Head coach Gautam Gambhir came to the press conference after losing the two-match test series against South Africa 0-2. Gambhir was asked in PC whether he is best for head coach in Test cricket? In response to this, he said that this decision will be taken by BCCI, but you remember that I am the same person under whose leadership India performed well in England, won the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup.

BCCI will decide on my future- Gautam Gambhir

When Gautam Gambhir was asked whether he is the right person for this position in Test cricket? In response to this he said, it is for BCCI to decide. But I am the same person under whose leadership India did well in England, won the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup.”

Gautam Gambhir took responsibility for the defeat

Let us tell you that Gautam Gambhir took responsibility for the defeat. He said in the press conference, “It would not be fair to hold any one player or any one shot responsible. Everyone is responsible for this defeat and it starts with me. I have never held any player responsible after the defeat and will not do so in future also.”

Gambhir, in his first reaction after the 0-2 defeat to South Africa, said, “Everyone is at fault and it starts with me. We have to play better. At one point in the first innings, our score was 95 runs for one wicket, which became 122 runs for seven wickets. This is not acceptable. You cannot blame one person or a particular shot. Everyone is at fault. I have never blamed any one person and will not do so in future also.”

Under Gambhir’s leadership, India has lost 10 out of 18 Test matches, including defeats at home against New Zealand last year and now against South Africa. India’s defeat against South Africa in Guwahati is its biggest defeat in terms of runs in Test cricket.

He said, you do not need very bright and talented cricketers to play Test cricket. We need strong-minded players with limited skills. They become good test cricketers.

Shubman Gill retired from the field on the second day of the first Test due to injury, after which he could not come on the field again. He felt neck pain, after which he had to be taken to the hospital. Gill was missed in the Kolkata Test, where India lost by 30 runs despite chasing the small target of 124 runs. After the match, head coach Gautam Gambhir came to the press conference, where he gave a big update on Gill’s injury.

India vs South Africa 2nd Test will start from Saturday, November 22, which will be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Gautam Gambhir told in the press conference that the situation is not clear yet regarding the availability of Shubman Gill in the second test. A final decision on this will be taken only after seeing his fitness.

What did Gautam Gambhir say about Shubman Gill?

Gautam Gambhir told that Shubman Gill is under the supervision of BCCI medical team. The coach said, “His Shubman is assessing Gill’s fitness. Let’s see what happens. The physio will take a decision regarding Gill’s injury this evening, based on that our next step will be taken.”

Eden Gardens pitch defended

The way the Eden Gardens pitch looked in the first Test between India vs South Africa is being criticized. However, coach Gautam Gambhir defended the pitch and said that it was a test of the batsman’s temperament. He said that there was a need to play cautiously here, to play by waiting and not attacking. Gambhir also gave the examples of Temba Bavuma and Washington Sundar.

Gambhir said, this pitch was as we had asked for. There were no shortcomings in it, it was completely playable. If we are calling this a turning wicket, then the seamers took more wickets here.”

Gautam Gambhir’s poor coaching record in Tests continues. South Africa has defeated India by 30 runs in the first test. After 15 years, South Africa has won a test match on Indian soil. Team India could not achieve the small target of 124 runs. Indian batsmen proved to be ineffective in front of Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj. On this shocking defeat, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir has said that the target of 124 could have been easily chased.

Gautam Gambhir spoke on the crushing defeat

On India’s defeat in the Kolkata Test, Gautam Gambhir said, “We got a lot of support from the pitch curator here. I still believe that no matter how the pitch behaved, 123 runs could have been chased. If you are patient, try to defend well, you will definitely be able to score runs.”

Gambhir further said, “This is not a pitch where you can show great performance with the bat or play big shots, but if you show patience, you can score. We wanted such a pitch. I have said earlier also that there was a lot of support from the pitch curator. We wanted the same, but when you do not play well, such is the result.”

Gautam Gambhir’s coaching record (Test)

Ever since Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, Team India has played 18 matches, in which it has won only 7. Under Gambhir, the Indian team has lost 9 test matches and 2 of its matches were drawn. Under him, Team India has lost in the Test series against Australia and New Zealand. The Test series on England tour was drawn 2-2. Now South Africa has defeated the Indian team.

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Head coach Gautam Gambhir is furious at former Indian cricket team selector and veteran player Kris Srikkanth. Gambhir says that it is shameful to target a 23-year-old budding cricketer. In fact, a few days ago, Kris Srikkanth, through his YouTube channel, had raised questions on the decision of taking Harshit Rana on Australian tour. He said that Harshit Rana is in the team only because he is Gambhir’s ‘favourite player’. The video clip of this statement of Srikant also went viral.

Gautam Gambhir got angry

On the other hand, Gautam Gambhir said in the press conference after the conclusion of the India vs West Indies second Test, “It is all shameful that you are targeting a 23-year-old player for running your YouTube channel. Harshit’s father is not a former chairman, a former cricketer or an NRI. He has played cricket on his own merit and will do so in the future also. If you talk like this about a 23-year-old player on social media, what effect will it have on his mind?”

If your child…

Gautam Gambhir did not stop here. Taking a direct aim at Kris Srikkanth, he said, “If your child starts playing cricket, imagine how you would feel if he is abused. He is a 23-year-old child, not a 33-year-old. Criticize me, I can tolerate it but doing this to a 23-year-old boy is unacceptable.”

What did Kris Srikkanth say?

Chris Srikkanth had raised questions on the selection process of Team India and said, “You do not select many players who perform well, but bring in the team those who do not do well. The biggest example of this is Harshit Rana, who helps Gautam Gambhir and hence is in the team.”

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India has defeated West Indies 2-0 in the test series. After this, the Indian team faces a tough challenge from Australia. Team India’s Australian tour will run from October 19-November 8, where 3 ODIs and five T20 matches are to be played between the two teams. At present the most discussed topic is Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Now head coach Gautam Gambhir has broken his silence regarding his future.

Gautam Gambhir held a press conference after India’s Test series against West Indies, in which he was asked questions on the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in ODI cricket. He also repeated the same thing which Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said a few days ago.

Gautam Gambhir said, “The ODI World Cup is still two and a half years away. We need to think about the current situation. Both of them are excellent cricketers, I hope the Australian tour will be good for both of them.” Virat and Rohit will be playing an international match after 7 months, so it will not be easy for them to live up to the expectations of performing well.

Earlier, rumors have been floating that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been warned that now they cannot be kept in the team on the basis of past achievements. Now if they want to play ODI matches, they will have to perform consistently. Also let us tell you that ABP Live does not confirm these rumours.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli gave a strong performance and contributed significantly in helping India win the Champions Trophy. Apart from the Champions Trophy, they have also won the T20 World Cup together, but the dream of lifting the ODI World Cup trophy has not been fulfilled yet.

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India defeated West Indies by 7 wickets in the second test and won the 2-match series 2-0. After the match, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir came to the press conference. During this, he was seen angry at those trolling Harshit Rana, calling it shameful. Let us tell you that Harshit is trolled on social media because of getting continuous opportunities in the Indian team after mediocre performance.

Gautam Gambhir angry over trolling Harshit Rana

Gautam Gambhir said, “It is a bit shameful that you are personally targeting a 23-year-old boy. Harshit’s father is not a former chairman. It is not right that you are targeting an individual. Trolling on social media is not right and think about their mindset. Anybody’s child will play cricket, it is everyone’s moral responsibility to ensure that Indian cricket does well.”

Gambhir further said, “Don’t say anything to run your YouTube channel. If you want, target me, I can handle it but leave that kid alone and it is the same for all young stars.”

GAMBHIR ABOUT TROLLING HARSHIT RANA:

“It’s a little shameful that you are targeting a 23 year old personally – Harshit’s father is not an ex chairman. It is not fair that you target an individual. Social media trolling is just not right & imagine the mindset. Anyone’s kid will… pic.twitter.com/EcKIyCWkMU

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 14, 2025

Harshit Rana is going on Australia tour

Harshit Rana is part of the ODI and T20 series on Australia tour. Talking about 23-year-old Harshit’s international performance, he has made his debut in all three formats. He has played 2 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 T20 matches. His economy in T20 is more than 10 (10.18), in this format he has taken 5 wickets in 3 matches. He has taken 10 wickets in 5 ODIs and 4 wickets in 2 Tests.

Jasprit bumrah workload management: The five -Test series of India and England started on June 20. In the first Test match, Team India lost by 5 wickets, now the second Test will be played in Birmingham from July 2. Even before the start of this series, Jaspreet Bumrah has increased the tension of Team India. Actually it was already decided that Jasprit Bumrah would not play all Test matches against England. Now the head of the Indian team, Koch Gautam Gambhir has given a big statement on Bumrah’s playing.

In the press conference after the first Test match, Gautam Gambhir was asked when Jasprit Bumrah would play in the remaining 4 matches and when not. Responding to this, Gautam Gambhir said, “It is very important for us to manage his workload, because we have to play a lot of cricket and we know what Bumrah’s importance is in the team.”

It was already decided …

Gautam Gambhir said, “It was already decided that only 3 Test matches of the Bumrah series would play. It has to be seen whether his body feels fit or not. We have not yet decided which 2 Tests he will play in.”

Let us tell you that Jasprit Bumrah bowled 43.4 overs by mixing both innings in the first Test match. In the entire match, he took a total of 5 wickets and apart from this, he also made many chances of the wicket.

India-England Test Series Schedule

The second match of the Indo-England Test series will be played in Birmingham from July 2. The third Test will be played from July 10 and the fourth match will be played in Manchester from 23 July. The last match of the series will be played from 31 July at the Kennington Oval ground.

• Second Test: 2-6 July (Birmingham)
• Third Test: 10-14 July (Lords)
• Fourth Test: 23-27 July (Manchester)
• Fifth Test: 31 July-4 August (London/Kennington Oval)

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Gautam gambhir press conference: India lost by 5 wickets against England in the first Test. This defeat has exposed the inexperience of inexperience inside the Indian team, especially on the fifth day, Team India’s bowling attack was seen to fight badly. The line and length of Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Mohammad Siraj were seen to deteriorate. In the fourth innings, 371 runs are a big target, which the England team easily achieved. After this defeat, head coach Gautam Gambhir has defended his team.

Lower order flop, what said serious

India’s lower order flopped in both innings of the first Test against England. In the first innings, India lost 7 wickets within just 41 runs and 6 wickets within 31 runs in the second innings. On the flop of the lower order, Gambhir said, “Let me tell you that he was not giving his best. I know that this is a disappointing thing, I think that the players of the team will be more disappointed with any other person. They knew well that we could dominate if we could score 570, 580.”

Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja rescue

Shardul Thakur scored just 5 runs in both innings and took just 2 wickets in bowling. Gambhir said, “Shardul Thakur was brought not as a main bowler but as a bowling all-rounder. Sometimes the captain takes the decision according to the circumstances. One reason to give Thakur less bowling was also that Ravindra Jadeja was doing good bowling. We felt that we felt that Jadeja will bring control within the team. We need to control our performance.”

Shubman said on the captaincy of Gill

Shubman Gill has failed in the first examination of captaincy. Regarding this, Gautam Gambhir said, “It is definitely nervous in the first Test match. It is a matter of honor to get the captaincy, Gill himself has said so. I know that he too must have been nervous, despite this, he scored a century by batting. Gill has the ability which can make him a successful captain. We need to give him a little time. We were the first match as a captain, he will be very difficult to do with the same time, he would be very difficult here. Is.”

Famous Krishna rescued

The famous Krishna took 3 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings, but both proved to be very expensive in innings. Despite this poor performance, Gautam Gambhir said in his defense that Krishna has all the qualities to become a good Test bowler. Let us know that Krishna has been able to take only 13 wickets in his 4 Test matches so far.

Embractiveness in bowling

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets in the first innings, but England reached 465 runs due to no bowler besides him. Even in the second innings, the bowling showed inexperience. To this, Gambhir said, “We have to give time to the players. The first 4 fast bowlers in the Indian team, each, had more than 40 Test matches.

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India vs england test series: Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, India lost the first Test against England, apart from fielding, India’s bowling was also bad. Except Jasprit Bumrah, no other bowler in the first innings could put pressure on the English batsmen. In the second innings, even Bumrah could not take any wicket. Although now Team India is eyeing the second Test, but before that the head coach Gautam Gambhir has given a big update about Bumrah.

After the defeat of the first Test, the head coach Gautam Gambhir himself came to answer the questions of the press, whose Indian Test team is not able to do well in coaching. The most important bowler on this tour is Jaspreet Bumrah, but due to workload management, he will play only 3 Tests. In the press conference, Gautam Gambhir also confirmed that there has been no change in the plan and despite the defeat in the first Test, Bumrah will now play in only 2 of the remaining matches.

What update did Gautam Gambhir give about Jaspreet Bumrah?

Gambhir said, “I think it is most important for us to manage the workload of Jaspreet Bumrah, because a lot of cricket is to be done and we know how important he is. So before coming on this tour, it was decided that he will play three Tests, but let’s see how his body is. But we have not decided which two other Tests will play.”

Will Bumrah not play Ind vs Eng 2nd Test?

Of course, Gautam Gambhir made it clear that it is not yet decided which 2 more Tests Bumrah will play but there is news that he will not play in the second Test. India vs England second Test will be played from July 2 at Edgbaston, Birmingham. There is news about Gambhir that he will not play in the second Test, he will play third and then in the last Test of the series.

Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets in the first innings of the first Test, no other bowler except him was able to put pressure on the England batsmen. The famous Krishna gave runs from more than 6 runs per over in the first and second innings. Mohammad Siraj also remained ineffective. Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja also failed. In such a situation, it has to be seen which bowler is included in the team in place of Jasprit Bumrah.

Ind vs eng 1st test: After Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, the Indian cricket team has not been able to do well in Test cricket, the same situation was seen in the first Test against England. This is the 7th defeat of Team India in the last 9 Tests. In this Test held in Leeds, the top -order batsmen performed amazing, although bad fielding, bowling and lower -order batsmen to be shattered became the reason for this defeat. Head coach Gautam Gambhir himself came in the post match press conference (Gautam Gambhir Post Match Press Conference), know what he said.

In the press conference, Gautam Gambhir said, “Except for Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj, Indian fast bowlers do not have much experience. The famous Krishna has played 4 Tests, Harshit Rana 2 and Arshdeep Singh have not played a single test yet. It does not matter in ODIs but in countries like England and Australia, it is like throwing them in the sea in countries like England and Australia.

Famous Krishna will be better with experience

The famous Krishna undoubtedly took 5 wickets in both innings, but also looted the runs. In both innings, he gave runs from an economy of more than 6. Gautam Gambhir defended him, saying, “I felt that the famous is a very good bowler, he really bowled very well. He also took important wickets. We chose him because we felt something different in him, he gets a boom. He gets a boom in the first innings. He made a very good use of boom in the first innings. He will get better with experience. He has all the qualities to become a good Test bowler. He gave us two important wickets.”

The world’s finest fielders also leave catch

In this test, Yashasvi Jaiswal left 4 catches alone, which became a reason for defeat. The fielding level was very poor. On this, Head Coach Gautam Gambhir said in the press conference, “The world’s best fielders also leave the catch. Nobody deliberately leaves. It was disappointing in terms of batting because we had lost 7 wickets for 41 runs in the first innings and 6 wickets for 31 in the second innings.

Gambhir also said on Shubman Gill’s coaching

Gautam Gambhir said about Shubman Gill that he should be given time as a captain. The head coach also praised Gill’s batting, who scored a century in the first innings. However, after this he said that whether it is a youth team or experienced, every defeat is bad. He said, “Every defeat is bad, it does not matter whether the team is experienced or youth. It is not an excuse for defeat because we are representing 140 crore Indian people.”