India vs Australia Test Match: Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has expressed his strong displeasure after the crushing defeat in the Melbourne Test match against Australia. After Gambhir became the head coach, Team India had to face defeat in many important matches and the head coach took it very seriously. The Melbourne Test match was also expected to be a draw but due to the negligence of Team India’s batsmen, the team had to face defeat by 184 runs.
After this defeat, head coach Gautam Gambhir has severely reprimanded the players of Team India. In a warning tone, he has also advised the players to improve their game. After the Melbourne Test match, now Team India has to play a Test match against Australia in Sydney from Friday.
Lost in many matches after Gambhir’s arrival
Gautam Gambhir took over the responsibility of the head coach of Team India in the month of July last, but under his supervision, the performance of Team India has not been as per expectations so far. Team India, which performed brilliantly in ODI matches, had to face defeat in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. After this, Team India also lost in the Test series against New Zealand.
After Gambhir became the head coach, Team India was all out for 46 runs, the lowest score at home in a Test innings. With this, Team India’s journey of winning the Test series at home for 12 years also ended. Recently, Team India also had to face defeat in the Boxing Day Test match played in Melbourne.
Lost by 184 runs in Melbourne test
No one expected the Indian team to lose during the Melbourne Test match. By the time the second session of play ended, Team India had lost only three wickets and in such a situation, it was expected that this test match would end in a draw, but in the last session of the game, the carelessness of Team India’s batsmen proved costly and The team had to face defeat.
In the last session of the last day of the Melbourne Test match, Team India lost seven wickets in just 20.4 overs, due to which Team India had to face a crushing defeat of 184 runs. According to informed sources, after this defeat, Gautam Gambhir organized a class of Team India players in the dressing room. During this, he did not take the name of any player but definitely reprimanded the players.
Gambhir gave strict warning to the players
According to a report published in an English newspaper, after the match ended, Gautam Gambhir talked to all the players in the dressing room. During this, head coach Gambhir not only reprimanded the players but also warned them. Gambhir said that the Indian batsmen did not play their natural game. He was batting as per his wish whereas he should have batted as per the situation.
Referring to his last 6 months of tenure, Gautam Gambhir said that till now he has given complete freedom to the players to play as per their wish but now they will have to play as per the team and situation. Freedom to play one’s own way cannot be given now.
He said in a warning manner that now the players will have to play according to him and the team. If any player does not play as per the decided strategy then it will not be tolerated and that player will be released from the team.
Negligence of veteran batsmen proved costly
During the Melbourne Test match, Team India had to score 340 runs to win on the last day. It was believed that Team India would be successful in ending this test draw but players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant lost their wickets while playing carelessly.
From Team India, only opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal could play as per expectations. He had scored 82 runs in the first innings while during the second innings also he had scored a brilliant 84 runs. He was run out during the first innings while he was the victim of a controversial decision in the second innings. The carelessness of other batsmen of Team India proved costly due to which the team had to face defeat.
