Gautam Gambhir: After Team India's defeat against New Zealand, now the sword is hanging over the senior players as well as the team's head coach Gautam Gambhir. Regarding this, BCCI has issued an ultimatum to the senior players including the first head coach of Border Gavaskar Trophy. BCCI has warned Gambhir even before the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
BCCI worried over Gambhir's coaching
Actually, if media reports are to be believed, BCCI is very worried about the performance of Gautam Gambhir as head coach. His coaching will be reviewed after the defeats against Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Not only this, there is a lot of pressure on Gambhir before the Border Gavaskar Trophy. If Team India faces a crushing defeat in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, then BCCI can take a decision regarding their future.
Gambhir's bad start as a coach
Let us tell you that Team India had to face defeat in the ODI series against Sri Lanka after 27 years. Sri Lanka had defeated India 2-0 in the three-match ODI series, while the first match was tied. Whereas Team India's condition was worse against New Zealand, New Zealand had defeated Team India 3-0 in the three-match Test series. New Zealand has become the first team in the test history of Team India to clean sweep a three-match series.
Became coach after T20 World Cup
Let us tell you that Gambhir was made the coach this year after the end of Rahul Dravid's tenure. Rahul Dravid's tenure was till T20 World Cup 2024. Only after that Gautam Gambhir was made the head coach of Team India. Gambhir's coaching career started with the T20 series against Sri Lanka, which Team India clean swept 3-0.
However, after that they have been able to win only T20 and Test series against Bangladesh. Whereas had to face defeat at the hands of New Zealand. Gambhir's coaching tenure has just started and the pressure has already started on him.