3 min learnJun 30, 2026 07:15 PM IST
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has backed Gautam Gambhir after the Indian head coach got here below scrutiny for the workforce alternatives following India’s 2-0 defeat to Eire within the T20I collection.
The 39-year-old stated that Gambhir was a ‘very misunderstood particular person’ and Indian cricket supporters are but to know {that a} distinction in perspective didn’t indicate the opposite particular person needed to be disliked.
“When there are talks about Gambhir, typically it comes out in a fashion the place we don’t get it in a approach that he’s making an attempt to say it. I believe he’s a really misunderstood particular person. There might be private issues. In India and Indian cricket, it would take us time to understand {that a} distinction in view or perspective doesn’t imply that you simply don’t like the opposite particular person. It’s okay to disagree. Like and perspective are very totally different,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
Gambhir got here below the scanner largely due to non-selection of teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryvanshi within the enjoying XI for the two-match collection and as a substitute, selecting the tried and examined opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson.
Ashwin additionally backed Gambhir’s thought strategy of selecting all-rounders in white-ball cricket, admitting that two-dimensional gamers added extra steadiness to the aspect.
“India below Gambhir values somebody who can bat and bowl a bit as effectively, then you’ll be in. Typically I’m not okay with this that every one of this comes into Check cricket as effectively, which I’m not agreeing with. In T20 cricket, if a batter who comes at 6 or 7 may give a little bit of bowling as effectively, it lends numerous steadiness to your workforce. Somebody who can persistently end innings for you at 5, 6, or 7, these needs to be valued and given a barely longer rope,” Ashwin stated.
India’s outcomes below Gambhir have oscillated between wonderful in international occasions and typically peculiar in bilateral collection.
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India received the T20 World Cup in March, however previous to that triumph, misplaced an ODI collection to New Zealand at house and Australia away from house.