India head coach Gautam Gambhir was effusive in his praises for his side’s achievements at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, thus far, after beating Australia to reach the summit clash of the tournament.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday slammed critics for claiming that India have an ‘undue advantage’ due to them playing all Champions Trophy 2025 games at the same venue and told the ‘perpetual cribbers’ to ‘grow up.’
The Indian team received a major boost ahead of the crucial ICC Champions Trophy clash against New Zealand with bowling coach Morne Morkel rejoining the team after attending to a personal emergency back home in South Africa and was part of the squad's training session in Dubai on Wednesday.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir believes Jasprit Bumrah’s absence from the ICC Champions Trophy squad could be a golden opportunity for the side’s rising pacers — Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana.
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has played down the extra relevance of his side’s contest against arch-rival Pakistan at the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy by declaring each match at the tournament is of equal importance.
Gambhir who made his debut for India in 2003 against Bangladesh, last for India in 2016 in a Test match.
According to Gambhir, experience matters when it comes to selectors but not for coaches.
Meanwhile, the BCCI was planning to organise an outdoor skill-based training camp for the men’s senior team cricketers from May 18,
Gautam Gambhir believes that if the ICC takes all the participating cricket nations on board, the T20 World Cup might take place as per schedule.
Gautam Gambhir had earlier said the same after it came to the light that the ICC was reportedly contemplating to prevent the use of body fluids on the ball.
