Published 15:00 IST, November 11th 2024
'That Has To Happen': Gautam Gambhir Drops Big Update On Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli's Future
India will travel to Australia for a five-match Test series. Ahead of the series opener, India Head Coach Gautam Gambhir shared his opinion on Virat and Rohit
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024: horrific happenings of IND vs NZ Test series are matters of past. Indian Cricket team under leership of He Coach Gautam Gambhir and Test skipper Rohit Sharma will now shift its focus towards upcoming IND vs AUS Test series, also known as Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India are virtually out of World Test Championship (WTC) as Finals as of now, but y can still turn things around.
Prior to 3-0 home Test series loss against Kiwis, Indian team needed only 3 wins from ir remaining five Test matches, but series loss against New Zealand has hurt India so much that y can't afford to lose even one match against Aussies and on top of it Rohit Sharma 's men need to win four out of five Test matches 'Down Under'.
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Gautam Gambhir 's Clear Message On Virat-Rohit's Future
After India's series loss to New Zealand, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been at receiving end of all criticism. Indian stalwarts, needless to say, h a very poor home season. duo couldn't even score a total of 200 runs toger and it resulted in India being played out by New Zealand in all three matches.
re were several reports that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma might be phased out of team if y don't perform well in Australia. Indian team is currently in a transitional phase and tour to Australia isn't going to be an easy one. Before India's departure to Australia, He Coach Gautam Gambhir spoke about immediate future of batting stalwarts.
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'I am not thinking about transition but five Test matches. Transition or no transition, if that has to happen, will happen but I see some incredibly tough characters in that dressing room who are hungry to do well. re are incredible people in dressing room who have done a great job.', said Gambhir
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Rohit Sharma Doubtful For First BGT Test
Rohit Sharma's availability in first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match is under severe doubts. It has been said that Rohit Sharma might miss series opener due to personal reasons. In pre-departure press conference, Gautam Gambhir clearly said that an official update will be shared only before first Test match.
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11:58 IST, November 11th 2024