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Gautam Gambhir: The second match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia was played at Adelaide Oval. In this test match, the Indian team had to face a crushing defeat by 10 wickets. India gave Australia a target of only 19 runs. Due to the defeat of the Indian team, this series of five test matches has become equal to 1-1. Now the third test between the two teams will be played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane from 14 December.
‘Serious’ questions on Gautam’s coaching!
After the team’s defeat in the Adelaide Test, fans are raising questions on Indian team’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. After T20 World Cup 2024, Gambhir became the head coach of the Indian team. He replaced Rahul Dravid. However, Gambhir’s performance as a coach was nothing special. Under the coaching of Gambhir, the Indian team seems to be lagging behind in the race for the final of the World Test Championship (WTC). If we look at Gambhir’s coaching, under him the Indian team had to face 5 big defeats in just five months.
The team lost against Sri Lanka
1. Gautam Gambhir’s first test as a coach was the series between India and Sri Lanka. The Indian team toured Sri Lanka in July 2024. In which the Indian team won the T20 series by 3-0, but had to face defeat by 0-2 in the ODI series. The Indian team has lost a bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka after 27 years. Earlier he had lost in August 1997.
Disappointing performance of Indian team against New Zealand
2. Under Gambhir’s coaching, the Indian team had to face a crushing defeat against New Zealand at home. The first Test between India and New Zealand was played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In which the Indian team was limited to 46 runs in the first innings. This was India’s lowest score at home in Test history. In that match, the Indian team had to face defeat by 8 wickets. After 19 years, the Indian team had lost the test match at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Clean sweep for the first time in the history of test cricket!
3. After this, the Indian team had to face defeat by New Zealand by 113 runs in the Pune Test. And after this the team also had to face defeat by 25 runs in the Wankhede Test. Due to this, New Zealand made a clean sweep in the three-match Test series against India. For the first time in the history of Test cricket, the Indian team had to face a clean sweep in a series of three or more matches at home. India lost a Test series against New Zealand at home for the first time.
Indian team lost the test series after 12 years
4. After 12 years, the Indian team lost a test series at home. Earlier, the Indian team had to face 1-2 defeat in the four-match Test series against England in December 2012. After this, India lost a Test series at home for the first time. Before the series against New Zealand, the Indian team had won 18 consecutive Test series at home.
The team was in trouble against Australia also
5. Now the Indian team has gone on Australia tour under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir. India made a good start in the series against Australia and won the Perth Test by 295 runs. However, the Indian team ran into trouble in the pink ball test match. The match ended in the first session of the third day. And India lost this match.
Here let us tell you that Gautam Gambhir also took part in the team selection before the Australia tour. Actually the head coach cannot take part in team selection. But still BCCI changed the rules for Gambhir. But now when the team is not getting good results, questions are being raised on Gambhir. Now it is expected that the Indian team will learn from the defeat of Adelaide Test and will perform well in the coming three Test matches.
India’s performance so far under Gambhir’s coaching
Sri Lanka vs T20 series: 3-0 win
ODI series vs Sri Lanka: lost 0-2
Test series vs Bangladesh: 2-0 win
T20 series vs Bangladesh: 3-0 win
Test series vs New Zealand: lost 0-3
The test series against Australia is currently tied at 1-1.