- During Gautam Gambhir’s coaching tenure, there are clouds of crisis looming over the return of these 3 players of Royal Challengers Bangalore to Team India. This list also includes a player who has won an ICC title for India.
Gautam Gambhir: Ever since Gautam Gambhir took over the role of the head coach of Team India, the return of many players has been in danger. Gambhir (Gautam Gambhir) has shown more trust in the youth during his tenure, he is showing the way out to the old players one by one. This also includes three players of the RCB squad, who are performing well in domestic cricket, but despite this, they are not getting a chance to return to Team India.
Surprisingly, Gambhir (Gautam Gambhir) seems to give importance to playing domestic cricket, but despite their excellent performance in domestic cricket, he does not seem to be in favor of giving these players any chance at all. Among these three players, there is one player who has single-handedly won the ICC title for India, but despite this, he is not able to make a comeback in the team.
Jitesh and Krunal will not get a chance!
Jitesh Sharma, who plays domestic cricket for Vidarbha, performed brilliantly in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, but even after this, he has not been selected for the squad for the T20I series against England. This wicketkeeper-batsman has played 9 matches for India, but he too was suddenly shown the way out of the team and now after the arrival of Pant and Dhruv Jurel, his return to the team seems difficult.
Apart from Jitesh, Hardik Pandya’s elder brother Krunal Pandya’s return to Team India seems difficult. Krunal had performed brilliantly in domestic cricket for Baroda, but even after this, he does not seem to have a place in Team India. Krunal played his last match for India against Sri Lanka on 25 July 2021. He has played 5 ODIs and 19 T20Is for India, in which he has taken 130 and 124 wickets respectively, while in ODIs he has taken 2 wickets and in T20Is he has taken 15 wickets. Now it seems difficult for Krunal Pandya and Jitesh Kumar to get a chance under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir.
This player was also kept out
Gautam Gambhir has not only kept wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma and left-handed all-rounder Krunal Pandya out of Team India, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return is also in danger. Bhuvi won the 2013 Champions Trophy title for India based on his brilliant bowling. Bhuvi bowled brilliantly throughout the tournament and took 6 wickets in 5 matches, while his economy during this period was just 3.91.
From this, it can be guessed that he constantly kept the pressure on the batsmen from one end, which was the taken advantage of by the other bowlers. Bhuvi also bowled brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. While in the IPL Mega Auction 2025, he was bought by RCB for a price of 10.75 crores. But his return to Team India during the tenure of Gambhir (Gautam Gambhir) seems difficult.