Sunil Gavaskar Criticizes Gautam Gambhir for Poor Strategies in Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Former Indian legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar questioned India's coaching staff after India's dismal performance in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. India lost the series 3-1 as Australia retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2014. 

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Gavaskar shed light on India's batting woes right from the home series against New Zealand and how they just haven't improved by any stretch. He questioned why there wasn't much improvement seen from the batters. The likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had a terrible series with the bat.

“Aapke coaching staff kya kar rahe the? (What was your coaching staff doing in Australia?) Your bowling coach and your batting coach… your batting coach, in particular, against New Zealand when we were bowled for 46, and the way we were defeated in the remaining matches. Batting main koi dum nahi tha (There was no punch in the batting). Here also our batting was not strong enough, so questions should be asked what have you guys done? Why can’t we see any improvement,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.

What has the coaching staff done? - Sunil Gavaskar

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Sunbil Gavaskar claimed that while questions needed to be asked of the Indian batting, they also needed to question the manner of the coaching that was going on in the Indian team. 

Head coach Gautam Gambhir and assistant coaches Ryan ten Doeschate and Abhishek Nayar along with bowling coach Morne Morkel were all on the radar of Gavaskar as he asked some tough questions.

"We would understand if you say that the (Australian) bowling was top class and our batters couldn’t face them. Even the greatest batters have difficulty in facing good bowling. But when good bowling is not happening then tell me what has the coaching staff done? You may ask if should we change the batting order, I will ask if should we change the coaching staff. We have 2-3 months before going to England," Gavaskar asserted.

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