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Gautam Gambhir has become the new head coach of the Indian team after the T20 World Cup 2024. The first task before him is the tour of Sri Lanka. Such players have been included in the team for the series against Sri Lanka, which perhaps no one expected. Hardik Pandya not being made the captain has become a matter of great controversy. So let us know about those 3 controversies that started after Gautam Gambhir became the head coach.
Hardik Pandya was stripped of captaincy
Hardik Pandya was trolled a lot due to his poor performance in IPL 2024. However, he performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. He was selected as the vice-captain of Team India in the World Cup and he took up this responsibility. As soon as the news of Suryakumar Yadav getting the captaincy for the T20 series against Sri Lanka spread, the cricket world was divided into two factions. Hardik has experience, he is one of the best all-rounders in the world. However, people are angry that he was not made the captain.
Shubhman Gill has been made the vice-captain
Most of the senior players were rested for the Zimbabwe tour. Under the captaincy of Shubhman Gill, Team India defeated Zimbabwe 4-1 in the series. But his vice-captaincy in the series against Sri Lanka has become a topic of discussion. Gill is only 24 years old and the team has more experienced players than him.
Even if Suryakumar was given the captaincy of the T20 team against Sri Lanka, Hardik could have been made the vice-captain. A campaign has started on social media that as soon as Gambhir arrives, they want to force Shubman Gill to become the poster boy of Team India.
No place for Rituraj and Abhishek
First of all, talking about Ruturaj Gaikwad, he should have got a place in at least the T20 team. So far, he has scored 633 runs in 20 innings of T20 matches at an average of 39.5. On the Zimbabwe tour, he scored 133 runs in three innings while batting in two different orders. While other batsmen were struggling, Gaikwad was consistently batting well. However, Gaikwad has not been given a place in the team.
Abhishek Sharma made his debut in international cricket in the series against Zimbabwe. Although he was out for one wicket in the first match, he showed his talent by scoring 100 runs in 47 balls in the second match. Abhishek showed that after gaining experience, he can perform very well. Still, he has not been included in the team against Sri Lanka.