Should Gautam Gambhir be sacked from Test coaching? Ex-batter says ‘absolutely’

Gautam Gambhir doesn't boast of a great Test record as the coach of Team India.

There are many who believe, that India’s declining status in Test cricket could be due to coach Gautam Gambhir. And one of them is ex-IND batter Manoj Tiwary. The latter was also not very pleased with the coach’s press conference as well, that has raised a few eyebrows.

Too Much Chopping & Changing in Team

“To be honest, the writing was on the wall. It had to happen. I knew things were not going well; the process they wanted to follow was not the right strategy or plan. There was a lot of chopping and changing, which was very evident. That could have been in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, home series against New Zealand and now against South Africa,” Tiwary told the Hindustan Times.

On the question of a new Test coach, he was quite clear, and did not hold back. “Absolutely. There is no question about it. (whether India should have a separate red-ball coach). It’s high time they take this decision to save Indian Test cricket. That’s the bottom line,” he said.

England Result Not Favorable

Going back to the PC, Tiwary further blasted the coach for talking about the drawn Test series in England. “Apparently, Gambhir is claiming that he got a series draw in England with a young team. In my opinion, the England series draw was not a great thing for us. It wasn’t a good result; the kind of players we had, it was England who made the mistake of playing too many shots on the last day. They could have easily won the series 3-1. There is no great achievement in his tenure so far.”

Tiwary also went to the extent of saying, that the Team that won the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup, was built by Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid. “I saw a clip of him claiming that he had won the Champions Trophy and Asia Cup. This team was built by Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid, and, before that, Virat Kohli. Even if Gambhir wasn’t the coach of Team India for these two tournaments, India would have won anyway because the team was already made,” he said.