Enough is enough… Gambhir gave class to players after Team India’s defeat in Melbourne

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|01-01-2025

No one can believe the defeat of the Indian team in the Melbourne Test, because Team India had lost only 3 wickets till the end of the second session of play. After this it seemed that the match would be easily drawn. But in just 20.4 overs of the last session, India lost 7 wickets and the team had to face defeat. According to the report, the head coach of the Indian team was very angry after losing like this. Immediately after the match, he vented his anger in the form of dressing. The head coach of the Indian team reprimanded all the players severely. However, during this time he did not take anyone's name.

Gambhir gave warning after defeat

After the defeat in the Melbourne Test, Gautam Gambhir called a meeting in the dressing room. According to the report of Indian Express, he talked to all the players regarding the match. During this, the head coach of Team India not only reprimanded but also gave a warning. Gambhir was especially angry at not playing according to the game plan in the match. He said that in the name of natural game, many players were batting as per their wish, whereas they should have played as per the situation.

Gambhir officially became the head coach of the team in July last year. He joined the team in August. Based on the experience of the last 6 months, the head coach in Melbourne has told the players that till now the players were allowed to do whatever they wanted. But this will not happen from now on. Now they will decide how to play. If any player plays outside the team's strategy, it will not be tolerated and the team will also be told 'Thank You'.

These players were out carelessly

Team India had to chase the target of 340 runs on the fifth day of Melbourne Test. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma had made a good start against the lethal bowling of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. Both of them demonstrated tremendous defense of the new ball. But Rohit, who was in poor form, played a shot against the line against Pat Cummins and was out at slip. After this, in the last over just before lunch, Virat Kohli once again threw away his wicket by hitting the ball on the off side. Due to this the team was on the back foot.

Then, after Rishabh Pant displayed excellent defense in the second session, he was out for a six over long on by part-time bowler Travis Head at the beginning of the third session. In the first innings, he was out while hitting a lap shot. The team was disintegrated after his dismissal in both the innings. Apart from him, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out while playing a pull shot in the second innings, while Pat Cummins had set the field for it. Due to this, their whole day's hard work went in vain and the team had to face defeat.

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