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Controversies arose as soon as Gambhir became the coach: After India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title, Gautam Gambhir has become the new head coach of the Indian team. His first challenge is the Indian team's tour of Sri Lanka. For the series against Sri Lanka, such players have been included in the team which no one expected. The controversy of not making Hardik Pandya the captain is still going on, let us know where the 3 controversies started with Gautam Gambhir becoming the head coach of the team.
1. Controversy over not giving captaincy to Hardik
Hardik Pandya faced a lot of criticism due to his poor performance in IPL 2024. However, he performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. He was the vice-captain of the Indian team in the World Cup, which he performed very well. But Suryakumar Yadav's captaincy in the T20 series against Sri Lanka divided the cricket world into two factions. He is one of the best all-rounders in the world. And he also has experience. However, people are angry as to why he was not made the captain.
2. Shubhman Gill made vice-captain
Shubman Gill was given the captaincy of the Indian team in the Zimbabwe tour. Under his leadership, the team defeated Zimbabwe 4-1 in the series. But his being made the vice-captain 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. If Suryakumar Yadav is given the captaincy of the T20 team against Sri Lanka, then Hardik could have been made the vice-captain along with him. A campaign has started on social media that with the arrival of Gambhir, he wants to forcibly make Shubman Gill the poster boy of the Indian team.
3. Rituraj and Abhishek were not given a place in the team
Rituraj Gaikwad has so far 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 players were struggling to bat, Gaikwad was consistently batting well. Despite performing well, he was not included in the team.
Abhishek Sharma made his debut in international cricket in the series against Zimbabwe. However, he was out for zero in the first match. But in the second match, he showed his talent by scoring 100 runs in 47 balls. Still, he has not been included in the team against Sri Lanka.