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Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir with captain Shubman Gill.
After losing the Leeds Test, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir has said that not just a century, victory matters. He said this on the question of Pant’s centuries.
On the performance of the bowlers, Gambhir said- ‘India’s young bowlers will have to give time’. He praised Shubman Gill’s captaincy and Jaspreet Bumrah’s bowling.
India suffered a 5 -wicket defeat in the first Test against England. The team set a difficult target of 371 runs on the last day, which the English team achieved for 5 wickets.
The main points of coach Gautam Gambhir …
1. Personal display is good, but win the biggest thing When the question was asked on the two centuries of Rishabh Pant, Gambhir said, three more centuries have also been scored in the first Test against England. He is also very positive, but not just a century, victory matters more. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill (first Test as captain), KL Rahul and Pant are the centuries of these five batsmen.
Rishabh Pant scored a century in both innings of the first Test. He scored 134 in the first innings and 118 runs in the second innings.
2. Bumrah will play only 3 Tests On Jasprit Bumrah’s question, Gautam Gambhir has made it clear that it was fantastic to take five wickets of fast bowler Bumrah. We will not change our plan. It is necessary to handle Bumrah’s workload, as there is further cricket.
Gambhir expressed confidence in the young bowlers and said, “The team that we have chosen, we have chosen with confidence and not the expectation.” We believe that these bowlers will do better. In this test too, we were in good condition for four days.
3. It is necessary to give time and experience to young fast bowlers Gambhir said, it is necessary to give time and experience to the young fast bowlers of India. Except Bumrah, no bowler looked more effective. The famous Krishna, Siraj and Shardul Thakur could not perform well in the line-length.
He further said, earlier we had four fast bowlers who had more than 40 Test experience. Experience matters a lot in Test cricket, especially in foreign tours. If we assess the bowlers after every Test, how will we create fast bowling units. The famous Krishna has all the qualities to become the best Test bowler.
Gambhir justified the captain’s decision behind bowling Shardul less. He said that sometimes the captain gives priority to the spinner according to the circumstances.
4. Sometimes players fail On the batting of the lower order, Gambhir said that the lower order batsmen in both innings of India were dismissed quickly, which did not lead to a big lead. India lost the last 6 wickets to score 41 runs in the first innings. While in the second innings, he lost 5 wickets in 31 runs. It is not that he did not try, but sometimes players fail. This is normal.
He further said, if we had reached 570-580 in the first innings, the hold on the match would have been stronger. They are working hard in the nets and hopefully the talenders will do well in the future.
3. Shubman Gill’s captaincy was correct Gambhir said about captain Gill, as captain in his first Test, Gill scored a brilliant century, it was natural to be nervous, but he did it very well. He has all the qualities to become a successful captain. We just have to give time.
First Test India lost by 5 wickets
The Indian team lost by 5 wickets against England in the first Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The team lags out 0–1 in the 5-match series. The second match of the series will be played in Birmingham from July 2. England were to score 350 runs on the last day of the match at the Handingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds on Tuesday, which the team achieved by losing 5 wickets. Ben Docket scored 149 and Jack Crolya scored 65 runs. Ben Stokes scored 33 runs. Two wickets each to Shardul Thakur and famous Krishna from India.