The star India Nationwide Cricket Workforce wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has delivered a brutally trustworthy verdict on the previous and present head coach of the nationwide – Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir.
Rahul Dravid had a extremely profitable tenure with the Indian group as after reaching a number of ICC finals, the Males In Blue lastly managed to raise a World Cup and finish their ICC trophy drought.
Beneath Dravid’s tenure, India performed the finals of the ICC World Take a look at Championship 2023 and ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 towards Australia. In each these matches, India confronted heartbreaking defeats, however Rahul Dravid did not surrender.
Dravid obtained a contract extension from BCCI after the ODI World Cup closing loss and he had one final shot to win the trophy with the group on the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024. The duo of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma labored very laborious for the event and made good recreation plans, which finally helped them to win the ultimate towards South Africa and raise the T20 World Cup trophy.
Because the T20 World Cup ended, the contract of Rahul Dravid with BCCI expired, and he parted methods with the Indian group. To switch him BCCI taken care of a number of choices however settled on Gautam Gambhir, who had no prior teaching expertise.
Notably, Gautam Gambhir labored because the mentor of the Lucknow Tremendous Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League however he did not function the pinnacle coach of any groups earlier than taking the India job. Nonetheless, the BCCI trusted him and handed him a contract until 2027.
Gautam Gambhir has thus far been concerned in two collection with the India Nationwide Cricket Workforce and has acquired an opportunity to work with the dynamic wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant.
Gautam Gambhir may be very one-sided about the truth that it’s important to win – Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant, after spending a very good period of time with each coaches, has shared his verdict on the duo. Talking on JioCinema forward of the Duleep Trophy 2024, the place he represents India B, Rishabh Pant bluntly stated that each Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir are very completely different as the previous is kind of balanced, and the latter is kind of aggressive.
Pant added that the newly-appointed India head coach may be very ‘one-sided’ about successful, however he confused the significance of sustaining a balanced strategy.
“I really feel Rahul bhai was very balanced as a human being and as a coach. It could possibly be each good and dangerous. There are positives and negatives, and it is determined by the place people need to focus. Gauti bhai (Gambhir) is extra aggressive, he is very one-sided about the truth that it’s important to win. However you might want to discover the correct stability and enhance,” Pant stated.
Rishabh Pant, on Thursday, September 5, made his comeback to red-ball cricket, that includes within the Duleep Trophy 2024. Pink-ball cricket is labelled one of the best format for Pant, however he disillusioned along with his efficiency on day 1. Rishabh Pant scored simply 7 runs off 10 balls, earlier than being dismissed by Akash Deep as Shubman Gill took a blinder to take away the wicketkeeper-batsman.
After the primary spherical of the Duleep Trophy, Rishabh Pant might be seen in motion within the residence Take a look at collection towards Bangladesh Nationwide Cricket Workforce, the place he might be donning the whites for India after a really very long time. He might be an important member of the Indian group within the coming months, contemplating the variety of Take a look at matches the Rohit Sharma-led aspect will play.
