- Even though Team India won the Nagpur ODI by 4 wickets, due to the stupidity of head coach Gautam Gambhir, there was chaos in the entire Indian team.
Gautam Gambhir: In the Nagpur ODI, Team India defeated England by 4 wickets. In the first ODI, everyone from the bowlers to the batsmen of Team India performed brilliantly and gave India a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series. But in this series, a stupid decision of Gautam Gambhir has created turmoil in the entire Team India. If Gambhir continues to make such decisions in the Champions Trophy 2025, then Team India may have to face defeat in the Champions Trophy 2025.
This decision of Gautam Gambhir should not prove to be costly
A big change was seen in the batting order of Team India in the Nagpur ODI against England. In the absence of Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal got a chance to make his ODI debut and he came to the field to start Team India’s innings with captain Rohit Sharma. After this, Shubman Gill was sent to number 3 in place of Virat Kohli. While Shreyas Iyer made a comeback after a long time at number four. While KL Rahul bats for India at number 5, he was shifted to number 6, and Axar Patel was sent to bat at number 5.
Even though Shubman Gill and Akshar Patel played brilliant innings for India, changing the batting order of the players in this way can affect their performance. At the same time, due to Gambhir’s decision to include only Yashasvi Jaiswal in the playing eleven, there was a lot of upheaval in the batting order of the entire Team India.
Kohli’s return, Gambhir is worried
Virat Kohli did not play in the first ODI due to pain in his right leg, but he can return to the field in the second ODI. After Virat’s return, Shubman Gill will have to return to his old position i.e. opening. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal can be dropped after the debut match because in the first ODI, all the batsmen except Yashasvi had performed well, after which his sacrifice is considered certain.
At the same time, after the arrival of Gambhir, the left-right combination is also being seen a lot in Team India, the brunt of which Team India has already suffered in the third T20I match against England. Due to the left-right combination, proper batsman Dhruv Jurel came to bat at number 8. Spin all-rounder Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar were sent to bat before him. India had to face defeat in this match.
The left-right combination should not become the reason for the defeat
Ever since Gautam Gambhir took over the role of head coach, the use of a left-right combination has been seen a lot in Team India. An example of this was also seen in the first ODI against England. Due to the left-right combination, Yashasvi Jaiswal got a chance to debut, after which a big change was seen in the batting order of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Hardik Pandya. If head coach Gautam Gambhir changes the batting order in the same way in the Champions Trophy 2025, then there is no doubt that India may have to bear the brunt of it with defeat.
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