Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has weighed in on head coach Gautam Gambhir’s feedback relating to the Males in Blue’s ODI collection loss to Australia. After dropping the primary two matches of the three-game collection, the workforce bounced again within the remaining match in Sydney, with Rohit Sharma (121*) and Virat Kohli (74*) delivering sensible performances to safe a nine-wicket comfort win whereas chasing 237.
In a video launched by the BCCI on November 10, Gambhir mirrored on the workforce’s total efficiency within the collection, saying:
“I’ve at all times been a believer that it isn’t concerning the particular person performances. Sure, I could be pleased with the person performances, and I’ll at all times stay pleased with particular person performances, however in the end, we misplaced the ODI collection. That’s the backside line. I can by no means have a good time a collection loss as a coach. As a participant, I can admire people, however as a coach, it’s my ethical accountability that we as a nation, and we as people, ought to by no means have a good time a collection loss.”
Following Gambhir’s remarks, many followers felt he was subtly criticizing Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, seemingly concentrating on their post-match celebrations. On his YouTube channel on Tuesday, November 11, Kaif addressed a fan’s query about whether or not Gambhir’s feedback had been certainly an oblique critique, saying:
“There ought to be respect for a rating of 100, proper? Respect for a century and for match-winning knocks ought to at all times be there. Even when Gautam didn’t have a good time, folks nonetheless did. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten, Rohit Sharma scored a century, and so they prevented a whitewash. Sure, they misplaced the collection, however a minimum of they weren’t whitewashed.”
“You see, in India, the response and therapy after a whitewash would have been very totally different. By successful that ODI, they saved their satisfaction. Ending with a win and avoiding a whitewash gave them momentum heading into the following T20 collection. So simply saying that they misplaced the collection doesn’t inform the total story, as a result of they completed on a successful notice. Avoiding a whitewash made a giant distinction. Going into the T20s after a win is totally totally different from getting into below the strain of a whitewash,” he added.
In the meantime, Gautam Gambhir will subsequent be within the highlight as India host South Africa for a two-match Take a look at collection, beginning November 14 in Kolkata.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are anticipated to be in motion through the ODI collection towards South Africa
Following the two-match Take a look at collection towards South Africa, India will host the Proteas in a three-game ODI collection beginning November 30 in Ranchi, with each Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli anticipated to characteristic.
their information, Rohit has performed 276 ODIs, scoring 11,370 runs at a median of 49.22 and a strike charge of 92.66, together with 59 fifties and 33 centuries. Kohli, in the meantime, has accrued 14,255 runs in 305 matches at a median of 57.71 and a strike charge of 93.26, with 75 fifties and 51 centuries to his title.
Edited by Dev Sharma
