The best example of how costly a mistake can be is the cricket career of the current head coach of Team India. What mistake did Gautam Gambhir make in the T20 match played against England in 2012? His T20 career ended in the next 52 balls. That match between India and England was played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan, England won that match by 6 wickets, in which Gambhir, playing for Team India as an opener, emerged as a villain.

What mistake did Gambhir do?

India batted first in the match. Gambhir and Rahane opened for India. The opening pair was broken cheaply due to Rahane's dismissal after playing 5 balls, but the remaining gap was filled by Gambhir's huge mistake. The job of the openers is to give a fast start to the team. Especially when it comes to T20 cricket. But, this did not happen in that match in which Gambhir played a big role.

Slow batting, bad fate for the team

Gautam Gambhir's biggest mistake was not getting a fast start for Team India in that T20 match against England. This is because Gambhir batted slowly. Gambhir, while starting the Indian innings in that match, scored only 17 runs in 27 balls. Despite Gambhir's slow innings, thanks to other players, India managed to score 177 runs in 20 overs in this match. But he could not defend it on the Wankhede pitch full of runs.

Mistake against England, career ends after 52 balls

It is clear that India could have scored a few more runs. A few more runs could have been added to his score board if Gambhir had played a faster innings. After that slow innings against England, Gambhir's T20 career continued for the next two matches. He played the next 2 matches in the home T20 series against Pakistan. In the first match he scored 43 runs in 41 balls. Whereas in the second T20 played in Ahmedabad, Gambhir scored 21 runs on 11 balls. In this way, Gambhir scored 64 runs facing 52 balls in two matches. And, with that his T20 career came to an end.