NEW DELHI: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar feels that present head coach Gautam Gambhir doesn’t have the ‘proper manner nor the phrases’ when speaking with media and the BCCI ought to ‘hold him away’ from such duties.
Forward of Workforce India’s departure for the Australia tour (second batch), Gambhir on Monday interacted with media, the place the 43-year-old, is his typical avatar, spoke with brutal honesty and ease.
And one such reply of Gambhir raised just a few eyebrows when he stated, “What Ricky Ponting has to do with Indian Cricket? I believe he ought to take into consideration Australian Cricket,” on a reporter’s question on Australian nice current feedback on Virat Kohli‘s poor kind.
In one other incident, Gambhir additionally dismissed theories that he’s underneath stress after India’s 0-3 whitewash at residence in opposition to New Zealand and requested again a reporter, “What distinction does social media make in my life, and for anybody’s life? After I took up this job, I all the time knew that it was going to be a extremely tough job and a extremely prestigious job as properly.”
Supposedly referring to the incidents, Manjrekar in a social media publish stated that BCCI shouldn’t put Gambhir in entrance of media, stating that skipper Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar might be higher decisions.
Within the presser, Gambhir additionally put up a stout defence for under-pressure skipper Rohit and star Kohli, saying they’re nonetheless ‘extremely hungry’ to carry out and can bounce again in Australia.
“There are unbelievable folks within the dressing room who’ve carried out an incredible job,” Gambhir stated.
Kohli has already arrived in Perth and the primary batch of gamers that left India on Sunday night will land in Australia this night.
The primary Check begins in Perth on November 22.
