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India's manager Gautam Gambhir during a grooming league up of the 2nd Test cricket lucifer betwixt India and South Africa, astatine Eden Gardens successful Kolkata. (PTI Photo)
India men's cricket squad caput manager Gautam Gambhir connected Wednesday said that the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) volition determine his aboriginal aft the squad was whitewashed 2-0 by South Africa successful the Test series.
He besides pointed to the results India person achieved during his tenure.Gambhir spoke aft India mislaid the 2nd Test by 408 runs, which gave South Africa a 2-0 bid win."It is up to the BCCI to decide. I've said it successful my archetypal property league erstwhile I took implicit arsenic the caput coach. Indian cricket is important, I'm not important. And I beryllium present and accidental precisely the aforesaid thing," Gambhir said astatine the property conference."And yes, radical tin support forgetting astir it. I'm the aforesaid feline who got results successful England arsenic well, with a young team. And I'm definite you guys volition hide precise soon, due to the fact that a batch of radical support talking astir New Zealand (home bid whitewash past year). And I'm the aforesaid feline who won the Champions Trophy, and Asia Cup arsenic well," helium added.Gambhir said helium would not debar work for the effect against South Africa."The blasted lies with everyone and starts with me," helium said successful his archetypal comments aft the 0-2 loss.
'Complete thrashing astatine home'
After the defeat, IPL franchise Delhi Capitals' co-owner Parth Jindal said that India should name a specializer red-ball coach."Not adjacent close, what a implicit thrashing astatine home! Don’t retrieve seeing our trial broadside being truthful anemic astatine home!!! This is what happens erstwhile reddish shot specialists are not picked," Jindal posted connected X.
He added, "This squad is obscurity adjacent reflective of the heavy spot we person successful the reddish shot format. Time for India to determination to a specializer reddish shot manager for Test cricket."
India mislaid the 2nd Test by 408 runs, their biggest decision by runs, and South Africa secured their archetypal Test bid triumph successful India successful 25 years.Right now, Gambhir's Test grounds arsenic a manager stands astatine a good under-par 7 wins, 10 defeats and 2 draws successful 19 matches for triumph percent of 36.82.
