Head coach of Indian cricket team Gautam Gambhir will not be dismissed after losing Test series by 0-2 against South Africa, BCCI sources said media. There has been many chatter surrounding future of Gautam Gambhir after Indian team suffered their second home Test series loss in little over a year. Some of reports even declared that as India’s red-ball coach, VVS Laxman could be in line to replace Gautam Gambhir. However, the BCCI carry on with to put their faith in Gautam Gambhir and the sources asserted that he will be provided full support as he reconstructs the side. The sources also disclosed that at the end of the South Africa white-ball series, there will be a meeting between the selectors and team management.
BCCI sources said media “We are not looking to replace Gautam Gambhir at the moment. He is rebuilding a team. His contract runs till the 2027 World Cup,”
“There will be a meeting between team management and selectors at the end of the South Africa tour. Gambhir will be asked how to pick up the test team’s performance while transitioning,” the sources added.
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Earlier, former captain of Indian cricket team Sunil Gavaskar came to defence of Gautam Gambhir.
He told “He is a coach. The coach can prepare a team. The coach can tell, you know, a guy with his experience. But it is out there in the middle that the players have to deliver. Now, to those who are asking, you know, for him to be held accountable, my question, counter-question, is: what did you do when India won the Champions Trophy under him? what did you do when India won the Asia Cup under him?”
“Did you say then – you are asking for a sacking now – did you say then that he should be given an extended contract, a contract for life for one day cricket and for T20 cricket? You didn’t say that. It’s only when a team doesn’t do well you look at the coach,” Sunil Gavaskar added.
