Former India player Aakash Chopra said that Gautam Gambhir’s future as head coach could probably depend on the team’s performance in the Test series against England later this year. He added that the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 might be too early to judge him as a coach.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “I feel one more England tour. I don’t think the BCCI will say anything to him until then. After the England tour, it will be a year since he took over the reins. You had to do the transition within one year. So how he did there, which players he prepared, and whether the team’s performances have improved, a review can be done for him.”

“However, at least one year at the job is absolutely important to review someone’s performance. You need 12 months. So I feel not the Champions Trophy, but the England tour. That might just be a critical barometer or parameter based on which Gautam Gambhir’s performance might be reviewed. It won’t be a bad thing. You review the performances of batters and bowlers, so do it for the coach as well,” Chopra again added.

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that India need to fare well in the upcoming Champions Trophy.

“Please do well because it is not a normal Champions Trophy this time. The 2013 Champions Trophy was also not normal because it was the start of a new era. It was entirely MS Dhoni’s team. It had his imprint. He decided that he to make Rohit (Sharma) an opener, and he was made an opener just before the Champions Trophy,” he said.

“He even bowled himself and there was a lot of focus on fielding. Shikhar Dhawan started becoming Mr ICC. India had gone through a transition by then. Here, it is the backend of a transition, where it seems like some players’ performances are being keenly watched. We are not sparing their Ranji scores,” Aakash Chopra concluded.