Former Pakistan national cricket team player Basit Ali criticized Indian national cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir after the loss in the fourth Test to Australia. He quipped that the team's coach should be praised for his coaching.
The India national cricket team suffered a disappointing loss in the fourth Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Australian national cricket team beat the Rohit Sharma-led team by a massive margin of 184 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
It is fair to say that the India national cricket team had every chance to tie the match and even win. But they suppressed it with a poor batting effort and saw the match lost and even their chances of playing in the ICC World Test Championship final dampened.
Under Gautam Gambhir, India witnessed a massive downfall
India captain Rohit Sharma has received a lot of criticism, but more than him, it has been head coach Gautam Gambhir who has received a lot of criticism for the team's poor returns in Test cricket, especially in the ongoing 2024 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. -25.
Under Gautam Gambhir's captaincy, India witnessed a massive downfall as they lost the ODI series to Sri Lanka, faced a whitewash in a home Test series for the first time in history, and are now on the verge of losing the ongoing Test series against Australia.
Shabash hai Gautam Gambhir saab ko – Basit Ali criticizes India coach
Basit Ali did not have it easy with Gautam Gambhir, and while he noted that the India coach played a combination of left and right in ODIs, he questioned the tactic not being used in Melbourne. He pointed out that the Indian coach sent Nitish Reddy to the sixth position.
He took a shot at Gautam Gambhir saying that the Indian coach does not know how to save the match for the team. He explained in a video clip he posted on his YouTube channel:
“Shabaash hai Gautam Gambhir saab ko. One day mi to bada mix of left and right kar rahi l. Aaj bhijna tha number 6 pe nitesh (reddy) ko. Chah woh jaldi outside ho jaata, pata toh chalta kuch kya aapne, ( Congratulations to Gambhir , he continues to advocate the combination of left and right in one-day cricket, and Nitish should have been sent out at number six even if he had failed, it would have shown that The coach tried something.)
“Batting coach pata nahi kaun hai jesko yeh nahi pata ki kiss tara survival kya jaata hai aur kis bowler ko kis tara khila jaata hai (I don’t know who is a batting coach who cannot give advice on how to survive and how to survive “Alive (play a specific player)”
This is the right time for India to appoint separate coaches for white ball and red ball – Bast Ali
Basit Ali feels that this is the right time for India to make a change in its coaching staff and suggested appointing separate coaches for white-ball and red-ball. He also praised Australia for its performance and said:
“This is the right time for India to appoint separate coaches for white ball and red ball. If they don't do that, the team will regress further. Boht hi bekar cricket kheli (Cricket is very bad). Great planning by Australia. They did it,” he added. They don't give up and believe in themselves.
“That's the difference between batsmen in the 90s and those who came after 2010. Batsmen in the 80s and 90s can quickly understand the opposition's plan, and that this bowler has come to buy a wicket – the way Head came in.” A player from the past would not have been out, even if he played a shot, it would have been a ground shot.”