Gambhir’s ‘prickly’ model of teaching ‘not nice match’ for Indian group: Tim Paine

Indian cricket coach Gautam Gambhir. File
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Gautam Gambhir’s “prickly” teaching model might not bode effectively for the Indian group, and it might be a “lengthy summer time” in the event that they fail to begin sturdy within the Perth Check on November 22, warns former Australian captain Tim Paine.

Jolted by an unprecedented 0-3 residence sequence loss to New Zealand, the Gambhir-coached aspect now face the daunting activity of defending the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in a five-match sequence towards Australia, beginning with the Perth Check.

“Their final two sequence wins out right here they’d Ravi Shastri who was incredible. He created a fantastic atmosphere, the gamers have been energised, they performed with ardour, he bought them the dream and motivated them in a extremely light-hearted fulfilling method,” Paine stated on SEN Radio.

“They (India) have gone to a brand new coach now that’s actually prickly, actually aggressive — and that to not say that’s not a superb factor and a great way to teach — however my concern is that it’s not a fantastic match for the Indian cricket group.

“In case your coach is the primary one to crack in a press convention after being requested a easy query, it might be a extremely lengthy summer time for Gautam Gambhir if India don’t get off to a superb begin on Perth.”

Paine’s feedback stemmed from a current media interplay the place Gambhir took problem with Ricky Ponting’s remarks on Virat Kohli’s struggling type, saying that the Australian legend needn’t be involved about Indian cricket.

Ponting, in flip, described Gambhir “fairly a prickly character”.

Gambhir, India’s largest concern

Paine felt Gambhir’s barb was an indication that he might not be capable to keep calm below stress which might be India’s “largest concern” — much more than the struggling type of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

“I don’t like it. It’s not a superb signal I believe, as a result of all he was requested was a quite simple query. I believe he’s possibly taking a look at Ricky nonetheless as somebody he’s taking part in towards,” Paine stated.

“However Ricky is a commentator now — he’s paid to provide an opinion, and his opinion was spot on. Virat has been sliding, it’s a concern, completely.

“However for me now, the most important concern for India proper now isn’t Rohit Sharma’s batting, isn’t Virat Kohli’s batting, it’s their coach and his capability to remain calm below stress,” he added.