- Gautam Gambhir is known for his strict decisions. Even after becoming the coach of Team India, he took many such decisions which were very strict.
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Gautam Gambhir: Gautam Gambhir is known for his tough decisions. Even after becoming the coach of Team India, he took many decisions which were very tough. An example of his tough decision-making can be seen by making Suryakumar Yadav the captain in place of Hardik Pandya.
Now Gambhir can take another such decision in Test cricket, according to which a total of five aged players will not get a chance in Team India. These are the players who have already been dropped by the BCCI selectors and their return during Gambhir’s coaching tenure is not only difficult but impossible. Let’s know who are these five players
Gautam Gambhir will not give chance to these 5 players
Umesh Yadav
Team India’s senior bowler Umesh Yadav has served in Test cricket for a long time. But he has been out of Team India for the last one year. He was dropped from the team after the WTC final. At present, there is no hope of his return. Because coach Gautam Gambhir is currently showing confidence in new young players. These include the names of Akashdeep, Harshit Rana. If we talk about Umesh’s Test career, Umesh Yadav has played 57 Test matches for India and has taken 170 wickets at an average of around 30.
Cheteshwar Pujara
36-year-old Cheteshwar Pujara played Test cricket for Team India for a long time. After Rahul Dravid’s retirement, he batted like a wall in Team India. But now he has been dropped from Team India. He was dropped from the team after the WTC final. His comeback is also almost impossible.
Because coach Gautam Gambhir played Shubman Gill at Pujara’s batting number, whose performance has been good. In such a situation, Pujara’s return is difficult. Pujara has scored 7,195 runs in 103 Test matches for India. These include 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries. His best score is 206 not out.
Ajinkya Rahane
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are known to be India’s strongest DFC batsmen. Ajinkya Rahane has also shown excellent captaincy for India. But he has also been ignored by the Indian selectors. He last played for India against West Indies in August last year.
After that he was dropped from the team. Now his return is difficult during the tenure of coach Gautam Gambhir. Because Gambhir has prepared many players in Team India in place of Rahane, which is quite good. Among them, Sarfaraz Khan’s name is at the top. Ajinkya Rahane has played 85 Test matches for India. He has scored 5077 runs in these matches. His average has been 38.46 and strike rate 49.5.
mayank agarwal
Mayank Agarwal has also made a great contribution to Test cricket for India. He has scored a double century twice for India. But now the selectors have completely ignored him. He is unlikely to get a chance during Gautam Gambhir’s tenure, because Gambhir has included many such young promising players in the Indian team, due to which Mayank’s comeback is difficult. These include talented players like Shubhgill, Yashasvi Jaiswal. Mayank Agarwal has played 21 Test matches for the Indian team so far. He has scored 1488 runs in these matches.
hanuma vihari
Hanuma Vihari performed well for India many times under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. He was adept at contributing with the ball as well as the bat. But he has been missing from Team India for a long time. The reason for this is that India has a young player like Washington Sundar in the lower order. In such a situation, his return is also difficult during Gautam Gambhir’s tenure. Hanuma Vihari has played 16 Test matches for the Indian team so far. In these matches, he has scored 839 runs at an average of 33.56. He has one century and five half-centuries to his name in Test cricket.