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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: 11 32.4%

  • No, he is an overhyped character as coach

    Votes: 23 67.6%
  • Total voters
    34
He might not have too many fans, but so far Asia Cup win, CT win, A drawn series in England with some great selection like Sundar (he was getting abused for picking him but then Sundar literally changed the series around).

The real shame was the home white wash but that was also the fault of the players included
 
He has had a successful stint so far. I do wonder given the talent and quality of players available to him, does he actually deserve any credit or he is feeding off the good work done by Dravid and co?
 
GG is highly passionate and he is really working with the team .. he is injecting the right approach and aggression in young players … his selection can be questioned but so far he is doing well with youngsters I think he matches the
Energy with youngsters … I wonder if someone like layman would match to the same the level of energy … gg at most needs to chanell this high energy in the right direction …which is to win games …
 
Savak said:
He has had a successful stint so far. I do wonder given the talent and quality of players available to him, does he actually deserve any credit or he is feeding off the good work done by Dravid and co?
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Only credit i give him is the he altered the team make up. In the IPL team with batting depth most of the time won the IPL even at the expense of weakening the bowling. IT is verifiable. But when it comes to batting order, personnel he missed the mark badly. Listening to Tilak varma after match it seems like Gambhir asked everyone to bat anywhere in the batting order.
 
One of sky or Gill should go and have to make way for Jaiswal. It doesn't inspire confidence having absolute softie like Gill.he never played well in a crunch situation or on a tough pitch.if bcci needs poster boy Gill, sky should make way as his form is atrocious past 1 year.if any solid player like xyz can play a decent knock of 35 or 40 at 3 in finals, it should have been a cake walk instead of tense affair.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
. Listening to Tilak varma after match it seems like Gambhir asked everyone to bat anywhere in the batting order.
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In eng series itself, some opener (samson?) Said apart from openers,every one have to be flexible. But this is chaotic than planning. Team should have fixed positions with one floater depending on the situation not the other way around.
 
Vikram1989 said:
In eng series itself, some opener (samson?) Said apart from openers,every one have to be flexible. But this is chaotic than planning. Team should have fixed positions with one floater depending on the situation not the other way around.
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Yea it is somewhat confusing the roles of players
 
Vikram1989 said:
In eng series itself, some opener (samson?) Said apart from openers,every one have to be flexible. But this is chaotic than planning. Team should have fixed positions with one floater depending on the situation not the other way around.
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Maybe this is the next stage of evolution of cricket
 
BlackstoneRock said:
Maybe this is the next stage of evolution of cricket
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May be but this approach will need 2 years of time as every time a match situation is different and player in that position will be different. It needs lot of understanding among the team and same squad to acclimatise. If one or two new players are coming later , its again chaotic.
 
Vikram1989 said:
May be but this approach will need 2 years of time as every time a match situation is different and player in that position will be different. It needs lot of understanding among the team and same squad to acclimatise. If one or two new players are coming later , its again chaotic.
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From the interview when he said he was preparing for different situation would mean different stage of game , different game situations … and I think this is a good approach… all teams should prepare like this prepare batters or bowlers for that matter who can deliver at different potions and game situations … even for bowlers you can be asked to bowl at different stage of the game … dube for instance is an example he opnef bowling ahead of Bumrah …. Can anyone imagine that… I think this is a evolution for both bowlers and batters.. GG is taking game ahead.. he may fail but this is an evolution
 
Vikram1989 said:
One of sky or Gill should go and have to make way for Jaiswal. It doesn't inspire confidence having absolute softie like Gill.he never played well in a crunch situation or on a tough pitch.if bcci needs poster boy Gill, sky should make way as his form is atrocious past 1 year.if any solid player like xyz can play a decent knock of 35 or 40 at 3 in finals, it should have been a cake walk instead of tense affair.
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India's white ball team needs a tweak or two. This despite the recent success.

SKY's time is up I am afraid. Age is not on his side either. He has to go. Gill stays IMO.

I see Sharma, Jaiswal, Gill, Varma as top four in that order. In white ball for India. All of them 25 and under. So long term set. There's Pant, Iyer and I am sure a few others that cannot even get into the team currently. So plenty of bench options for India.

I would say, Dube is someone that can/could/should be replaced. Not sure if there is a replacement available tough. Pandya is ok for now. But he is getting on in years as well. So that all rounder position is a question mark for the long term.

Bowling, seems fine for India. Bumrah, Singh, Yadav, Chakarvarthy, Patel and I am sure there are a few more in the IPL pipeline.
 
U$ofA said:
India's white ball team needs a tweak or two. This despite the recent success.


I would say, Dube is someone that can/could/should be replaced. Not sure if there is a replacement available tough.

Bowling, seems fine for India. Bumrah, Singh, Yadav, Chakarvarthy, Patel and I am sure there are a few more in the IPL pipeline.
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Nitish reddy is available. He may sneak in place of dube.In aus series, it may come down to one of them .Dube has to overcome his short ball issues.samson at 5 is not convincing. Jeetesh should be tried out.I hope mayank yadav will be fit in time for t20 wc.we can still better our team by 20 or 30 percentage. We should be ruthless to achieve it.
 
So far Gambhir has been a failure in test cricket.

In ODIs/T20s, team has done well though.
 
I think the one thing you can credit Gambhir (and perhaps the selectors) with is moving India into the new T20 era. Until the last year and a bit, I think we treated T20 as a slightly more agressive version of Onedayers. We got away with it...even won a World Cup because of the sheer talent of our guys like Rohit, Kohli, Bumrah etc. but it was behind cutting-edge T20 thinking as is looking obvious now.

On Tests and indeed ODIs, I would say we're doing about as well or in some cases worse than expected with the level of talent we have at our disposal.
 
Won the World Cup as Player.
Won the T20I World Cup as Player.
Won the IPL as Mentor
Won the Champions Trophy as Coach.
Won the Asia Cup as Coach.

GAUTAM GAMBHIR - A BORN WINNER

:kp
 
I'm Loving This Gambhir Coaching TBH

Loosing Bilateral But Winning Cups That's All We Need. We Used To Win Every Series Before But Loose In ICC Events.

Don't Mind Loosing Bilateral Until We Are Winning The Cups. Hope 2 More Big Upcoming Cup Also Will Be Ours

:kp
 
Devadwal said:
Won the World Cup as Player.
Won the T20I World Cup as Player.
Won the IPL as Mentor
Won the Champions Trophy as Coach.
Won the Asia Cup as Coach.

GAUTAM GAMBHIR - A BORN WINNER

:kp
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And both ODI and T20i world cups he was the top scorer and deserved accolades
 
The 0-3 to NZ at home still sticks out. A series win over WI will not get the monkey off his back yet.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He gets a clean slate because two passengers got kicked out after that series.
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I don’t even agree with his decision to force Kohli to retire so that’s a different story. I think ind would have benefited if Kohli scored 10k in a matter of couple series. Rohit yeah overplayed.

But having said that GG was the coach in that series that was played at home and doesn’t get any clean slate in tests. India can carry two passengers and still shouldn’t lose 0-3 at home to NZ.
 
Obaidd said:
I don’t even agree with his decision to force Kohli to retire so that’s a different story. I think ind would have benefited if Kohli scored 10k in a matter of couple series. Rohit yeah overplayed.

But having said that GG was the coach in that series that was played at home and doesn’t get any clean slate in tests. India can carry two passengers and still shouldn’t lose 0-3 at home to NZ.
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No. Kohli stayed 2 yeas more. He and Rohit completely ruined the transition by overstaying. Getting out to full tosses in test matches
 
Champions Trophy
Asia Cup
2-2 draw in England with a young team.

GG is doing fine and ain't going anywhere.
 
Gambhir should be feeling the heat now. Ind’s red ball performance at home has been uncharacteristically poor under him. The ball white ball success doesn’t make up for it.
 
He needs to understand that you can't apply white-ball tactics to red-ball cricket. In white-ball, having more proper all-rounders is almost always a plus. In test cricket, you need specialized players for specialized positions.

Just because you can do something, doesn't always mean you should.
 
Ex-cricketers and analysts from Ind are lambasting the doctored pitches, the uninspiring batting lineup, and the dismal performance. On PP though, GG gets a clean chit from Ind supporters because of, I am assuming, his political past.. no other reason to give this foul-mouthed fraud this much room.
 
Haan g Indians...

Are you enjoying his pathetic run in Test cricket????
 
Devadwal said:
He is not suitable for test cricket, selecting test team like Limited over cricket. He has to go but can continue the coach of white Ball cricket.

:kp
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Just like aquib he knows only one way in test matches.He should go for test format.
 
Playing Washington Sundar at No.3 was Gambhir’s ‘Rashford’ moment all over again.

For context, once asked ‘Messi or Ronaldo’, this guy answered ‘Rashford’ and acted like that was a super smart thing to say lol 🤣

Making Sundar come at one-down in both innings of the first test was a bongi of the same level. GG thought it was gonna be a master stroke and now he moved the guy back to no. 8 in second test. This guy is too ‘smart’ for his own good.
 
To answer the question, yes enjoying.. especially Ind’s home test record under GG.
 
Even if India replace GG for Test, I expect them to do poorly in Test.

India no longer have Kohli, Rohit, Pujara, and Ashwin. Replacements aren't as good; not even close.
 
sweep_shot said:
Even if India replace GG for Test, I expect them to do poorly in Test.

India no longer have Kohli, Rohit, Pujara, and Ashwin. Replacements aren't as good; not even close.
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Ind’s home test record was their most cherished achievement, GG is the common factor in both series losses, there is agreement he was a factor in Kohli’s early retirement too. Yet ind ppers not ready to take on their hero. Probably waiting for 0-5 before getting on the #ggOUT bandwagon.
 
3-0 vs New Zealand.
2-0 vs South Africa.
Back-to-back home whitewashes.
This is officially rock bottom for Team India, all under Gautam Gambhir
 
DeadlyVenom said:
India has had big success at home against Bangladesh and West Indies. Why all the doom and gloom?
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Yeah so much negativity. As you’ve mentioned elsewhere, he got a lot of good data now. He tried some permutations and combinations that only he could have come up with e.g., moving around sundar 6 spots up and down like it’s nothing, overloading the lineup with all-rounders etc.

Yes the immediate result has been the extreme event of Ind’s biggest test loss but with that brain and the data he has now, expect teams to be very very scared. His mantra is simple - you got to burn the fortress down to build a new one. The moral victories keep adding up.
 
Gautam Gambhir has no mood to resign as India's head coach

Gautam Gambhir has no mood to resign as India’s head coach, irrespective of the fact that the Test team under him in the last year on home soil has suffered five losses in seven matches. If the 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand last October wasn't stinging enough, a 2-0 sweep against South Africa now has only escalated the tension and led to a much-talked-about debate: Should Gambhir step down as India’s head coach, especially in Tests?

Well, if the two-time World Cup winner is to be believed, he is not going anywhere. The BCCI appointed Gambhir as India’s coach after Rahul Dravid's tenure came to an end with India winning the T20 World Cup on June 29. However, while India have done reasonably well in white-ball cricket, winning the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup this year, their performances in Tests seem to be hitting a new low with each passing series. Losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, winning only against teams like West Indies and Bangladesh and the best of the lot, drawing a Test series in England.

When it was time for a reporter to ask the million-dollar question, "Do you think you are the right man for the job," Gambhir did take part of the blame but was quick to remind all that he’s accomplished since taking over.

"It is up to the BCCI to decide. I said it in my first press conference when I took over as the head coach that Indian cricket is important; I am not. And I sit here sticking by the same thing. And yes, people can keep forgetting that I am the same guy who got results in England as well with a young team. And I am sure you guys will forget pretty soon. A lot of people keep talking about New Zealand, but I am the same guy under whom, India won the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup as well. This is a team which has less experience. I have said this before as well, that they need to keep learning and do everything possible to turn the tide,” Gambhir declared during the post-match press conference.

India suffered a 408-run defeat in Guwahati – their worst-ever Test defeat in terms of runs – and lost the series convincingly to South Africa. Gambhir has been grilled by social media and now even some former Indian cricketers, and it continued as the Indian reporters in Guwahati threw quite a few curveballs at the India coach. Gambhir was constantly reminded of India's 0-3 loss to the Kiwis last year, and how clean sweeps against two quality Test teams has tested India like never before. A lot has changed between these two series. Three stalwarts of Indian cricket – Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – retired from Tests. But is it enough to mask what just transpired? Gambhir set the record straight.

Gambhir takes the blame but reminds the difference between NZ and SA losses

"It [blame] lies with everyone in that dressing room, and it starts with me. I have said it before as well. We win together and lose together. So I’m not going to say that it lies with XYZ, it lies with everyone in that room. As simple as it can get. That is what team sport is all about," added Gambhir.

"First of all, in the series against New Zealand, we had a very different side. And this is a very different one. When you see this batting line-up against that batting line-up, the experience between the two is chalk and cheese. So comparing everything to New Zealand is probably the wrong narrative. I will not give excuses – never done that in the past, won’t do it in the future - but if you see 4-5 batters in this top 8 have literally played less than 15 Test matches. And they will grow. They are learning on the job, on the field. Test cricket is never easy when you’re playing against a top-quality side. You’ve got to give them time."

www.hindustantimes.com

Gautam Gambhir leaves his future up to BCCI after South Africa debacle: ‘Indian cricket important; I am not’

When asked whether he should continue as Team India's head coach, Gautam Gambhir reminded what all he's achieved since taking over.
www.hindustantimes.com www.hindustantimes.com
 
Ball Blazer said:
Gambhir takes the blame but reminds the difference between NZ and SA losses

"It [blame] lies with everyone in that dressing room, and it starts with me. I have said it before as well. We win together and lose together. So I’m not going to say that it lies with XYZ, it lies with everyone in that room. As simple as it can get. That is what team sport is all about," added Gambhir.

"First of all, in the series against New Zealand, we had a very different side. And this is a very different one. When you see this batting line-up against that batting line-up, the experience between the two is chalk and cheese. So comparing everything to New Zealand is probably the wrong narrative. I will not give excuses – never done that in the past, won’t do it in the future - but if you see 4-5 batters in this top 8 have literally played less than 15 Test matches. And they will grow. They are learning on the job, on the field. Test cricket is never easy when you’re playing against a top-quality side. You’ve got to give them time."
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Whose fault is that supposed to be Gautam?

You literally pushed the experienced folks out. You lost your captain to injury and then you pushed your number 3 out to 8.

Those young guys may come good but GG has been exposed and it’s been a pleasure.
 
Lol...I can literally quote posts with exact same message here...hahah, just wonder if Siraj hadn't taken that last wicket
 

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So GG achieved something in one year, which all others couldn't achieve combined in entire ICT history.
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To be fair, Indian Test team was pretty good at home in 2000's and also in 2010's.

That is no longer the case. These new guys are pretty average. They can't even win at home.

I think India's Test honeymoon is over. They are likely to struggle in Test moving forward.
 
Sunil Gavaskar Blasts Gautam Gambhir's Critics Despite South Africa Series Loss: "What Did You Do?"

Legendary Indian cricket team batter Sunil Gavaskar came to Gautam Gambhir's defence following an embarrassing 0-2 Test series loss against South Africa on Wednesday. India slumped to a mammoth 408-run loss in the second Test match at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati leading to their second home series loss in 13 months. Following the loss, Gambhir was brutally criticised by both fans as well as experts with some spectators even chanting 'Gautam Gambhir hay hay' at the venue. In a conversation with India Today, Gavaskar said that people did not praise Gambhir for India's Champions Trophy and Asia Cup triumphs. As a result, questioning him solely after a home Test series loss seems inconsistent and unfair, according to the former India captain.

“He's a coach. The coach can prepare a team. The coach can tell, you know, a guy with his experience. But it's 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?" he said.

“Did you say then—you're 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,” Gavaskar added.

Gavaskar also said that there is nothing wrong with Gambhir staying as India's head coach in all three formats and even cited the example of England coach Brendon McCullum.

“Not necessarily. You have coaches, for example, Brendan McCullum is a coach for all three formats for England. A lot of countries have a coach who is there for all formats. But we tend to only look and point a finger at somebody when the team has lost.

“You're not prepared to give him credit. If you're not prepared to give him credit for the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup win, then please tell me why you want to blame him for the team out there on that 22-yard, not doing well. Why are you blaming him?” Gavaskar concluded.

 
BouncerGuy said:
Sunil Gavaskar Blasts Gautam Gambhir's Critics Despite South Africa Series Loss: "What Did You Do?"

Legendary Indian cricket team batter Sunil Gavaskar came to Gautam Gambhir's defence following an embarrassing 0-2 Test series loss against South Africa on Wednesday. India slumped to a mammoth 408-run loss in the second Test match at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati leading to their second home series loss in 13 months. Following the loss, Gambhir was brutally criticised by both fans as well as experts with some spectators even chanting 'Gautam Gambhir hay hay' at the venue. In a conversation with India Today, Gavaskar said that people did not praise Gambhir for India's Champions Trophy and Asia Cup triumphs. As a result, questioning him solely after a home Test series loss seems inconsistent and unfair, according to the former India captain.

“He's a coach. The coach can prepare a team. The coach can tell, you know, a guy with his experience. But it's 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?" he said.

“Did you say then—you're 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,” Gavaskar added.

Gavaskar also said that there is nothing wrong with Gambhir staying as India's head coach in all three formats and even cited the example of England coach Brendon McCullum.

“Not necessarily. You have coaches, for example, Brendan McCullum is a coach for all three formats for England. A lot of countries have a coach who is there for all formats. But we tend to only look and point a finger at somebody when the team has lost.

“You're not prepared to give him credit. If you're not prepared to give him credit for the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup win, then please tell me why you want to blame him for the team out there on that 22-yard, not doing well. Why are you blaming him?” Gavaskar concluded.

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BJP supporters looking out for each other
 
I am seeing this trend, Ind ppers don’t speak out of turn either. Most toe the same BCCI line.

Case in point is this disastrous series and haven’t seen enough criticism or even analysis from Ind ppers. I guess they are here just to troll.

On the other hand, when pak does terribly, pak fans discuss what went wrong in a more honest way. Ind posters are simply too tight-lipped, and especially when it comes to their hero Gauti.

Just wondering if this is a pp-specific thing because rest of Ind cricket verse (outside of pp) is being critical of GG, but here not enough.
 
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