Gautam Gambhir Overruling Shubman Gill: Once again questions have been raised about the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Gautam Gambhir. After the draw of the second Test played against Sri Lanka in Colombo, a report claimed that Gambhir did not accept the decision of Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill. According to the report, Gill wanted India to declare its first innings early before the second innings, but Gambhir had a different opinion.
He wanted Jurel to complete his century. It is being told that Gambhir wanted wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel to complete his century. Jurel finally scored a century and after this India declared the innings at the score of 9 wickets for 503 runs. After this India gave follow on to Sri Lanka. However, the host team made a brilliant comeback and prevented India from winning. On the last day, Sri Lanka had only four wickets left and the lead was only 16 runs. But he continued batting till the end of the day and the match was drawn. Quoting questions raised on Gambhir’s decisions, it was claimed that there is growing concern within the team that the coach is changing the captain’s decisions on many occasions. The source reportedly said that this happening again and again is a matter of concern. However, even after this report came out, no official statement has been given by the Indian team on this matter. However, these reports are proving that serious pressure is dominating Team India. Shubman Gill did not raise questions on the decisions. After the match, Shubman Gill refused to question any decision. He said that India tried its best to win. Gill also admitted that considering the weather, decisions like follow-on can be properly assessed only after the match is over. He praised the Sri Lankan batsmen and described their comeback as wonderful. The series ended 1-0. India’s next series will now be played against Afghanistan.