7 matches. But then Samson became disappointed due to being dismissed for zero in 2 matches. He felt that now he would be thrown out of the team once again.

Gautam Gambhir said this to Sanju Samson

Disappointed due to being dismissed for zero 2 consecutive times, Sanju was sitting quietly in the dressing room. Samson said, “Gautam Gambhir came and asked what happened? I said that I got a chance but could not score the run. So Gambhir said to me what happened. If you will be out at zero, then I will get you out of the team. In this way, the coach and captain’s words have given me confidence. The coach and the captain have hoped you, he wanted your good performance.

Sanju Samson may get a chance in Asia Cup

Wicket -keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was injured on the England tour, doubt over his playing in the Asia Cup. In such a situation, Sanju Samson can be included in the Squad of Asia Cup as a wicket keeper. According to PTI report, the BCCI can announce the squad in the third week of August.

The Asia Cup will be held in UAE from 9 September to 28 September. India and Pakistan are included in Group A. A total of 8 teams are divided into 2 groups. In the group stage, all the teams will play 1-1 matches with their group teams. After this, the top 2 teams of both groups will reach Super 4. From here, there will be a final match between the top 2 teams on September 28.