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‘No need for now but nothing wrong with it’: Harbhajan Singh on split coaching for India | Cricket News

‘No need for now but nothing wrong with it’: Harbhajan Singh on split coaching for India | Cricket News

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India’s rather contrasting results in white-ball and red-ball cricket since Gautam Gambhir took over as head coach has led to some suggesting that it might be time for the team to consider having different coaches for the formats. Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was also a long time teammate of Gambhir with the national team, feels that there doesn’t seem to be a need for India to switch to the model for now but they should consider it if the need arises later. “It is not that easy to become a coach of India. To be a coach, you have to travel with the team for a whole year and keep yourself involved in the game. You have to be more engaged because there are multiple team selections, and you also need to focus on match results,” said Harbhajan on ANI. Harbhajan said that whether the coaching responsibilities need to be split or not might be dictated by future results. “In India, it is our tradition that if the team plays well, everyone is …

Why Gambhir wants Harshit Rana at No 8 at 2027 World Cup, two years out

Why Gambhir wants Harshit Rana at No 8 at 2027 World Cup, two years out

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Talking about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma at the 2027 World Cup always raises Gautam Gambhir’s heckles. But the India coach has obviously started planning what the contours of his 2027 squad might look like. After India sealed the ODI series against South Africa 2-1, Gambhir said he was keen on Harshit Rana slotting in at No 8 to bolster the batting order. Efforts are underway to make the tall bowler into a competent batsman, which is no surprise given how the likes of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and now Marco Jansen and Corbyn Bosch have been helping their teams irrespective of what the specialist batsmen achieve. Gambhir was quoted by media as saying, that India had chalked out Rana as their project to lengthen their batting line-up. “That’s one of the reasons why we are trying to probably develop someone like Harshit, who can actually bat at 8 and contribute with a bat at No. 8,” Cricinfo quoted Gambhir as saying. “That’s how we need to find the balance, because come South Africa in …

Not just one bad series: Gautam Gambhir’s long list of historic humiliations

Not just one bad series: Gautam Gambhir’s long list of historic humiliations

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South Africa’s crushing 408-run demolition of India in Guwahati has not merely concluded a series – it has cast an unforgiving glare on the Gautam Gambhir era. A side that once was regarded home Tests as an impregnable fortress has now accumulated a catalogue of “first time since…” and “biggest ever” distinctions that would unsettle any coach. Gautam Gambhir looks on in the end of the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between India and South Africa.(AFP) Here’s how the unwelcome dossier reads across formats following the latest capitulation. Biggest Test defeat and first SA series win in 25 years The 408-run massacre in Guwahati now stands as India’s heaviest Test defeat by runs, surpassing every previous margin in their history. It sealed a comprehensive 2-0 sweep and delivered South Africa their first Test series triumph in India since Hansie Cronje’s side achieved the feat in 2000. First-ever 3-0 home Test whitewash In October 2024, New Zealand orchestrated a stunning 3-0 clean sweep, marking their first instance India were whitewashed at home in …

T Dilip reinstated as fielding coach; Shubman Gill could miss second warm-up | Cricket News

T Dilip reinstated as fielding coach; Shubman Gill could miss second warm-up | Cricket News

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A month after the Indian cricket board (BCCI) sacked him as part of a support staff rejig, it has reinstated T Dilip as the fielding coach for India five-Test tour to England starting next month. Dilip, most famous for handing out medals to the best fielder of the match during the T20 World Cup last year, was given a one-year contract. The BCCI was looking for a foreign fielding coach but they couldn’t find a suitable candidate. “We have decided to reappoint Dilip for a year and he will be travelling with the Indian team for England. His contract so far is for one year,” a source in the Indian board confirmed. A long-time staff at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, he has worked closely with cricketers such as Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal among the current crop, apart from the previous batches. Ravi Ashwin, the retired off-spinner, once called him a celebrity coach, and hailed him for improving India’s slip catching. “Close-in catching, in places like short-leg, is a very difficult thing. You …

Gautam Gambhir is the best candidate for India’s head coach role, says Wasim Akram: ‘He speaks clearly, bluntly’ | Cricket News

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Pakistan’s legendary seamer Wasim Akram has backed current KKR team mentor Gautam Gambhir to take over the Indian men’s team head coach position. With Rahul Dravid’s current contract with the national side set to end after the T20 World Cup in June, Gambhir’s name has been in the fray as a suitable successor. “Yeah, he is the best candidate. It depends on whether Gautam accepts it. He has also left politics because it took too much time. It is a time-consuming job. He is a very intelligent person, so he realised it’s not easy. He has two lovely daughters,” Akram, a former KKR bowling coach, told Sportskeeda. Akram further delved into the leadership skills of Gambhir, who was captain of KKR during his stint as a coach. “GG is very simple. Straightforward. Not a difficult person. But he speaks clearly, bluntly and doesn’t think twice, a quality that isn’t part of Indian cricket culture. In our culture, we say things that don’t offend people. But GG is someone who, if he doesn’t like something, will …