IPL 2025: Head coach Gautam Gambhir said on Tuesday that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should continue to perform well, they should be part of the Indian team. However, he also claimed that these two senior batsmen would have no role in deciding whether or not they should be selected for the upcoming Test tour of England. There is speculation about Rohit’s future as a Test captain in England. There is not much discussion about Kohli, but questions are also being raised about his future.
Speaking at the ‘India at 2047’ summit, Gambhir tried to avoid commenting on the future of senior players. The first thing is that the work of the coach is not to choose the team. This is the job of the selectors. The coach selects only 11 players who will play in the match. I am not a selection committee. As long as they (Rohit and Kohli) perform well, they should stay in the team.
Some people consider Indian cricket as their personal property:
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has criticized some former Star Test players and accused him of considering Indian cricket as his personal jagir. Gambhir did not mention the name but indicated that his anger was targeted by two former captains of Mumbai Indians who have been criticizing him since the days of his play. I have been doing this work for the last eight months. If there is no result, there is no point in criticizing. It is people’s job to criticize. There are some people who have been sitting in the commentary box for 25 years and they feel that Indian cricket is their personal property. He emphasized that Indian cricket is not the personal property of anyone, but the property of 140 crore Indians.
No conflict with Pakistan until terrorism ends
After the Pahalgam terror attack, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday called for a complete abolition of the cricket relationship with Pakistan on any platform including the Asia Cup and ICC tournaments. The Indian team should not play with their arch-rivals until terrorism crosses the border. India has not played any full range against Pakistan since 2007 due to tense relations between the two countries. Gambhir said that they only play against each other in multi-team tournaments and should also be stopped.
