Gautam Gambhir Wants Full Control Of Team India Dressing Room After Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Retire: Report
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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from Test cricket within the span of a week, leading to a tectonic shift in the Indian team. This comes with just a month to go before Team India begin their World Test Championship 2025-27 campaign with a five-match Test series in England. Many, including Ravichandran Ashwin, have predicted it to be the start of the Gautam Gambhir era in Test cricket. It looks like the Team India head coach might now want a big change in the dressing room post the retirements.
Gautam Gambhir has conveyed to the team management that he wants full control in the dressing room as he does not want a repeat of the 0-3 Test series whitewash at home against New Zealand. Choosing Shubman Gill as the captain might just be a step in that direction.
According to a report by Dainik Jagran, Gautam Gambhir has conveyed to the team management that he wants full control in the dressing room as he does not want a repeat of the 0-3 Test series whitewash at home against New Zealand. Choosing Shubman Gill as the captain might just be a step in that direction. This is because Gill is a fairly young captain and might not have the authority to question any of Gambhir's decisions.
Jasprit Bumrah was the only player in the dressing room whose stature allowed him to question Gambhir, the report states. However, the fast bowler's questionable injury record might be a deterrent to him becoming the next captain of the Indian team.
'Beginning Of Gautam Gambhir Era'
In a video posted on his YouTube Channel Ash Ki Baat, Ravichandran Ashwin said that Rohit and Kohli's retirements have marked the beginning of a new era in Indan cricket, which can be termed the Gautam Gambhir era. A completely young team will be travelling to England with Jasprit Bumrah as the senior-most player.
“I would definitely say it is the beginning of the Gautam Gambhir era. The team that Gambhir will take to England for five Tests will be a completely new team, a completely transformed team where Jasprit Bumrah would possibly be the senior-most player,” Ashwin said.
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