Rohit Sharma-Gautam Gambhir: Recently, the Indian team had to face defeat against New Zealand. New Zealand registered a historic 3-0 victory on Indian soil. In this way, the Indian team lost the Test series on its home soil after almost 12 years. Questions are being raised continuously on the defeat of Team India. At the same time, after this defeat, a marathon meeting of BCCI was held. Captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir were seen on target in the marathon meeting that lasted for almost 6 hours. Captain Rohit Sharma, selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir along with BCCI secretary Jay Shah and president Roger Binny were also present in this meeting.
BCCI reviewed India’s 0-3 defeat against New Zealand in detail. In this meeting, the issues of Turner’s selection for Mumbai Test, giving rest to Jasprit Bumrah and Gautam Gambhir’s coaching style were discussed. Due to South Africa tour, Gautam Gambhir attended the online meeting. According to PTI, a senior BCCI source told PTI on the condition of anonymity, ‘It was a six-hour marathon meeting, which was scheduled after such a defeat. India is going on a tour of Australia and BCCI would like to ensure that the team gets back on track. The board would like to know what the think-tank (Gambhir-Rohit-Agarkar) is thinking about this.
According to media reports, there was a discussion in the meeting regarding the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. Apart from this, there are some issues like India opting for rank turner despite not performing well on these pitches. Which were discussed. Let us tell you that the Indian team had to face defeat in the first two tests. After this the third test was to be played in Mumbai. The Indian team management had decided to rest fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for the third test.
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