'Ash, there's a problem': Gautam Gambhir highlights a major issue in Indian cricket and IPL

KKR Team mentor Gautam Gambhir recently appeared on Ravichandran Ashwin's famed YouTube show "Kutti Stories." Gambhir and Ashwin, who have shared a dressing room as Team India, held a discussion on a variety of topics during session. While laying out his views on one, Gambhir went ahe and blatantly put out one of biggest problems prevailing in Indian cricket that came into existence following inception of IPL.

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Gautam Gambhir on what's wrong in Indian cricket

As a country obsessed with cricket, fans and experts in India often get supremely thrilled whenever a bowler delivers a ball which exceeds 150 kmph or a batsman showcases consistency in one form of game. Gambhir highlighted this tendency and stated that this builds immediate hype around that cricketer, which is nothing but just a result of short-sightedness. 

"Ash, you know, re's a problem. thing is, in India, we start creating so much hype with se young cricketers coming through. I think thing is, everyone gets excited if someone is bowling at 150 s. But point is, you need to look at conditions as well."

According to Gambhir, in near future, batsmen will not be judged by runs y have piled up in ir career or by ir averages, rar by ability to consistently nail a big hit. Similarly, for bowlers, parameter would be ir craft in hitting right areas when pressure is at an extent. Gambhir states that re are so many factors which propel different results, hence, hyping a player from outset is an injustice to game and to  player.

"You need to look at... I was having a discussion yesterday with someone, I said, going forward in T20 cricket, I think averages, runs, will have no impact. It is strike rates, it's when you have to select a batter and when you have to select a bowler, kind of tough overs he can bowl. That will be discussion that will happen in next two or three years. point is, we keep talking about amount of runs,  amount of averages and all that stuff. Someone bowling at 150, sometimes when you go in a condition like a West Indies or in Banglesh, you don't need someone who's bowling 150."

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Gambhir calls for a balanced approach

He furr put weight on his earlier stance by stating that in India a cricketer endures ups and downs and hence judging him at  back of two good performances is not an appropriate measure to render hype to ir name. 

“You might need someone who's bowling a lot of cutters as well. And that is where vision needs to be with selectors. But again, I think if you start picking, sometimes you pick raw talent, but creating so much of hype just after two or three games, we need to have a balanced approach because what happens in India is that graph goes like this. And it is not good for a young player as well. And that is where all experts, all commentators, everyone needs to be more balanced when it comes to se young players because it is very easy for m, probably, to get deviated from hard work or from all good things y are doing because suddenly when you start talking about this young cricketer a lot, that he's done really well, sometimes it can backlash as well for him.”

Gambhir concluded by stating that a judgment should come out of a balanced elements.

"So I feel, I think we need to have a much, much balanced approach. Yes, and more importantly, looking at  conditions which are equally important. "