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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the Test has changed the picture of the Indian cricket team. Now Gautam Gambhir has become the super boss of Team India. Whoever has become the new captain, he can be forced to take decisions in the shadow of Gambhir …Read more

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli with coaches Gautam Gambhir. (File photo)
Highlights
- The picture of the Indian cricket team changed in a week.
- After Rohit, Virat Kohli retired from the Test.
- The new captain can live in the shadow of coach Gautam Gambhir.
New Delhi. Gautam has also become the super boss of Team India within a year of becoming a serious coach. After Virat Kohli’s retirement, there is no such player in the Indian cricket team who can question the coach. There is no captain who can handle the team’s deteriorating balance. This situation is like a two -edged sword, which can harm India. History is witness that whenever the coach, the captain of the Indian team has dominated, good results have not come.
The coach of any team is often a player of a generation in advance. He needs experienced and passionate players on the field. Experienced players often do not like the coach. The players who have their strong presence in the team keep their opinion with power. They also question the strategy of the coach and sometimes correct it.
Threw the magic wand and all missing…
There is no such player in the Indian team now. All this happened within a year. As if a magic wand has been run. When Gautam became a serious coach in July 2024, there was a successful captain like Rohit Sharma in the team and a leader like Virat Kohli. Ravichandran was also world class all -rounder like Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. And today when Kohli has retired from the Test, the commander of the Test team is not decided. Rohit has already said goodbye to Test format. Ashwin has been away from international cricket.
Jung and commander not decided after a month
The Indian team has to go on a tour of England after a few days. Who will be the captain of the Indian team on this tour, it is not decided yet. Players like Shubman Gill, KL Rahul are claimants of becoming captains. Shubman Gill’s pan looks a bit heavy. KL Rahul is second in the race. Some people also include Rishabh Pant in this race, but his claim seems very weak. Jaspreet Bumrah, the natural contender of the captaincy, is not to be given the captaincy under the workload management.
Everyone knows about Gambhir’s strength
Everyone knows that for just six months, KL Rahul’s place in the Test team was not confirmed. If Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had not been injured, KL may not have even played Test matches in Australia. In such a situation, how confidently captaining or will be able to disagree with the decisions of the coach, it will always be in questions. Shubman Gill has a captaincy experience in T20 matches but not a Test match. In such a situation, when it comes to making big and tough decisions, they can come under the pressure of the coach. That too when he has seen in a year what is the strength of Gautam Gambhir. We saw last year that at the behest of Gambhir, the BCCI kept foreign assistant coaches. Most of the assistant coaches who lived with Gautam Gambhir at some time. Given this strength of coach Gambhir, if the new captain of the team comes under pressure, then it should not be surprised.
Missing the days of Greg Chappell
We will expect Shubman Gill or whoever becomes the new captain of Team India, he will not come under the pressure of the coach. He will take his decisions independent or take it together. Dummy captain cannot do good to any team. The BCCI and its selectors will also be expected to give full strength to the captain so that the 2006-07 situation does not come. We all know how the powerful coach Greg Chappell then humiliated the senior players of the team. Gambhir may not do this and the Indian team will have the same expectation from them.

Active in journalism for two decades. Responsibility of Sports as Associate Editor Sports in News18Hindi from April 2020. Page-1 in Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala newspapers before News18 Hindi, Sports, India and abroad, Election D …Read more
Active in journalism for two decades. Responsibility of Sports as Associate Editor Sports in News18Hindi from April 2020. Page-1 in Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala newspapers before News18 Hindi, Sports, India and abroad, Election D … Read more