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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Start of the Gautam Gambhir era as Head Coach of India, are you enjoying it?

Will Gautam Gambhir's coaching stint be a blessing for Indian team?

  • Yes, he would be the MS Dhoni version of coach for India

    Votes: 10 32.3%

  • No, he is an overhyped character as coach

    Votes: 21 67.7%
  • Total voters
    31
Cover Drive Six said:
This CT is not as big a tournament compared to all the other tournaments, but an ICC tournament win is always a big and notable achievement.
However, those test losses at home and the BGT are the biggest losses under Ghambhir, and this tournament win can't fill that loss.
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Gambhir has show inaptitude for the test game, even Start of T20 and ODI campaign under him was disastrous.
It is recovery but not sure how much positive impact he is having at all.
 
He got a lifeline in limited formats. Eng test series will be big test for his credentials. As rohit said he won't retire, it will be one big controversy especially in test matches.
 
Indian team saving career of Gautam by getting beaten in bilaterals and then winning 2 iCC event back to back.
 
"Who Are These People...": Gautam Gambhir Rubbishes Rift Rumours With Rohit Sharma In Style

India men's cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir recently slammed the "experts" and some Youtubers for spreading fake news about his rift with skipper Rohit Sharma. Gambhir, who is mostly in the headlines for his serious and no-nonsense nature, coached the Indian team which lifted the Champions Trophy in March this year. However, some reports recently emerged which hinted that relations between Rohit and the team management have been strained ever-since India's defeat in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

Speaking at the ABP India At 2047 Summit, Gambhir rubbished all the rumours and called the Youtubers hungry for TRP.

"First of all, tell me who are these people, who feel that, it is Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir. This is only on social media or someone who runs a YouTube channel, or who are experts, they have said these things for their YouTube channel and TRP," Gambhir said.

"Two months ago, we won the Champions Trophy, now imagine, if we had not won the Champions Trophy, then what questions you would have asked me, two months ago, a coach and a captain won the Champions Trophy together, and after that, you are asking me, that something is going on, between me and Rohit Sharma," he added.

The Indian head coach further stated that his relations with Rohit are about the mutual respect for each other and their love for Indian cricket.

"I respect the human being, I respect the person he is, I respect what he has done, for Indian cricket, I will always respect for what contribution he has made, and I have got a lot of time for someone like Rohit Sharma and he is not like that now, from the beginning, when he came to the team from then and in future and it will be like this only," said Gambhir.

"To get TRP, or to run YouTube channels, if you ask these questions, so I think, they need to do their homework, to get little better," he added.

After the conclusion of the ongoing edition of the IPL, the Indian team will be touring England for a five-match Test series, which will kick-start from June 20.

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This England series is actually not a terrible series for him. India dominated and lost crucial moments. In Australia moment the washed up Rohit joined the team things went topsy turvy. Still moment of madness cost the series. But what cannot be forgiven is home series loss. I know India had some washed up seniors. Still India used to win there due to Jadeja and Ashwin mainly with their batting. Moment their batting didn't show up India surrendered meekly.
 
This long list of "L's" is hauting Gautam and co hard... Gautam is not having a good time in red ball cricket so far... Got whitewashed at home also under him.
 
I mean its a shocker he is not playing kuldeep despite knowing english team struggle vs wrist spin how can you not play kuldeep is beyond me huge blunder by this dumb coach.
 
There are serious man management issues with the guy

Everyone remembers how he was fighting with everyone left right and centre as a player

He forced the likes of Ashwin, Rohit, Kohli out and in turn selected a 33 year old Karun Nair to replace a 36 year old Kohli
 
If Gill was dumb enough not to try Sundar earlier, what was this clown doing there waiting for the 70th over for him to get a bowl. Gambhir will unfortunately hold his place due to politics. And don't even come at me about my political biases influencing my views on Gambhir because I have plenty of posts during his tenure as a BJP MP where I've defended his quality as a batsman or some of his views. He is a useless coach. That's it. No need to defend him.
 
Seems like BCCI just hired KKR coaching staff from 1-2 years back.
Why would they hire Morne Morkel as a bowling coach? Even when he was coaching Pak, he showed zero care for getting the team to do well. In this test series, India knew well Bumrah would be sitting out of 1 or 2 tests. I doubt Bumrah's success can be credited to the current coaching team.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
Seems like BCCI just hired KKR coaching staff from 1-2 years back.
Why would they hire Morne Morkel as a bowling coach? Even when he was coaching Pak, he showed zero care for getting the team to do well. In this test series, India knew well Bumrah would be sitting out of 1 or 2 tests. I doubt Bumrah's success can be credited to the current coaching team.
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Coach will get all his preferred choices known from past. Kirsten ,Dravid, Shastri etc everyone got their trusted lieutenants.
 
Gambhir got a real life line. Next test matches are at home for next 1 year. If he can win t20 wc, he will be as powerful as football team manger
 
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Gambhir is one of the least liked Indians in Pakistan so I am obviously a bit biased against him.

My general impression of him is that he’s petty and negative. Same was said by some previous Indian coaches too in their memoirs.

If I am a player wouldn’t like to be coached by him.

The much hyped 2-2 was at the end of the day a draw, CT was marred by Ind getting special treatment. Didn’t watch t20 wc.

Asia cup is going to be insignificant even if they win it.
 
Obaidd said:
Gambhir is one of the least liked Indians in Pakistan so I am obviously a bit biased against him.

My general impression of him is that he’s petty and negative. Same was said by some previous Indian coaches too in their memoirs.

If I am a player wouldn’t like to be coached by him.

The much hyped 2-2 was at the end of the day a draw, CT was marred by Ind getting special treatment. Didn’t watch t20 wc.

Asia cup is going to be insignificant even if they win it.
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One thing kirsten or paddy Upton ( mental conditioning coach) wrote in their memoir is very interesting one.He was the most negative thinking individual they ever met.but that negative thinking brought the best from him in finals.his thought process will be what if 1/2 or 10/3 .how to build the innings, split the innings to make an impact etc.he will keep on pondering the worst consequences and the ways to counter it.In both t20 wc and odi wc finals witg in exactly similar situations, he was able to deliver due to that much attention to detail nature.mostly its killing for a normal positive person.
 
Vikram1989 said:
One thing kirsten or paddy Upton ( mental conditioning coach) wrote in their memoir is very interesting one.He was the most negative thinking individual they ever met.but that negative thinking brought the best from him in finals.his thought process will be what if 1/2 or 10/3 .how to build the innings, split the innings to make an impact etc.he will keep on pondering the worst consequences and the ways to counter it.In both t20 wc and odi wc finals witg in exactly similar situations, he was able to deliver due to that much attention to detail nature.mostly its killing for a normal positive person.
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Well it’s true that he was crucial in Ind winning those cups. If anything, he was an underrated batsman.

When he opens his mouth though, it’s a different story.

Without the banter, yes he actually delivered when it mattered. As a coach, I am sure he’s a nuisance and Gill and co have to bear him.
 
Obaidd said:
Well it’s true that he was crucial in Ind winning those cups. If anything, he was an underrated batsman.

When he opens his mouth though, it’s a different story.

Without the banter, yes he actually delivered when it mattered. As a coach, I am sure he’s a nuisance and Gill and co have to bear him.
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He is very good t20 coach.longer the format more he struggles like pak.he is like an intense teacher who will make students to go through tough exams everyday and expect to score 100.students will prosper but no one remembers him fondly. Personally I am fine as long as he keeps his mouth shut.
 
Vikram1989 said:
He is very good t20 coach.longer the format more he struggles like pak.he is like an intense teacher who will make students to go through tough exams everyday and expect to score 100.students will prosper but no one remembers him fondly. Personally I am fine as long as he keeps his mouth shut.
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He is kind of a coach who focuses more on covering all the bases when he fields a XI just in case something unexpected happens team is flexible enough to adapt. I have no problem with that. Infact i have been banging about it for the last 10 years. Under KOhli India became a very one-dimensional unitl. Despite all the talent India grossly under-achieved due to this. SInce 2024 world T20 they changed that script.Gambhir has extended this to Tests as well. Cover all the bases, have depth. Yes there is a caveat. You might end up not playing one of your biggest trump card like we sat Kuldeep out for the entire series.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He is kind of a coach who focuses more on covering all the bases when he fields a XI just in case something unexpected happens team is flexible enough to adapt. I have no problem with that. Infact i have been banging about it for the last 10 years. Under KOhli India became a very one-dimensional unitl. Despite all the talent India grossly under-achieved due to this. SInce 2024 world T20 they changed that script.Gambhir has extended this to Tests as well. Cover all the bases, have depth. Yes there is a caveat. You might end up not playing one of your biggest trump card like we sat Kuldeep out for the entire series.
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Kohli is a very good test captain but not a good odi captain. His ego won't let him get additional support.its all Warrior mentality than a strategist.he saw how we won in wc 2011 even then he was happy to ignore .he included chahal, the scammer of all to make lopsided team.Top 3 should have taken rest for every series until some one develops. But kohli and management never bothered.Rohit atleast after 22 and 23 drubbing learnt it.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Kohli is a very good test captain but not a good odi captain. His ego won't let him get additional support.its all Warrior mentality than a strategist.he saw how we won in wc 2011 even then he was happy to ignore .he included chahal, the scammer of all to make lopsided team.Top 3 should have taken rest for every series until some one develops. But kohli and management never bothered.Rohit atleast after 22 and 23 drubbing learnt it.
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He built RCB exactly like that. Gayle, Kohli, ABDV, Watson, KL Rahul. Nothing from the lower order.
 
I think Gmabhir needs perfect conditions and scenarios to bring the best out of the team. He is not ready at all for the worst-case ,scenarios and his own attitude and ego is a big problem.
 
Manoj Tiwary speaking during an interview:

“I always felt that he's someone who is a hypocrite. He's a hypocrite because he's the one who said that India, when he was not the coach of Team India, said that India and Pakistan should never play a match between them. What will he do now? He's the coach of the team that's going to play Pakistan in the Asia Cup.”

“Why can't he just resign and say that I will not be part of the team India because you are playing with Pakistan?”

“He's the one who said that Yashasvi Jaiswal is one of the players who is the future of Team India, and also he's someone who will not be kept outside T20. He should not be kept outside T20. He should be given a longer run. And now, he's not there in the team.”

“So, a lot of things apart from these couple of statements which he said, and he has just done the opposite. So, I always felt that he's a hypocrite, and he's always been a hypocrite.”
 
Vikram1989 said:
His ego won't let him get additional support.its all Warrior mentality than a strategist.he saw how we won in wc 2011 even then he was happy to ignore .he included chahal, the scammer of all to make lopsided team.Top 3 should have taken rest for every series until some one develops. But kohli and management never bothered.
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Even though our pace bowling was out of this world under him, our batting deteriorated real bad under him due to this attitude of Kohli, top-3 or nothing. WC '19 SF loss was mostly due to Kohli's pig-headedness.

As for Management during Kohli's times as captain, well, you can count Shastri out as he was just a yes man to Kohli and just kept collecting hefty paychecks from BCCI.
 
MP2011 said:
Even though our pace bowling was out of this world under him, our batting deteriorated real bad under him due to this attitude of Kohli, top-3 or nothing. WC '19 SF loss was mostly due to Kohli's pig-headedness.

As for Management during Kohli's times as captain, well, you can count Shastri out as he was just a yes man to Kohli and just kept collecting hefty paychecks from BCCI.
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No player has disappointed me more in my life than Kohli in that match. Such a winnable target it was. At least the 2003 WC final was lost in the first innings itself.​
 
MP2011 said:
Even though our pace bowling was out of this world under him, our batting deteriorated real bad under him due to this attitude of Kohli, top-3 or nothing. WC '19 SF loss was mostly due to Kohli's pig-headedness.

As for Management during Kohli's times as captain, well, you can count Shastri out as he was just a yes man to Kohli and just kept collecting hefty paychecks from BCCI.
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In an interview too kohli said " he thought its glorious chance to get the tough runs and make it in to final".After the ct27 final just 2 years back also, he has not learnt anything or his ego won't allow him.Satri is a good man manager like a cheer leader nothing tactical wise.
 
Hitman said:
No player has disappointed me more in my life than Kohli in that match. Such a winnable target it was. At least the 2003 WC final was lost in the first innings itself.​
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Yeah, Kiwis gave us a middling target to chase and we couldn't. Middling target because of conditions.

There were quite a few passengers (no one more than Dhoni) in that XI which was exacerbated due to Kolhi's mantra of top-3 or bust.
 
Vikram1989 said:
In an interview too kohli said " he thought its glorious chance to get the tough runs and make it in to final".After the ct27 final just 2 years back also, he has not learnt anything or his ego won't allow him.Satri is a good man manager like a cheer leader nothing tactical wise.
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Tough runs, my foot. Just get the runs and talk about everything else later.

Kohli was not cut out to be a leader who could win us trophies, he was good winning bilateral test series though.
 
MP2011 said:
Tough runs, my foot. Just get the runs and talk about everything else later.

Kohli was not cut out to be a leader who could win us trophies, he was good winning bilateral test series though.
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Like Warner in srh , he wants to hog all the limelight.he never cares for back up .even Warner never bothered to make team stronger with new batsmen. Its either him or none.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Like Warner in srh , he wants to hog all the limelight.he never cares for back up .even Warner never bothered to make team stronger with new batsmen. Its either him or none.
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That's why I think had Kohli not been egomaniac, he'd have been a better batsman than he eventually was and Indian cricket would have benefitted immensely both by his leadership and batsmanship.
 
I know there are different views on the 2-2. Some call it a great comeback and some nothing to be proud of.

Let’s say it’s overall an achievement, how do you rate Gauti’s role?

I ask because he’s obviously controversial, political past, ridiculous statements, coaches bad-mouthed him, had unnecessary feuds with Pak players, answered ‘Rashford’ to a Messi or Ronaldo question…

Point is he’s obviously not easygoing so do you think he could do a long and successful tenure like Ravi?

@Ab Fan @jeeteshssaxena @jnaveen1980
 
Obaidd said:
I know there are different views on the 2-2. Some call it a great comeback and some nothing to be proud of.

Let’s say it’s overall an achievement, how do you rate Gauti’s role?

I ask because he’s obviously controversial, political past, ridiculous statements, coaches bad-mouthed him, had unnecessary feuds with Pak players, answered ‘Rashford’ to a Messi or Ronaldo question…

Point is he’s obviously not easygoing so do you think he could do a long and successful tenure like Ravi?

@Ab Fan @jeeteshssaxena @jnaveen1980
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Not likely. Doesn’t have a calm head and seems to lack the quality of a natural mentor.
 
Obaidd said:
I know there are different views on the 2-2. Some call it a great comeback and some nothing to be proud of.

Let’s say it’s overall an achievement, how do you rate Gauti’s role?

I ask because he’s obviously controversial, political past, ridiculous statements, coaches bad-mouthed him, had unnecessary feuds with Pak players, answered ‘Rashford’ to a Messi or Ronaldo question…

Point is he’s obviously not easygoing so do you think he could do a long and successful tenure like Ravi?

@Ab Fan @jeeteshssaxena @jnaveen1980
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For me a drawn series in SENA definitely counts as an achievement, England and Australia visit us regularly and haven’t been able to do the same since last 13 years.

The fact that it was a 5 match series makes it more special.

I think Gambhir is the kind of coach who needs time to form his own team, he didn’t want the seniors in the side and once his demands were met his side delivered a memorable series in Eng.

Champions trophy win also came under him and that too without our main bowlers.


As of now I would say he has been above average and now that he has finally gotten his test team we can judge him better.

In ODIs he has already delivered a trophy.

In t20s the expectation is to win everything from Asia cup to the world t20 next year as our team is pretty amazing and uptil now he has not set a foot wrong here, apart from maybe picking Gill in t20s, but even that is debatable and we will get the answer only after this Asia cup.
 
Mesozoic said:
Lol. He has won an ICC title and drew 2-2 in England with a young inexperienced team in the same year.

Don't think his future is going to be decided by a phateechar tournament like the Asia Cup which we have won a million times already.
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Winning one ICC trophy doesn’t grant immunity from scrutiny. Gambhir’s Champions Trophy win was impressive, but it’s the only ICC event India has played under him so far. His Test record stands at just 5 wins from 15 matches with a 33.33% win rate, including a 0-3 home series loss to New Zealand. Even the 2-2 draw in England came after back-to-back defeats in Australia and at home. And calling the Asia Cup “phateechar” is laughable—India has won it 8 times, but it remains a key tournament for team selection, momentum, and regional dominance. If Gambhir fumbles here, especially with a new-look squad, the pressure will be real.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Winning one ICC trophy doesn’t grant immunity from scrutiny. Gambhir’s Champions Trophy win was impressive, but it’s the only ICC event India has played under him so far. His Test record stands at just 5 wins from 15 matches with a 33.33% win rate, including a 0-3 home series loss to New Zealand. Even the 2-2 draw in England came after back-to-back defeats in Australia and at home. And calling the Asia Cup “phateechar” is laughable—India has won it 8 times, but it remains a key tournament for team selection, momentum, and regional dominance. If Gambhir fumbles here, especially with a new-look squad, the pressure will be real.
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Oh boy...AI written slop.

I am not even going to address this.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Asia Cup could be a make or break for him
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Asia Cup is irrelevant. If he wasn't ousted after losing a test series to New Zealand at home, he's certainly not losing his job for not winning a pointless T20 tournament.

Given the BCCI's desire for stability and continuity and the decent (not excellent) results so far, I would say he'll serve his term of around 4 years and it will take months of catastrophic results to get him fired prematurely.
 
When Gambhir steps down as Indian team coach, he will probably have 3 ICC titles

ICC champion trophy 2025 ( already won)
ICC World T20 2026
ICC World Cup 2027
ICC WTC final 2027

He will win 2 more ICC titles with Indian team.

:kp
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
For me a drawn series in SENA definitely counts as an achievement, England and Australia visit us regularly and haven’t been able to do the same since last 13 years.

The fact that it was a 5 match series makes it more special.

I think Gambhir is the kind of coach who needs time to form his own team, he didn’t want the seniors in the side and once his demands were met his side delivered a memorable series in Eng.

Champions trophy win also came under him and that too without our main bowlers.


As of now I would say he has been above average and now that he has finally gotten his test team we can judge him better.

In ODIs he has already delivered a trophy.

In t20s the expectation is to win everything from Asia cup to the world t20 next year as our team is pretty amazing and uptil now he has not set a foot wrong here, apart from maybe picking Gill in t20s, but even that is debatable and we will get the answer only after this Asia cup.
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The 2-2 was good because of the performances but the final scoreline is not crazy. The performances were massive and I am sure GG played a big role in making that possible. The home loss to NZ looks equally ugly for Ind though. Overall not convinced with him yet.

“Point is he’s obviously not easygoing so do you think he could do a long and successful tenure like Ravi?”

I had asked the above because Ravi stayed from 2014-2021 and Gautam completed 1 year. Do you think he can have longevity?
 
Obaidd said:
I think so too. Been successful so far though would you say?
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That NZ series loss will remain a black mark. It is embarrassing how can you be so dominant at home for so long and then lose a home series 0-3.

Look at England, they lose 1-2 test matches every series but they haven’t lost a single home series since 2014.

He has done a right thing to remove the senior players from the team and bring the talented young players who were waiting for their chances. But now he needs to find a way to build a solid pace attack and that will decide how much success he Willa chieve
 
BouncerGuy said:
You not replying to some facts does not matter to me... I don't care about your reply anyway.
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Learn to write on your own and maybe people will respect your posts enough to respond with a constructive argument. It's unfathomably lame to get caught using AI to write simple sentences.
 
Mesozoic said:
Learn to write on your own and maybe people will respect your posts enough to respond with a constructive argument. It's unfathomably lame to get caught using AI to write simple sentences.
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Counter the argument wherever it is coming from... I don't need to learn from you how to write bruh... Come on... talk about facts instead of running away.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Counter the argument wherever it is coming from... I don't need to learn from you how to write bruh... Come on... talk about facts instead of running away.
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I don't know what fact you're talking about...Asia Cup is a phateechar tournament and performance in it will absolutely have no impact on Gambhir 's coaching tenure.

In Tests, he has managed to push out the seniors and put together a young hungry team that went punch for punch against a seasoned Bazball England.

In T20is, he has built a fearless aggressive team that knows how to play modern day T20 cricket and have been winning left right and centre.

And in Odis, he won an ICC title months ago..


But but but "Asia Cup will be make or break"... :yk
 
Mesozoic said:
I don't know what fact you're talking about...Asia Cup is a phateechar tournament and performance in it will absolutely have no impact on Gambhir 's coaching tenure.

In Tests, he has managed to push out the seniors and put together a young hungry team that went punch for punch against a seasoned Bazball England.

In T20is, he has built a fearless aggressive team that knows how to play modern day T20 cricket and have been winning left right and centre.

And in Odis, he won an ICC title months ago..


But but but "Asia Cup will be make or break"... :yk
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Bhai Asia Cup is just 1 thing, there are multiple factor before that as well.. The ones you are calling AI.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Bhai Asia Cup is just 1 thing, there are multiple factor before that as well.. The ones you are calling AI.
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You seem really confused.

You literally said "Asia Cup is make or break for him"..

If you don't know what "Make or break" means, don't use it. Or maybe ask your friend AI what certain words mean so that you won't get embarassed in the future.
 
Because asia cup is his next assignment...
Mesozoic said:
You seem really confused.

You literally said "Asia Cup is make or break for him"..

If you don't know what "Make or break" means, don't use it. Or maybe ask your friend AI what certain words mean so that you won't get embarassed in the future.
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Mesozoic said:
You seem really confused.

You literally said "Asia Cup is make or break for him"..

If you don't know what "Make or break" means, don't use it. Or maybe ask your friend AI what certain words mean so that you won't get embarassed in the future.
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True it's neither make nor break.

Winning the tournament sweeping all the games will not add to his job security and neither will losing detract from it. The main doubt is around his ability to coach us to wins in tests. If South Africa beat us when they come visiting (I doubt West Indies would trouble us at home), that could be spell trouble for him.
 
Red-Indian said:
True it's neither make nor break.

Winning the tournament sweeping all the games will not add to his job security and neither will losing detract from it. The main doubt is around his ability to coach us to wins in tests. If South Africa beat us when they come visiting (I doubt West Indies would trouble us at home), that could be spell trouble for him.
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There are no good batsmen against spin in sa.All of them struggle wuite a lit against kuldeep.bumtah may also play those matches.we got a good settled unit atleast for sub continent conditions. As we have also got ridden of our dead wood, we should be fairly comfortable to win it.only thing gambhir shouldn't do is to go after lottery pitches.we should have good old indian pitches .thereafter let kuldeep and co take care of opposition.
 
Ab Fan said:
That NZ series loss will remain a black mark. It is embarrassing how can you be so dominant at home for so long and then lose a home series 0-3.

Look at England, they lose 1-2 test matches every series but they haven’t lost a single home series since 2014.

He has done a right thing to remove the senior players from the team and bring the talented young players who were waiting for their chances. But now he needs to find a way to build a solid pace attack and that will decide how much success he Willa chieve
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From a test cricket lens:

Ind losing 0-3 at home to NZ is as ridiculous as it sounds. That doesn’t happen very often and it happening under GG’s watch doesn’t look good for him.

On the other hand, the 2-2 was built on massive performances and surely GG played a huge part in bringing those out.

I wanna see him in comparison with Ravi who stayed with Ind team for 7 years and built a strong partnership with Kohli.

GG is a strong personality, a bit obnoxious too. How successful do you think Gambhir-Gill combo could become?
 
Red-Indian said:
True it's neither make nor break.

Winning the tournament sweeping all the games will not add to his job security and neither will losing detract from it. The main doubt is around his ability to coach us to wins in tests. If South Africa beat us when they come visiting (I doubt West Indies would trouble us at home), that could be spell trouble for him.
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He has two red ink assignments..

ICC World Cup 2027
ICC World Test Championship Final 2027

Unless India perform horribly in Tests (unlikely now as the over the bill oldies are gone) , he ain't going anywhere until the world cup in South Africa.
 
Mesozoic said:
He has two red ink assignments..

ICC World Cup 2027
ICC World Test Championship Final 2027

Unless India perform horribly in Tests (unlikely now as the over the bill oldies are gone) , he ain't going anywhere until the world cup in South Africa.
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You're probably right. He's secure for a year or two at the least unless an absolute disaster occurs in home tests.

Shouldn't happen but you never know. I never in my wildest dreams imagined a 3-0 loss at home to New Zealand.
 
Obaidd said:
From a test cricket lens:

Ind losing 0-3 at home to NZ is as ridiculous as it sounds. That doesn’t happen very often and it happening under GG’s watch doesn’t look good for him.

On the other hand, the 2-2 was built on massive performances and surely GG played a huge part in bringing those out.

I wanna see him in comparison with Ravi who stayed with Ind team for 7 years and built a strong partnership with Kohli.

GG is a strong personality, a bit obnoxious too. How successful do you think Gambhir-Gill combo could become?
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Overall I'd say we're

An incredibly strong T20 team
A very strong One day team
A strong Test team

With a pretty well-established domestic structure and a good pipeline of talent in all formats.

Makes Gambhir's job relatively easy. The inherent strength of the team will ensure we're there or thereabouts in all important tournaments. Unless he consistently screws up very badly in tests (easily his weakest format so far), it's difficult to justify removing him for a bad result or two. Add to that, the Indian cricket administration's desire for stability and continuity - he's probably as secure as any coach in a high profile role can be.
 
Red-Indian said:
Overall I'd say we're

An incredibly strong T20 team
A very strong One day team
A strong Test team

With a pretty well-established domestic structure and a good pipeline of talent in all formats.

Makes Gambhir's job relatively easy. The inherent strength of the team will ensure we're there or thereabouts in all important tournaments. Unless he consistently screws up very badly in tests (easily his weakest format so far), it's difficult to justify removing him for a bad result or two. Add to that, the Indian cricket administration's desire for stability and continuity - he's probably as secure as any coach in a high profile role can be.
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I wanted to focus on tests and compare the success of Shastri-Kohli duo to Gambhir-Gill.

Shastri stayed around for 7 years and contributed immensely to Kohli’s captaincy success in tests.

2 things not going Gambhir’s way here. One, knives would have been out if Ravi had lost 0-3 at home to NZ. That result continues to look bad and 2-2 isn’t enough to look beyond it yet. Two, his obnoxious personality doesn’t lend itself to longevity.
 
Obaidd said:
From a test cricket lens:

Ind losing 0-3 at home to NZ is as ridiculous as it sounds. That doesn’t happen very often and it happening under GG’s watch doesn’t look good for him.

On the other hand, the 2-2 was built on massive performances and surely GG played a huge part in bringing those out.

I wanna see him in comparison with Ravi who stayed with Ind team for 7 years and built a strong partnership with Kohli.

GG is a strong personality, a bit obnoxious too. How successful do you think Gambhir-Gill combo could become?
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To be honest, one could say that Gambhir was new as a coach when that home series debacle vs NZ happened and that team had seniors like Kohli, Rohit and Ashwin. Obviously Gambhir didn’t had much control and the three worst performers of that series were also Rohit, Kohli ( averaged 15 each) and Ashwin ( averaged 41 with bowl).

So, he did a right thing by asking for these big names to retire and now building a new team with the younger players and younger captain and the result was good, 2-2 draw.
 
Obaidd said:
I wanted to focus on tests and compare the success of Shastri-Kohli duo to Gambhir-Gill.

Shastri stayed around for 7 years and contributed immensely to Kohli’s captaincy success in tests.

2 things not going Gambhir’s way here. One, knives would have been out if Ravi had lost 0-3 at home to NZ. That result continues to look bad and 2-2 isn’t enough to look beyond it yet. Two, his obnoxious personality doesn’t lend itself to longevity.
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I'll echo what @Ab Fan said. Yes that result would've spelt the end of most coaches. But...it was so early in his stint that you can allow him excuses - not his team, not his setup. Since then, if you squint and turn your head sideways, you can see the improvements - a hard fought lost series against Australia, a hard fought drawn series against England. There isn't a real tough challenge coming for a while so he'll get a chance to consolidate and turn it into 'his' team. Even 2026 doesn't have a landmark tour - home or away. Jan 2027 when the Aussies come visiting is the next truly key one.

As far as his abrasive personality goes, I'm not sure how he is in private but he certainly seems to have toned it down in public except for the odd incident.

I'm pretty certain he's not going to last as long as 7 years. The Indian coach job is a tough gig - we play so much cricket and everything from results, statements, tweets etc. is so deeply scrutinized. At some point, the temptation to return to politics or take a step back to a cushy, well-paid IPL role will become too much.
 
Obaidd said:
Gambhir is one of the least liked Indians in Pakistan so I am obviously a bit biased against him.

My general impression of him is that he’s petty and negative. Same was said by some previous Indian coaches too in their memoirs.

If I am a player wouldn’t like to be coached by him.

The much hyped 2-2 was at the end of the day a draw, CT was marred by Ind getting special treatment. Didn’t watch t20 wc.

Asia cup is going to be insignificant even if they win it.
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I dont mind him, he is good in certain aspects and keeps some big ego's in check. a few players under him have improved, eg Akshar Patel in batting. He may have his moments or maybe he comes across as overtly passionate and aggressive likely to rub a few players the wrong way, but currently he is delivering results.

And amazing how slyly you slipped in the generic downing of Indian recent victories

:dhoni :yk2
 
Obaidd said:
Gambhir is one of the least liked Indians in Pakistan so I am obviously a bit biased against him.

My general impression of him is that he’s petty and negative. Same was said by some previous Indian coaches too in their memoirs.

If I am a player wouldn’t like to be coached by him.

The much hyped 2-2 was at the end of the day a draw, CT was marred by Ind getting special treatment. Didn’t watch t20 wc.

Asia cup is going to be insignificant even if they win it.
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CT counts as an Icc trophy victory for India. There is no ifs or buts about it. No one will remember whether it was marred or unmarred after 10 years except a few salty Pakistani fans.

Secondly 2-2 is definitely an achievement, when was the last time England did that in India? Same for Aus.

He is moving in the right direction now as he has changed the team and removed some old players. Asia cup and then the test series in home conditions will determine whether he is going in the right direction or not.
 
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