BCCI Dissects The NZ Debacle & Gautam Gambhir's Approach As The Countdown To BGT Series Begins

In aftermath of historic series loss against New Zealand at home, BCCI is leaving stones unturned to analyze and review on what transpired to Men in Blue's shambolic performance. utter humiliation of top-order batters was something y did t expect to see against Blackcaps. w that countdown for Border Gavaskar Trophy has begun, higher ops at Board of Control for Cricket In India [BCCI] sat down for a comprehensive analysis of three-match Test series. Multiple points were raised, which also included Gambhir's coaching style.

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Rohit, Agarkar & Gambhir Analyze Issues Before India Jets Off For BGT

trio of India Skipper Rohit Sharma , chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar and he coach Gambhir sat down for a meeting to conduct a postmortem of debacle against New Zealand. Gambhir participated in meeting virtually, while BCCI president Roger Binny and secretary Jay Shah were also present. It has been discovered that during series, team manment was questioned regarding specific choices y me. re were also talks about how team is justing to Gambhir's coaching style, which differs greatly from that of his predecessor Rahul Dravid. three were instructed to offer recommendations for remedial actions.

"It was a six hour marathon meeting which was obviously on cards after such a debacle. India are going on a tour of Australia and BCCI would obviously like to ensure that team is back on track and would like to kw how think-tank (Gambhir-Rohit-Agarkar) are going about it," a senior BCCI source privy to development told PTI on conditions of anymity.

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Ar important topic discussed during meeting was absence of pace spearhe, Jasprit Bumrah. team's vice captain was rested for third test, which BCCI officials were t pleased with. y also questioned why team chose a rank turner after losing on a similar of surface in Pune.

"Bumrah's absence was discussed although it was a precautionary move. Opting for a rank turner despite India t faring well on se tracks are some of issues that came up for discussion," source ded.

While it is unclear wher Gambhir's coaching style has been questioned, it is understood that some members of Indian team think tank aren't on same p with he coach. Furrmore, with only 10 Ranji Trophy matches, selections of T20 specialist all-rounder Nitish Reddy and rookie pacer Harshit Rana were far from unanimous.

[With PTI Inputs]