‘The serious era has started in the true sense now’, after the Test retirement of Kohli-Rohit, the coach will see the full power, the picture of Team India will change like this
Gautam gambhir : When Greg Chappell wanted to show his strength, he had to leave the post, Anil Kumble got upset with the team’s ‘superstar culture’ but it seems that Gautam Gambhir is the rare head coach of Indian cricket who has more power than the captain. There are innumerable examples in Indian cricket when strong coaches had to retreat in front of the power of the players. Bishan Singh Bedi, Chappell and Kumble have been the champion players themselves but they would not have thought that they would have to play the role of the captain’s assistant. John Wright, Gary Kirsten and Ravi Shastri knew this and he was quite successful.
After the retirement of Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma, there are no longer big stars in the Test team, so that Gambhir will get a chance to open their pawns on cricket’s board. According to BCCI sources, Gambhir came in advance that the ‘Star Culture’ has to be finished in the team.
The source said, “Gautam Gambhir era has started now .. He had clearly said that India needs new faces in the new cycle of the World Test Championship. He said, “Everyone in the team management knew what serious he thinks about the future of senior players in the Test format. The chief selector Ajit Agarkar also used to agree with him. ,
The captain has always been the strongest person in Indian cricket. Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit have all played a decisive role in the team selection. But this is not the case in Gambhir. The pair of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma remained brief but effective. At the same time, the pair of Rohit and Gambhir never looked comfortable. For the first time, the coach played an important role in the departure of mega stars, but then this strength is also a dreaded sword. (Virat Kohli Test Retirement)
It is believed that in this era of change of Indian cricket, Gambhir wanted that he should be given full force to avoid repetition of failure like Border Gavaskar Trophy and New Zealand Series. He has a young captain as Shubman Gill who will listen to him. Gill is a star but he is not the status of Gambhir’s decisions and strategies. The same player is of that height and that is Jaspreet Bumrah but due to poor fitness records, it is not possible to become his captain. In such a situation, Gambhir will have full force, but in ODIs, he will have to work carefully in which Rohit and Virat will be eyeing the 2027 World Cup.