Gambhir's adamant behavior is the reason for India's defeat..!?

India has not won a single match in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Losing the ODI series 2-0. The indian team, who tied the first match of this series, lost the second match by 32 runs and the third match by 110 runs. This will be India's first one-day series after gautam gambhir was appointed as the new head coach of the indian team. Everyone was talking about gautam gambhir as the best coach as the indian team won all three matches in the previous T20I series against the Sri Lankan team. However, it has become clear that he did not lead the indian team properly in the ODI series with experienced players like rohit sharma, Virat Kohli, KL rahul, and Shreyas.
Critics point to two things his doggedness did in this one-day series as the main reason for the defeat. In particular, he was adamant that left-handed and right-handed batsmen should be on the field simultaneously in batting. Similarly, he was adamant that at least two or three part-time bowlers should be included in the team instead of relying only on full-time bowlers. Critics point out that these two stubbornness may have affected the indian team players mentally. In this series, changes were made to the batting line-up to allow right-handers and left-handers to be on the field at the same time. In none of the three matches of the ODI series have the middle-order batsmen been fielded in their previous batting line-up.For example, Shreyas has only batted at number four and KL rahul at number four or five so far. They also accumulate more runs while batting in those places. However, both of them did not play their batting line-up in this series. Similarly, shivam dube was expected to score runs if he landed in the fifth or sixth row. However, he was allowed to bat at number four in one match and at number eight in the other two matches. There is a big difference between these two batting line-ups. A fourth rower can hit some boundaries. But the batsman fielding in the eighth row has to keep the back row players aside and add runs or play single runs in cooperation with another batsman in the field. gautam gambhir changed the batting order without understanding such batting situation issues and without any concern about the mood of the batsmen which proved to be a setback for the indian team. India's batting line-up may not have changed in the second and third matches after only a draw in the first ODI. But even after seeing the result of the first match, gautam gambhir did not relax his stubbornness.

Next, he was adamant that part-time bowlers should be used in bowling. Subman Gill conceded 14 runs in a single over as a part-time bowler in the first match. rohit sharma bowled the second match. gautam gambhir, who thought his decision was right because he bowled perfectly, dropped full-time bowler Arshdeep Singh in the third match and included all-rounder Rayan Parag in the one-day squad. In the third match, Rayan Parag took 3 wickets but conceded more runs. So overall the indian team's batting line-up and bowling plan are not what they used to be. Is gautham Gambhir forcing the indian team to do as he says after coming in as coach? The thought arises. If this is not changed, it is doubtful that the indian ODI team will accumulate more victories.
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Sowmiya Sriram

08/08/2024 01:26 PM