5 most anticipated matches Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 it has come to an interesting conclusion. Apart from the lone victory in Perth, the series has not been difficult for the Indian cricket team in terms of results. For many Indian cricket fans, the team's inability to respond under pressure and make calls at critical moments has become a major talking point.
Most of the accusations, according to these fans, have been directed at the Indian head coach, Gautam Gambhirand the questions being asked about his team's management strategies and decision-making in important meetings.
Gautam Gambhir's education was questioned after India's humiliating defeat in Sydney
For Gambhir, it has been tough and frustrating since he joined the national team as the head coach. The former Indian batsman, earlier, lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka at home, the first for an Indian team in 27 years. The frustrations continued as he led the team to a humiliating white-wash by new Zealand on home soil. Now, as the team continued to be dominated by the Aussies in the series, Gambhir has now come to the center of the fans' ire.
The Indian head coach said he was disappointed with the team's performance after the loss in Melbourne. Indian Express The report said that Gambhir gave the players a chance to follow the game plan or else he will not be included in the team in future. It was also reported that the Indian head coach is interested Cheteshwar Pujara on the list but his bid was rejected by the Indian selectors.
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A disappointing display from India with the bat
Batting has been a consistent bane for the Indian team throughout the season. This continued in the final Test match in Sydney. The Indian team was given 185 runs in the first innings and only added 157 runs in the second innings to give the home team a total of 162 runs which the Australian batsmen managed to achieve for the loss of four wickets. Scott Boland dominated the Indian batsmen as he took 10 wickets in Sydney to be named Player of the Match.
Regular Indian batsmen, especially favourites Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul he had a quiet series with the bat, which also questioned Gambhir's ability as a coach. While Rahul managed to score 276 runs in the series, Virat scored just 190 runs at a batting average of 23.75. The statistics are very concerning for the Indian skipper who managed just 31 runs in the four Test matches he played.
Here's how fans responded:
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– After 27 years, Lost Bilateral ODI Series vs SL
– For the first time, He lost 30 wickets in a three-match ODI Series
– After 45 years, India Remains Calendar Year Winner in ODIs
– After 36 years, India Lost Test v NZ at Home
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— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) January 5, 2025
India is now outside the WTC and the largest
Panauthy and Gautam Gambhir
After the departure of #RahulDravidIndia is losing matches everywhere and #ViratKohli𓃵 or #RohitSharma ,both the batsmen fail to score at all#INDVAUS#AUSWINpic.twitter.com/XVuqlSYP3F
– Rahul Gupta (@RahulGu04197245) January 5, 2025
Gautam Gambhir Era has ruined everything in India 🤡
However, the PR must continue 💀#INDvsAUS #INDVAUS pic.twitter.com/67HTDD0XAK
– Manjeet Ghoshi (@ghoshi_manjeet) January 5, 2025
India won the world cup last year, the team is the same, only Rahul Dravid retired, we got a new coach Gautam Gambhir, and suddenly we started losing at home against New Zealand and now we lost to Australia.
Why no one is talking about Gambhir's failure. I believe there are…
-Enginerd. (@mainengineer) January 5, 2025
Gambhir does not know enough to be the head coach of the most experienced cricket team.
When he said “we will look at the pitch and pick an XI”, I would have expected him to pick 4 Frontline pacers.
Bad management. Dangerous goals. I hope he accepts his mistakes and resigns.
– archith (@InswinginMenace) January 5, 2025
Rohit Sharma & Ravindra Jadeja should be forced to resign
Shubman Gill should be dropped
Virat Kohli should be given the last chanceGautam Gambhir should be sacked immediately, he has been a burden like Rohit Sharma, who has never seen his best in coaching.
– 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, the reviews praise Bumrah alone, while the team shows no regrets for their performance.
Gautam Gambhir, as a coach, contributed little, focusing on press conferences to…
— Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) January 5, 2025
Someone tell Gautam Gambhir to stop portraying himself as a martyr. Not very good as a teacher. Stop cheating on the PCs and get serious if you're making wise mistakes as a coach and these team decisions
– Amit (@nottheamit) January 5, 2025
The one responsible for India's defeat is coach Gautam Gambhir.
Whose imaginative and aggressive attitude pushed the successful Indian cricket team to victory.
1- We lost the series in Bangladesh
2- We lost the home test in New Zealand#AUSWIN #INDVAUS #GautamGambhir– sudhir kumar (@itsofficialsk) January 5, 2025