Former India Nationwide Cricket Staff opening batsman Aakash Chopra has opined that the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) will determine the way forward for Gautam Gambhir as the top coach on the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 efficiency.
Aakash Chopra made this assertion after Gautam Gambhir’s India Nationwide Cricket Staff was whitewashed by the South Africa Nationwide Cricket Staff within the two-match Take a look at sequence at residence.
India’s Take a look at numbers aren’t good in any respect – Aakash Chopra
Since taking on as the top coach of the Indian workforce, Gautam Gambhir has achieved immense success in white-ball cricket, particularly T20I cricket. The Males In Blue have been completely dominant in 20-over cricket and received back-to-back sequence.
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He additionally guided India to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 triumph after which just lately steered the workforce to the Asia Cup 2025 victory.
Nonetheless, the identical success has not been seen in Take a look at cricket as India have struggled badly within the red-ball format since Gautam Gambhir got here to the helm.
After profitable the Bangladesh residence sequence 2-0, India confronted a 0-3 whitewash towards New Zealand at residence after which misplaced the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 1-3.
Within the new ICC World Take a look at Championship cycle, India began off with a 2-2 attract England earlier than registering a 2-0 whitewash over West Indies. Simply when issues began wanting good, South Africa humbled India with a dominant 2-0 clear sweep.
Since India’s Take a look at sequence loss to the Proteas, a number of followers and consultants have referred to as for Gautam Gambhir’s sacking, and now Aakash Chopra, whereas talking on his YouTube channel, shared his views on the matter. He said:
“Below Gautam Gambhir as coach, India’s Take a look at numbers aren’t good in any respect. You do not have to draw back from it.”
Does that imply it’s best to sack him? – Aakash Chopra on Gautam Gambhir
Aakash Chopra additional said that India haven’t been in a position to win towards prime international locations in Take a look at cricket, however added that Gautam Gambhir shouldn’t be sacked anytime quickly. He stated:
“Now we have solely received two sequence’ – towards Bangladesh and West Indies. We misplaced to New Zealand, drew in England, misplaced to Australia and South Africa as nicely. Now we have not been in a position to win towards the highest international locations.
“Does that imply it’s best to sack him? India do not play one other Take a look at match for 10 months. In between, there’s the T20 World Cup. We’re the defending champions and our efficiency within the T20 World Cup will determine the highway forward. Forward of the event, I might not speak about any massive modifications. And that features teaching of Gambhir. T20 World Cup can be an enormous take a look at.”
One is the error of the coach – Parthiv Patel
In the meantime, former India wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel blamed head coach Gautam Gambhir for India’s struggles, as he instructed that they don’t seem to be enjoying the appropriate mixture. He stated:
“There are two issues. One is the error of the coach. The batters and bowlers are doing their job. However the query is, are we enjoying with the appropriate XI? Does India want so many all-rounders in Take a look at cricket? I imagine that Take a look at cricket is a recreation of specialists.
“You could have six batters. One of the best factor is you could have a wicket-keeper batter who’s among the many finest and who has a mean of above 40. Then you definately want 4 bowlers and one all-rounder,” he stated on Star Sports activities.
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