Gautam Gambhir is on a mission

[Laaloo]

5 hours ago, Mjcricket said:

Gavaskar, Kapil, Sachin, Saurav, MSD, Yuvraj, Rohit, Kohli they all became bigger than the game and selfish and kept playing when they were completely underperforming. No one should have the power to decide when they quit. Selectors and team management should make the decisions purely based on the performances and also it is very important to groom the young players at the right time before it is too late. What is the point of RoKo playing ODIs unless they are certain to be part of the WC27 team? This entire hero-worshipping culture is just plain sick but then we fans are totally responsible for making these heroes whether it is cricket or Bollywood :(  

Blasphemy. Sachin retired 10 years early. He would still dominate cricket today.

 

Ae vedya bat ka grip nikal

 

Look at the last shot

 

 

 

[test fan]

I Hope the Indian selectors do not get carried away and pick one dimensional players in the Asia cup squad! India had nicely moved towards multi skilled players in the T20 squad who offer depth in batting and bowling. Don’t veer from that, keep the ODI players away from T20s

[Strangering]

6 hours ago, Laaloo said:

Blasphemy. Sachin retired 10 years early. He would still dominate cricket today.

 

Ae vedya bat ka grip nikal

 

Look at the last shot

 

 

 

I wish I was there! What a shot at the end with the bat handle...

[Suhaan]

On 8/6/2025 at 4:33 PM, Gollum said:

Reports coming in that Gill will be made T20 and ODI captain.

it was coming more so with the 2-2 result ,it got amplified

Now you will again get to see those statpadding exercises again 

Just look the scores we raked in SA ,BD and Eng

Ok,we will see it get exposed if done unnecessarily 

[putrevus]

What is his mission, to victimize players based on his bloody whims and to be a bloody hypocrite.

 

 

[Suhaan]

22 hours ago, test fan said:

I Hope the Indian selectors do not get carried away and pick one dimensional players in the Asia cup squad! India had nicely moved towards multi skilled players in the T20 squad who offer depth in batting and bowling. Don’t veer from that, keep the ODI players away from T20s

It is inevitable,BCCI loves one suppastar ruling roost

They will go back to stone age T20 cricket

[G_B_]

Has champions trophy under belt.

 

Needs a few more icc trophies and decent home run in tests.

 

Phase out rohit n kohli.

[prudent_kreeda]

On 8/6/2025 at 3:15 AM, Number said:

Now reports are that he may force Rohit and Kohli out in ODIs too. 

 

I think it won't be as easy as it was in tests but if he does that then "phull sapport saar"

 

 

Why not ?  Why a 40 year old need to be first choice when he is literally out of cricket now ?

Another not much interested in cricket , will try to have his own way be it nets , travel , matches etc. 

Both just want to hang on and use their brand name to further their interests . 

More harmful towards team bonding. Both make fun of and blurt out gaalis at junior players in the field itself , imagine what they would be doing to them off field. 

Even if they have to be considered in 20 probables list , let them play all domestic matches esp. Ranji and excel & be top 4 batters.

Not convinced about coaching of GG in tests but having the guts to keep out these aging leeches is his big favour to indian cricket.

They had their time , Did well for india  - no doubt on that , now time has come to move on.   

[ravishingravi]

Harsha and I agree for a change. 

 

 

[adi B]

He's a good white ball coach ,I trust him to kick out RO-KO asap !

This is solely why I support Gambhir in white ball set up ,but he needs to pick Good fast bowler to succeed in this format ,don't want a spinner heavy team like he did in the CT ,Srl tour ,his KKR squad .

[Lord]

GG killing star culture by picking Gill straight as VC in T20s

 

 

[AKane]

Can Gambhir be the PM one day? Imagine that.....Would be interesting.

[ShoonyaSifar]

5 minutes ago, Lord said:

GG killing star culture by picking Gill straight as VC in T20s

 

 

I don't agree with Gill's selection for T20s.

 

But once he's picked, he's the natural VC. BCCI"s preference has been one captain across formats. Only time it got disturbed was after senior captains retired from one format Dhoni from tests in 2014 and Rohit from T20Is and tests. In Gill, they see a long term all format captain, their default preference. Don't see how it's creating,'star culture'. 

 

Also as much hate as Gill is getting, across last 3 seasons of IPL, he's shown he can bat in different modes. If he struggles, he will not play the T20 WC. Mantra for the T20 team has been super aggressive batting, don't see it changing just to accomodate Gill. 

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

But once he's picked, he's the natural VC.

Why? Axar was the previous VC, and doing fairly well.  

2 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

 

BCCI"s preference has been one captain across formats. 

Done to create another superstar like Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit. Not cricket related decision at all. Broadcasters, sponsors want a poster boy put on the field every time, in every format. 

[Lord]

12 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

I don't agree with Gill's selection for T20s.

 

But once he's picked, he's the natural VC. BCCI"s preference has been one captain across formats. Only time it got disturbed was after senior captains retired from one format Dhoni from tests in 2014 and Rohit from T20Is and tests. In Gill, they see a long term all format captain, their default preference. Don't see how it's creating,'star culture'. 

 

Also as much hate as Gill is getting, across last 3 seasons of IPL, he's shown he can bat in different modes. If he struggles, he will not play the T20 WC. Mantra for the T20 team has been super aggressive batting, don't see it changing just to accomodate Gill. 

 

What wrong Axar and even Hardik do to not deserve VC post? How can someone coming in pip them?

 

Mixing formats is the problem. And it happens due to star culture only. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Why? Axar was the previous VC, and doing fairly well.  

Done to create another superstar like Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit. Not cricket related decision at all. Broadcasters, sponsors want a poster boy put on the field every time, in every format. 

You can't have your test captain in the 15 and not even be a VC. Why would you not have your regular test captain in the core leadership group?

 

If it was a different set of coaches for white ball cricket like England had earlier, that would still be understandable. 

 

On the superstar part, I'll hold my judgment. After England series, how many interviews has Gill given or the coach has given him all the credit publicly? Early days but I don't think we are going back to that culture anytime sooner.

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

You can't have your test captain in the 15 and not even be a VC. Why would you not have your regular test captain in the core leadership group?

 

Because its a completely different format?? Should SKY been VC of Test team?

3 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

 

If it was a different set of coaches for white ball cricket like England had earlier, that would still be understandable. 

 

On the superstar part, I'll hold my judgment. After England series, how many interviews has Gill given or the coach has given him all the credit publicly? Early days but I don't think we are going back to that culture anytime sooner.

 

He's not at that level yet but its happening

Edited August 20, 2025 by Lord

[Gollum]

Just now, Lord said:

 

What wrong Axar and even Hardik do to not deserve VC post? How can someone coming in pip them?

 

Mixing formats is the problem. And it happens due to star culture only. 

Some people didn't have an issue with superstar culture. Only that their favorites weren't the chosen ones. GG is also like that, he wants his candidate as the all format blue-eyed prince. 

 

Prime Kohli and Bumrah (before injury concerns) were the only players who deserved all format star status. Not even Rohit. 

[Gollum]

4 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

You can't have your test captain in the 15 and not even be a VC. Why would you not have your regular test captain in the core leadership group?

Completely different format. Other top teams are preparing separate teams for their T20s.....India too in that track.  

 

India has a large enough pool to have 3 separate teams for the 3 formats. In fact that will only become more essential with time, as the nature of the formats diverge. 

[Gollum]

SENA teams are doing away with their one captain for all formats shtick. 

 

Cummins is test captain, Mitchell Marsh in T20s.....dunno about ODIs but IIRC Smith led them in the CT, now retired. 

 

For NZ, Latham, Santner, Kane I think. Southee was captain in one of the formats but retired recently. 

 

RSA, Bavuma, Markram.

 

For Eng, Stokes in tests, Brook in white ball. ECB is also looking at Root to lead them in 2027 WC, to relieve pressure from Brook.  

 

Even poyzzz have adapted to the times. Shan Masood is their test captain but cant even find a place in white ball. Rizwan in ODIs, but dropped in T20s. Salman Agha their T20 captain. 

 

This one captain in all formats rule is only applocable for India because BCCI wants to cultivate the next Dhoni/Rohit/Kohli. 

Edited August 20, 2025 by Gollum