NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan commented on India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir following India’s stunning Take a look at sequence loss to New Zealand. The New Zealand workforce received the second Take a look at in Pune by 113 runs on Saturday, securing a 2-Zero lead within the three-match sequence. This loss marks India’s first house Take a look at sequence defeat since 2012.
Wassan sympathized with Gambhir, who now faces criticism for India’s efficiency.
“I really feel sorry for Gautam Gambhir to have this albatross throughout his neck now for dropping this sequence after 12 years, and that too towards a workforce that misplaced towards Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka not too long ago. And we’re speaking about profitable the WTC last… Within the backdrop of all this, I nonetheless can not overcome this sense that we’ve misplaced inside three days,” Wassan informed PTI.
Wassan acknowledged that he by no means anticipated India to lose so dramatically, particularly at house towards New Zealand. He discovered it difficult to establish the explanations for India’s failure within the sequence.
“I believe it’s extremely tough to place a finger on one factor which went fallacious, but it surely’s very stunning for me. I could not, even in my wildest goals, assume that we’d lose to New Zealand and that too 2-Zero in such a way. I can not truly fathom what went fallacious,” he added.
India’s defeat has prompted deep reflection, with Gambhir and the workforce administration now going through robust questions forward of the ultimate Take a look at.
