Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg has questioned Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir’s comments where he backed India to play both attacking and defensive cricket in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy as well. However, the veteran also stated that the Indian team failed to save the fourth Test in Melbourne, where they needed to bat less than three sessions as well.
Brad Hogg said on his YouTube channel: “The one thing that Gautam Gambhir said earlier on to that he wants his players to be adaptable, have that aggressive brand of cricket but when they have got to save the Test match, they’ve got their defensive game as well. And I really haven’t seen that in the Indian team do that as we’ve gone forward. We want to be the team that can score 400 runs in a day and can bat for 2 days to save a Test match as well. And that is the growth and adaptability that we are looking for. And that is what Test cricket is really. We have batters in the dressing room who can do both.”
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Brad Hogg also said that the Indian coaching unit will now be under pressure as they have now lost three big series in a row, two-Test series against New Zealand and Australia and an ODI series in Sri Lanka as well. He further questioned that the selectors while saying how India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s form affected India throughout the series.
“You’ve got to look after the selection panel as well. Who was selecting the team? Who was selecting the squads in those particular scenarios? What is the long-term plan as well for India? But India looked like they are gonna get to the World Test Championship final, they didn’t. They have had a terrible last couple of months. So, I think if you are looking at the coaching staff, they will be under pressure moving forward,” he added.
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“So, is it Gautam Gambhir that’s got to go or a new head coach brings in his own coaching staff or is it the assistant coaches that have to go as well. But I think through that particular period, you’ve got Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in there as well. The two leaders that really have not been on the top of their game as well. So, there are a number of variables there which you could look out for, which has been the demise of India at the Test level over the particular period. But for me, you’ve got to look at who is selecting the team. If Gautam Gambhir is part of that well, then questions do have to be asked. I think they definitely are under pressure,” Brad Hogg concluded.
