Before Team India left for Sri Lanka tour, India's new head coach Gautam Gambhir held a press conference. During this, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar was also present with him. Both answered many questions in the press conference. Whether it was a question on the decision to hand over the T20 captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav instead of Hardik Pandya or on Gambhir's relationship with Virat Kohli, he answered every question in an interesting way. During this, Gautam Gambhir also broke the silence on the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Let us tell you through this article the five big things of the press conference of India's new head coach Gautam Gambhir
After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from T20 International cricket. After this, the discussion started intensifying as to how long these two will play in the ODI format. Recently, Gautam Gambhir said during his first press conference that Rohit-Virat have full chances of playing the ODI World Cup 2027. This will be decided only on their fitness. Gambhir said that both have performed important on the big stage, whether it is T20 World Cup or ODI World Cup, Rohit and Virat have performed amazingly. I think both the giants still have a lot of cricket left and the most important thing is that India has to play the Champions Trophy next year and tour Australia, for which it is necessary for both of them to be in the team.
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar told why Suryakumar Yadav was made the captain of T20 instead of Hardik. Ajit said that keeping in mind the fitness, the cast of the players found in the toilet room and the constant, it was decided to make Suryakumar Yadav the captain. As far as Hardik is concerned, he is an important player of our team. His fitness remains a problem. We want him to perform well. We want him to perform well. Suryakumar had the necessary qualifications for astrology. As far as Hardik is concerned, he is an important player of our team. His fitness has been a problem. We want him to perform well. We want him to perform well. Suryakumar had the necessary qualifications for captaincy.
Senior player Ravindra Jadeja was ignored from the Indian team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. When Agarkar was asked about this, he said that Jadeja has been given rest. Agarkar said that the doors are not closed for Jadeja. He further said that Jadeja is a very important player. We tried to keep Akshar and Jadeja together. When we announced the team, we had told that he has not been dropped but he has been given rest. The doors are not closed for Jadeja. He can still make a comeback. He is in our plans. There are many series ahead, there are Test series and Jadeja will play in those series.
Shubman Gill has been given the responsibility of vice-captain of the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour. When asked about the decision to make Gill the vice-captain for the ODI and T20 team during the press conference, Ajit Agarkar said that Shubman Gill is someone we think is a player in all three formats. He has performed very well in the last year, this is what we hear from the dressing room. He has shown some good leadership qualities. We want to try him and give him an experience.
Gautam Gambhir made a frank statement about his relationship with Virat Kohli during the press conference. Gambhir said that it is good for TRP, but the relationship between me and Virat is good. But I do not want to make it public. It is important that we are representing 140 crore Indians.
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