Gautam Gambhir Targets This IPL Team Owner with a Bold Attack

Team India surely has won the ODI series against South Africa. But the dressing room environment is not as good as usual. Gautam Gambhir, the Head Coach, was present in the Press Conference as he targeted an IPL owner who demanded split coaching for the Indian team.

For the first time, Gautam Gambhir, India's Head Coach, was not happy even after the team had won the ODI series. The series was won by 2-1, but it came after a Test series whitewash against the Proteas. And for this, there were a lot of questions raised on Gautam Gambhir by the other analysts.

There were several criticisms also received by Gambhir, which made him a bit frustrated. And his frustration was clearly visible to the fans and media after India had won the ODI series against South Africa. Moreover, in his Press Conference speech, who also spoke about having different coaches for different formats.

1. What Gautam Gambhir Said?

After India had won the ODI series against South Africa, Gautam Gambhir was again present at the Press Conference. A number of questions were put on Gambhir, as it was a resurgence for the Indian team. Previously, India had lost the Test series against South Africa, and now they were able to secure a series win.

Gautam Gambhir targeted an IPL owner by , “There are people who have nothing to do with cricket have said certain things. An IPL owner also wrote about split coaching. It’s very important for them to stay in their domain. If we don’t go into someone’s domain, then they also need to maintain that.”

. Gambhir said, “Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are World Class players and their experience is important in the dressing room. They've been doing it for a long time. Hopefully they can continue doing the same, which is going to be important in ODIs for the team.”

2. Parth Jindal on Split Coaching

Gautam Gambhir had said that an IPL team owner commented on split coaching. This made fans wonder who was that IPL coach who said about this concept and was targeted by Gautam Gambhir. And it was none other than Parth Jindal, who owns a share in the IPL team, Delhi Capitals.

This happened during the South Africa tour of India's second Test match. South Africa decided not to give a follow-on to the Indian team and they batted yet again to give them a massive target. Moreover, India was given a massive target of 549 runs to chase, for which .

South Africa's Head Coach even commented on the same, as he said that he wanted to see the Indian team Grovel. After this, India suffered a massive loss in the second match, with all the batsmen failing to perform well. after India had lost the second Test match and the series ended as another whitewash.

He said, “Not even close, what a complete thrashing at home! Don’t remember seeing our test side being so weak at home!!!This is what happens when red ball specialists are not picked. This team is nowhere near reflective of the deep strength we possess in the red ball format. Time for India to move to a specialist red ball coach for Test cricket @BCCI.”

3. Aakash Chopra Warns Gambhir

The statements of Gautam Gambhir have gone viral immediately. And everyone knew that these statements were given against Parth Jindal, as he was the only IPL team owner who commented on the same. Aakash Chopra posted a video on his YouTube channel, where .

Chopra said, “Gautam came and he was very fiery. You expect that with Gautam. When he comes to press conferences, he speaks his heart out. I have a suggestion for Gautam. When you come so fiery, and when you go after an individual or something, people then start waiting for Gautam to fail. At times, it seems like you are setting yourself up for this kind of criticism.”

Later he also as unnecessary. He said, “He said if you don't have the domain expertise, don't talk about it. I felt it was slightly unnecessary. However, sometimes we fail to understand the undercurrents behind it. I am not trying to defend him. However, at times, you feel bad about someone because you know that guy's opinion about you had been different earlier as well, so let me just fire it back.”