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File picture of Gautam Gambhir (left) and Rohit Sharma.© AFP
Throughout and after the India tour of Australia, a number of media studies claimed that each one was not effectively within the Indian dressing room. In keeping with the claims, there was no cohesion within the crew. Amid such leaked studies turning into the subject of speak, the BCCI got here up with a 10-point diktat to convey self-discipline within the facet. Now, India captain Rohit Sharma has cleared air on his relationship with India head coach Gautam Gambhir. There have been conjectures about Rohit’s working relationship with the coach and the skipper mentioned that after he enters the taking part in area, he’s his personal man.
“Both (he and Gambhir) of us are very clear in what we want to do. I’m not going to sit here and discuss what goes behind every game tactically but it’s very clear in my mind. Gautam Gambhir is somebody once we enter the field he trusts what the captain is doing on the field. The basic talks that happen are only off the field, in the ground or maybe the changing room,” mentioned Rohit within the press convention throughout Group India’s squad announcement for England ODIs and Champions Trophy.
“But once we take the field it’s all about what I do on the field. That’s the kind of trust we have in each other and that’s how it should be. That’s about it,” he added.
India introduced their 15-member squad for Champions Trophy 2025 on Saturday. The eight-team match, which is about to start on February 19 in Pakistan, will see the Rohit Sharma-led facet taking part in all their matches in Dubai because the facet refused to journey.
India’s emphasis on spin and considerations over Mohammed Siraj’s effectiveness with the previous ball led to the pacer’s exclusion from the squad.
Whereas Indian selectors, led by Ajit Agarkar, gave a maiden ODI call-up to batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal, they overlooked seasoned pacer Siraj on the grounds that he lacked expertise with the older ball.
With pitches in Dubai anticipated to not favour quick bowlers rather a lot, prefer it did within the Caribbean leg of final 12 months’s T20 World Cup, India selected to stay with the four-spinners method which incorporates Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar within the combine.
(With PTI Inputs)
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