Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir did not appear in the mood to praise personal achievements like Rishabh Pant’s two centuries in the Leeds Test. When he was asked about the positive aspects of the defeat in the first Test at the hands of England, he said that the most important result is which the team could not achieve.
Indeed, Gambhir is usually known for speaking uncontrollable. He gave a straightforward and a little sharp answer to the question asked on Pant’s magnificent innings. He said, ‘Three more centuries have also been scored. They are also big positives. Thank you.’
When he was asked about more positive aspects in detail, he said, ‘I would have felt good if you had a century of Yashaswi (Jaiswal), a century on the debut as the captain of Shubman (Gill). KL (Rahul) also scored a century and Rishabh’s two centuries … So in a total of 5 centuries in a Test match, this is a great start. I hope the question could have been a little better.
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However, the coach clearly said that personal performance does not mean anything until the team win. India had set a difficult target of 371 runs in front of England, yet the team lost by 5 wickets.
Gautam Gambhir said, ‘Bumrah’s 5 wickets in an innings are also a big positive. But in the end, the matter comes again there … We descend on the field to get the results.
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He further said, ‘Yes, personal performances are good. We want big runs than our top 6-7 batsmen, who also get in this Test. But in the end you enter the field to win the Test match. Unfortunately, the result did not come. So we accept it and move forward.