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Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has travel retired successful defence of the embattled Gautam Gambhir, saying the caput manager tin lone hole the squad and it is the players who person to present connected the field.
Gambhir has travel successful for immoderate scathing disapproval pursuing the monolithic 408-run loss to South Africa successful the 2nd Test successful Guwahati, which helped the visitors expanse the two-match series.
This was India's 3rd Test bid decision nether Gambhir. In the 16 months helium has been astatine the helm, India person mislaid to New Zealand astatine location 0-3, distant to Australia 1-3, and present yet to the Proteas.
"He's a coach. The manager tin hole a team. The manager tin tell, you know, a feline with his experience. But it's retired determination successful the mediate that the players person to deliver," Gavaskar said.
Gavaskar added that Gambhir is the aforesaid manager who helped India triumph the Champions Trophy and Asia Cup and present critics were baying for his humor aft the location bid loss.
"Now, to those who are asking, you know, for him to beryllium held accountable, my question, counter-question is: what did you bash erstwhile India won the Champions Trophy nether him? What did you bash erstwhile India won the Asia Cup nether him? "Did you accidental past - you're asking for a sacking present - did you accidental past that helium should beryllium fixed an extended contract, a declaration for beingness for one-day cricket and for T20 cricket? You didn't accidental that. It's lone erstwhile a squad doesn't bash good you look astatine the coach,” Gavaskar said.
The legendary batter cited the illustration of New Zealander Brendon McCullum, who is England's all-format coach, saying determination was thing incorrect with Gambhir carrying connected arsenic caput manager successful each forms of the game.
"You person coaches, for example, Brendon McCullum is simply a manager for each 3 formats for England. A batch of countries person a manager who is determination for each formats. But we thin to lone look and constituent a digit astatine idiosyncratic erstwhile the squad has lost.
"You're not prepared to springiness him credit. If you're not prepared to springiness him recognition for the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup win, past delight archer maine wherefore you privation to blasted him for the squad retired determination connected that 22-yard, not doing well. Why are you blaming him?"
Former India off-spinner R Ashwin excessively has defended Gambhir, saying it is not close to telephone for his sacking astatine a clip erstwhile not capable work has been shouldered by the players.
