The highly anticipated five-a-side match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 He has come to a dramatic conclusion. Apart from the solitary win in Perth, the series has been nothing less than a nightmare for the Indian cricket team in terms of results. For many Indian cricket fans, the team's inability to perform under pressure and take decisive decisions at critical moments has become a major talking point.
Much of the blame, according to these fans, has been directed at the Indian coach, Gautam Gambhirasking questions about his team's management strategies and decision-making during pivotal stages in the series.
Gautam Gambhir's coaching has been questioned after India's embarrassing defeat in Sydney
For Gambhir, this has been a story of failure and upset since joining the national team as head coach. The former India batsman had in the past lost ODI series against him Sri Lanka At home, the first for the Indian team in 27 years. The disappointment continued when he led the team to a humiliating series whitewash New Zealand On home soil. Now, with the Australians continuing to dominate the team in the series, Gambhir is now at the center of fans' attention.
The Indian coach was reportedly disappointed with the team's performance after their loss in Melbourne. Indian Express The report indicated that Gambhir gave the players an ultimatum to stick to the game plan or else they would not be included in the squad in the future. It was also reported that the Indian coach wanted it Cheteshwar Pujara for the series but his wishes were rejected by the Indian selectors.
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A disappointing display from India with the bat
Batting has been a constant ordeal for the Indian team throughout the series. This continued in the final Test match in Sydney. The Indian team was restricted to 185 runs in the first innings and could only add 157 runs in the second innings to give the home team a target of 162 runs which the Australian batsmen managed comfortably for the loss of 4 wickets. Scott Boland He dominated the Indian batsmen as he grabbed 10 wickets in Sydney to become player of the match.
Experienced Indian batsmen, especially ones like her Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Kuala Lumpur Rahul He had a silent series with the bat, which also called into question Gambhir's abilities as a coach. While Rahul managed to score 276 runs in the series, Virat could only score 190 runs at a batting average of 23.75. The stats are even more worrying for the Indian skipper with just 31 runs in the 4 Test matches he has played.
Here's how fans reacted:
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– For the first time, he lost 30 wickets in 3 matches in an ODI series
– After 45 years, India remains winless in a calendar year in ODIs
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– ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ (@Shebas_10dulkar) January 5, 2025
India is now completely outside the World Trade Center and its largest
The troublemaker is Gautam Gambhir
After leaving #RahulDravidIndia is losing matches everywhere and #ViratKohli๐ต or #RohitSharma Both batsmen are unable to score runs at all#INDvAUS#AUSvINDpic.twitter.com/XVuqlSYP3F
– Rahul Gupta (@RahulGu04197245) January 5, 2025
The Gautam Gambhir era has ruined everything for India ๐คก
But still, PR must continue ๐#INDvsAUS #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/67HTDD0XAK
โ Manjeet Ghoshi (@ghoshi_manjeet) January 5, 2025
India won the World Cup last year, the team is almost the same, only Rahul Dravid retired, we got a new coach Gautam Gambhir, and suddenly we started losing at home to New Zealand and now we are losing to Australia.
Why is no one talking about Gambhir's failure? I hope there isโฆ
-Engineered. (@mainbhiengineer) January 5, 2025
Gambhir doesn't know enough to be the coach of the best Test cricket team.
When he said, โWe will look at the field and choose the starting lineup,โ I expected him to choose 4 players from the front line.
Horrible management. Terrible plans. I hope he accepts his mistakes and resigns.
-Arquith (@InswinginMenace) January 5, 2025
Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja should be forced to retire
Shubman Gill should be dropped
Virat Kohli should be given one last chanceGautam Gambhir should be sacked with immediate effect, he has been a huge liability like Rohit Sharma, he has never seen a worse coaching performance.
– Zaan (@OnlyZaan) January 5, 2025
India needed 3 wins from 8 Tests to qualify for the WTC, but we lost 6 out of 8. Despite this, commentators are only praising Bumrah, while the team shows no remorse for their performance.
Gautam Gambhir, as a coach, has contributed little and is more focused on press conferences…
– Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) January 5, 2025
Someone asks Gautam Gambhir to stop portraying himself as a martyr. A non-performer of legendary proportions as a coach. Stop bullshitting during the computers and own up to those tactical mistakes as a coach and those poor team choices
– Amit (@nottheamit) January 5, 2025
The real culprit behind India's defeat is coach Gautam Gambhir.
whose idealistic and aggressive attitude pushed the winning Indian cricket team towards defeat.
1- We lost the series to Bangladesh
2- We lost the home Test series against New Zealand#AUSvIND #INDvAUS #Gotamgambir– Sudhir Kumar (@itsofficialsk) January 5, 2025