Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Deep Dasgupta said that head coach Gautam Gambhir must be frustrated with the series of injuries to key players since the 2026 T20 World Cup. Team India suffered shocking 0-2 and 0-4 T20I series losses to Ireland and England, soon after IPL 2026 as well. However, at different points in both series, India played without their key players like Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana. They were also without Bumrah, Sundar, and Sai Sudharsan in the recent Test series in Sri Lanka as well.

Reacting to the same on his YouTube channel, Deep Point, Dasgupta said, “The next big assignment is New Zealand, for which you want all your pacers ready so that you can choose from that. But knowing who’ll be fit and ready with competitive matches under their belts is important. So I can understand Gautam Gambhir’s frustration and the same with the captain as well. So it’s important for the key stakeholders to understand what the coach and the captain want.”

“It is very important to understand what the coach and captain want. They are the two who drive the Indian team. The others are support staff who only play a supporting role. Hence, I can understand why Gautam Gambhir must be angered by the injury issues. You can’t form a team properly and plan things for a period of time without knowing who the players available are,” he again added.

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Deep Dasgupta also commented on the Indian team’s packed international schedule, which is one of the primary reasons for
the multitude of injuries as well.

“This is going to be a practical challenge in the future. Indian team is very important in the cricketing ecosystem, and they have to play for the economics of the sport. The sport will die if thought isn’t put on its economics. Those economics dictate that the Indian team needs to play more cricket than the other teams. So being ready for the scheduling challenges is going to be important,” again said Dasgupta.

“What you can do is prioritize the format for which the World Cup is coming up. That’ll help manage when the formats are clashing at any time. The clash is going to be there however much you plan. Planning this way is important. This scheduling challenge will be there, and how you plan will matter,” Deep Dasgupta concluded.