Fans furious with Gautam Gambhir as Australia claim historic Test win against India in Sydney

The long-awaited match of 5 Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has reached a dramatic conclusion. Apart from a solitary victory in Perth, the series has been nothing short of a nightmare for the Indian cricket team in terms of results. For many Indian cricket fans, the team’s inability to respond under pressure and make decisive decisions at critical moments has become a major talking point.

An important part of the blame, according to these fans, has fallen on the Indian coach, Gautama Gambhirand questions arose about his team’s management strategies and decision-making during crucial moments in the series.

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Gautam Gambhir’s coaching questioned after India’s embarrassing defeat in Sydney

For Gambhir, it has been a saga of failures and disappointments since he joined the national team as head coach. The former Indian batsman, in the past, had lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka at home, the first time for the Indian team in 27 years. The disappointment continued as he led the team to a humiliating series shutout by New Zealand on native soil. Now that the team has become dominated by the Australians in the series, Gambhir has become the center stage of fans’ fury.

The Indian coach was reportedly disappointed with the team’s performance after their loss in Melbourne. an indian express The report suggested that Gambhir gave the players an ultimatum to follow the game plan or else they would not be included in the team in the future. It was also reported that the Indian coach wanted Cheteshwar Pujara for the series, but the Indian selectors rejected his wishes.

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A disappointing performance from India with the bat

Batting has been a constant problem for the Indian team throughout the series. This continued in the final Test match in Sydney. The Indian team was restricted to 185 runs in the first innings and could only add 157 runs in the second innings to give the home team a target of 162 runs which the Australian batsmen managed to achieve comfortably with the loss of 4 wickets. Scott Boland dominated the Indian batsmen as he took 10 wickets in Sydney to become Player of the Match.

Experienced Indian batsmen, particularly the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul he had a quiet series with the bat, which further questioned Gambhir’s capabilities as a coach. While Rahul managed to score 276 runs in the series, Virat could only score 190 runs at a batting average of 23.75. The statistics are more worrying for the Indian captain, with just 31 runs in 4 Test matches he played.

This is how the fans reacted:

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 Under Gambhir in (𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁/𝗢𝗗𝗜𝘀)
– After 27 years, lost a bilateral ODI series against SL
– For the first time, he lost 30 wickets in a 3-match ODI series.
– After 45 years, India remained winless in a calendar year in ODIs
– After 36 years, India lost the test against New Zealand at home
– After… pic.twitter.com/ccjjHUusX5
— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) January 5, 2025

India is now completely out of the WTC and the biggest
Panauthy as Gautam Gambhir
After the departure of #RahulDravidIndia is losing matches everywhere and #ViratKohli𓃵 or #RohitSharma Both batsmen cannot score runs at all.#INDvAUS #AUSWIND pic.twitter.com/XVuqlSYP3F
– Rahul Gupta (@RahulGu04197245) January 5, 2025

The Gautam Gambhir era is destroyed, all for India 🤡
But still, public relations must continue 💀#INDvsAUS #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/67HTDD0XAK
– Manjeet Ghoshi (@ghoshi_manjeet) January 5, 2025

India won a world cup last year, the team is almost the same, only Rahul Dravid retired, we got a new coach, Gautam Gambhir, and suddenly we started losing at home against New Zealand and now we lost against Australia.
Why no one talks about Gambhir’s failure. I hope there is a…
– EngiNerd. (@mainbhiingeniero) January 5, 2025

Gambhir simply doesn’t know enough to be the head coach of a top-level cricket team.
When he said “let’s look at the field and select the XI”, I expected him to select 4 pacers from Frontline.
Bad management. Terrible plans. I hope he accepts his faults and resigns.
– archith (@InswinginMenace) January 5, 2025

Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja should be forced to retire
Shubman Gill should be removed
Virat Kohli should be given one last chance
Gautam Gambhir should be sacked with immediate effect, he has been as much of a liability as Rohit Sharma and has never seen a worse performance as a coach.
– Zaan (@OnlyZaan) January 5, 2025

India needed 3 wins in 8 Tests to qualify for the WTC, but lost 6 of 8. Despite this, commentators only praise Bumrah, while the team shows no remorse for its performance.
Gautam Gambhir, as a coach, contributed little, focusing more on press conferences to…
– Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) January 5, 2025

Someone tell Gautam Gambhir to stop presenting himself as a martyr. Not a performer of epic proportions as a coach. Stop fooling around during PCs and own up to tactical errors as a coach and these shitty team selections.
-Amit (@nottheamit) January 5, 2025

The real culprit for India’s defeat is coach Gautam Gambhir.
Whose idealistic and aggressive attitude pushed the winning Indian cricket team towards defeat.
1- We lost the series against Bangladesh
2- We lost the test series at home against New Zealand#AUSWIND #INDvAUS #GautamGambhir
– sudhir kumar (@itsofficialsk) January 5, 2025