Is there really a divide between the coach and the captain of the Indian team?Image Credit Source: PTI
After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian cricket team and its star players, who were seeking great heights, suddenly started falling behind. Team India’s strong performance continues in the T20 format, but many players, including World Cup-winning team captain Rohit Sharma, also play in the ODI and Test teams, and Team India’s performance in Both formats have begun to decline continuously. The loss in the home test series against New Zealand shocked everyone and now, in the midst of this shocking performance, a sensational report has come. This report is about the current turmoil within the Indian team, in which it has been claimed that there has been a rift between captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir and that there has been an argument between the two over the direction of the team.
Conflict between Rohit and Gambhir is due to these reasons: report
This sensational claim has been made in a news channel report. This report came 2 days before the 3rd Test match between India and New Zealand starting November 1 in Mumbai. In this report it has been stated that there are differences between Rohit and Gambhir in terms of decision making in the team and performance of the players. Not only this, it has also been claimed that there have been heated arguments between the two on some occasions. Gambhir was named the new head coach of the Indian team in July.
In the report, citing sources in the Indian team, it is stated that the main reason for this dispute between Rohit and Gambhir is various types of decisions. According to this, Gautam Gambhir is taking a lot of decisions that captain Rohit Sharma doesn’t like and there has been a lot of debate between them about it. The real root of the dispute between the two is that both legends want to run the team their own way. In the report it is said that after Gautam Gambhir became coach, Rohit Sharma is not doing well because Gambhir is not willing to back down from his decisions. It has been said that Rohit cannot take decisions as per his wish.
Gambhir is not happy about this.
There is also debate about the performance of the Indian team. Especially the ODI and Test team’s performance is in doubt because in both formats Rohit is the captain and apart from him there are also some senior players in the team. The team had to face defeat in the ODI series against Sri Lanka and now New Zealand has bitten the dust in the Test. It has been said that coach Gambhir is not happy with the performance of some senior players as they continually fail. Gambhir wants the senior players to perform well or else they will be dropped from the team. He also believes that the team is performing well in T20 but not in ODIs and Tests and this raises doubts about Gambhir.
Team India divided?
Not only this, it is also said in the report that ever since the controversy came to light, many senior players have also taken Rohit’s side. Thus, the team is now divided into 3 groups, in which there are some senior players, including Rohit Sharma, while other players are along with coach Gambhir. Apart from these, there is a small part of those players who are not part of any group. Now, in the coming times it will be known how true all these statements are. However, even before this there have been incidents of fights between the coach and the captain in Indian cricket.
