After the shameful defeat in the Melbourne Test, everything is not going well within Team India. After trailing 1-2 in the series, head coach Gautam Gambhir had given strict instructions to the Indian players. There were reports that many players were not seen following the instructions given by the coach and management.
After this, Gambhir adopted a strict attitude in the dressing room and said, ‘Enough is enough’. This worsened the situation. But former cricketers Irfan Pathan and Woorkeri Raman are furious after these things within Team India came out. Irfan said in clear words that dressing room things should never come out.
A lot of uproar
According to media reports, everything is not well in the dressing room of Team India. After the defeat in the Melbourne Test, there has been a lot of uproar in the dressing room of Team India, about which a shocking revelation has been made. Gautam Gambhir is not at all happy with the performance of the Indian batsmen. In such a situation, after losing the Melbourne match, Gambhir’s anger burst out in the dressing room on the entire Team India including Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli. According to reports, Gambhir scolded the players and said that it’s enough, are you guys awake or not. I am not saying anything for so many days, it does not mean that you take it for granted. Apart from this, Gambhir has warned the players that in future those who do not follow his strategy can also be dropped from the team. Obviously, now his patience has run out, because Gambhir, who took over as coach on July 9, had given a free hand to the players till now. However, now he is fed up with the recent poor performance and has reviewed the players.
Shreevats Goswami, who was a member of India’s Under-19 World Cup winning (2008) team, has tweeted on his x handle. He has written, ‘How did the dressing room chat get leaked to the media? This is not right at all’. Irfan Pathan also got angry on this matter. Irfan wrote, ‘What happens in the dressing room should remain in the dressing room only’.
Voorkeeri Raman is also not happy
Former cricketer Voorkeeri Raman is also not happy with Team India’s dressing room talks becoming a part of media headlines. But he did not say much on this matter and advised Team India to focus on the next match. Raman said, ‘Team India has a chance to draw the series. Therefore, they should focus on their work. This is not the time for selective leaks (dressing room talks) to fuel the fire’.
Gautam Gambhir took over as the head coach of the Indian team after India won the T20 World Cup 2024. Since then, in the last six months, the performance of the Indian team under Gambhir’s coaching has not been as expected.
First India had to face defeat in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Then the Indian team also lost the Test series to New Zealand for the first time at home. While India’s performance was not good in the current Border Gavaskar Trophy as well. In such a situation, Gambhir’s coaching is under question.
Team India has lagged behind in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The Indian team, which started the series with a win, has lost 2 out of the last 3 matches and one match was drawn. The Melbourne Test also saw a very poor performance from the Indian team, on the last day of the game the Indian innings collapsed like a pack of cards.
However, now the new year has started and Team India is going to be eyeing a new beginning. But on the very first day of the year, a shocking news has come to the fore. The matter of Team India’s dressing room has been leaked, which has created a ruckus in the cricket world.
