Why is head coach Gautam Gambhir failing in Tests? This former England player's remark won't go well with Team India
The Indian Test team did not perform well since Gautam Gambhir became the head coach. During the first test against England, India lost by five wickets in spite of five members of the batting department scoring centuries, thus becoming the first team to lose a match in Test history with five centuries.
As per former England spinner Monty Panesar, Gambhir can put up a good batting line up but he now has to work on a good bowling attack. Unless a consistent unit in the bowling department is provided, Panesar cautioned, Gambhir will attract more critics.
As Panesar pointed out, India had scored more than 400 runs and ended up losing the first Test that was supposed to be very different. He stressed that the greatest problem that Gambhir faces in England is to select a squad that can clinch 20 wickets because this is the only way to win Test matches in a foreign country.
Panesar said that unless the Indian bowling blows improve, BCCI will probably review the Gambhir performance on Test grave decisions regarding future employment of the head coach at the end of the England series.
Panesar feels that the pitch in Edgbaston is not flat, and the Indians should make use of it. His recommendation was on either Kuldeep Yadav or Washington Sundar to be included in the team and Prasidh Krishna can be rested because he is not effective in bowling short balls.
Although He has done well in T20Is, and has taken India to the Champions Trophy 2025 win, his Test performance has been mediocre. India were beaten 3-0 at home by New Zealand, 1-3 in Australia and are now behind in the England series. Should India fail in this series too, then BCCI might have to think again about its Test head coach, Gambhir.
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