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Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Indian cricket and only after a few months Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ashwin retired from Test cricket. He had already said that there should not be ‘Star Culture’ in the team. every…Read more

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli with coaches Gautam Gambhir. (File photo)
Highlights
- Gautam Gambhir became the new head coach of Indian cricket.
- Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin retired from Test cricket.
- Gambhir aims to end Star Culture.
New Delhi. Cricket veteran sees the tenure of Greg Chappell, who came to give coaching to the Indian team of Australia as a black chapter. When he wanted to show his strength, he had to leave the post. Anil Kumble got upset with the team’s ‘superstar culture’, but it seems that Gautam Gambhir is a rare head coach of Indian cricket who has more strength than the captain.
There are innumerable examples in Indian cricket when strong coaches had to retreat in front of the power of the players. Bishan Singh Bedi, Chappell and Kumble have been the champion players themselves but they would not have thought that they would have to play the role of the captain’s assistant. John Wright, Gary Kirsten and Ravi Shastri knew this and he was quite successful.
No big player in Test team
Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma, who kept their point in a strong manner, took Sanyasa from Test cricket. After saying goodbye to these three, there are no longer big stars in the Test team, so that Gambhir will get a chance to open his pawns on cricket. According to BCCI sources, Gambhir came in advance that the ‘Star Culture’ has to be finished in the team.
The source said, “Gautam Gambhir era has now started. He had clearly said that India needs new faces in the new circle of the World Test Championship. In the team management, everyone knew what serious he thinks about the future of senior players in Test format. The chief selector Ajit Agarkar also used to agree with him. ”
Gambhir’s emphasis will be stressed on team selection
The captain has always been the strongest person in Indian cricket. Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit have all played an important role in selection but this is not the case in Gambhir. The pair of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma remained brief but effective. At the same time, the pair of Rohit and Gambhir never looked comfortable. For the first time, the coach played an important role in the departure of mega stars, but then this strength is also a dreaded sword.
It is believed that in this era of change of Indian cricket, Gambhir wanted that he should be given full strength to avoid failures like Border Gavaskar Trophy and New Zealand Series. He has a young captain as Shubman Gill who will listen to him. Gill is a star but he is not the status of Gambhir’s decisions and strategies.
3 big players including Sharma, Kohli, who were Gambhir’s coaches, who was the coach at the time of Dravid, Laxman and Sachin
The same player is of that height and that is Jaspreet Bumrah but due to poor fitness records, it is not possible to become his captain. In such a situation, Gambhir will have full force, but in ODIs, he will have to work carefully in which Rohit and Virat will be eyeing the 2027 World Cup.
Sports active with journalism for more than 15 years. ETV worked in the cricket website of India, Zee News. Sports head was in Dainik Jagran website. Olympic, Commonwealth, Cricket and Football World Cup covered. October …Read more
Sports active with journalism for more than 15 years. ETV worked in the cricket website of India, Zee News. Sports head was in Dainik Jagran website. Olympic, Commonwealth, Cricket and Football World Cup covered. October … Read more