Indian cricket crew head coach Gautam Gambhir took an enormous ‘social media’ dig at his critics forward of the Border-Gavaskar Take a look at sequence towards Australia. Gambhir’s ways have come beneath hearth following India’s 0-3 Take a look at sequence loss towards New Zealand at residence. There was lots of chatter over lots of Gambhir’s methods and media experiences steered that there was some disagreement between him and the crew administration over some picks. Nonetheless, within the press convention forward of the crew’s departure to Australia, Gambhir mentioned that he’s not feeling the warmth and put his belief on the “robust individuals” within the Indian dressing room.
“What distinction does social media make in my life, and for anybody’s life? After I took up this job, I at all times knew that it was going to be a extremely tough job and a extremely prestigious job as nicely. I do not assume as if I am feeling the warmth as a result of my job is to be completely trustworthy,” Gambhir mentioned.
“There are some extremely robust individuals in that dressing room who’ve achieved some nice issues for the nation and can proceed to realize some nice issues for the nation. So it is an absolute honour to be teaching them and training India,” he added.
Gambhir has come out within the defence of senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma following criticism from former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, and mentioned the previous Aussie skipper ought to higher take into consideration his nationwide crew.
Ponting had just lately commented on Kohli’s type, suggesting that some other participant with solely two centuries in 5 years wouldn’t have survived within the crew.
Addressing the media earlier than departing for Australia for the five-match Take a look at sequence, Gambhir responded to questions relating to the type of Kohli and Rohit. Terming Ponting’s opinions on Indian cricket ‘irrelevant’, the previous batter affirmed that each the massive weapons have lots of ardour and starvation for the crew.
“Under no circumstances…Ricky Ponting ought to take into consideration Australian cricket, what issues he has for Indian cricket? Virat and Rohit are extremely robust males. They’ve achieved quite a bit for Indian cricket and they’re going to proceed to realize quite a bit,” Gambhir mentioned.
“They nonetheless work actually onerous. They’re nonetheless passionate. They nonetheless need to obtain much more and that’s one thing which is essential. The starvation in that dressing room is extremely vital for me and for your entire group of individuals as nicely in that dressing room. I really feel there’s lots of starvation, particularly after what has occurred within the final sequence,” he additional added.
(With ANI inputs)
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