- Gambhir hails India’s ruthlessness in T20Is despite little preparation time in NZ India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 In the end, we’re a lot more awesome than we are horrendous and that’s the pleasing part for me” Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Temba Bavuma described the series against Australia as “15 days of just pressure” even as SA turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 win Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Kagiso Rabada acknowledges the crowd after the win, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 After their heavy defeat in Durban, South Africa bounced back against Australia to claim the series and the No.1 ranking Temba Bavuma came on with a rescue job at hand, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 3rd Day, October 29, 2026 Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins struck in the first session, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3, Durban, October 11, 2026 Fakhar Zaman shone in another ODI chase, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar and Baig’s 149-run stand rescued Pakistan from 14 for 2 after Kamindu Mendis’ 131 set them 326 Fakhar Zaman brought up his 12th ODI century, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar Zaman kept the chase going with a quick knock, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs India head coach Gautam Gambhir praised his players’ ruthlessness after completing a five-match T20I series in New Zealand, where they had precious little time to prepare but still won 3-2.
- “If we hadn’t won this series, no one would have talked about one practice session.
- Then everyone would have said, ‘oh, how poor is this Indian team that everything has gone wrong after the World Cup’.
Gambhir hails India’s ruthlessness in T20Is despite little preparation time in NZ India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 In the end, we’re a lot more awesome than we are horrendous and that’s the pleasing part for me” Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Temba Bavuma described the series against Australia as “15 days of just pressure” even as SA turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 win Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Kagiso Rabada acknowledges the crowd after the win, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 After their heavy defeat in Durban, South Africa bounced back against Australia to claim the series and the No.1 ranking Temba Bavuma came on with a rescue job at hand, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 3rd Day, October 29, 2026 Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins struck in the first session, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3, Durban, October 11, 2026 Fakhar Zaman shone in another ODI chase, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar and Baig’s 149-run stand rescued Pakistan from 14 for 2 after Kamindu Mendis’ 131 set them 326 Fakhar Zaman brought up his 12th ODI century, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar Zaman kept the chase going with a quick knock, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs India head coach Gautam Gambhir praised his players’ ruthlessness after completing a five-match T20I series in New Zealand, where they had precious little time to prepare but still won 3-2.
“If we hadn’t won this series, no one would have talked about one practice session. Then everyone would have said, ‘oh, how poor is this Indian team that everything has gone wrong after the World Cup’. That’s the reality.
It’s no secret that in India, people see only results, nothing else. My job is to prepare the players to the best of their ability and impart knowledge, because I have played in these conditions before in New Zealand. “So it was important for me to share all that information, and try and keep them in a good space, and try and make sure that they are absolutely aggressive.
That is the kind of cricket we have played in the last two, [to] two-and-a-half years – high risk, high reward. We will lose matches – sometimes we will lose one-sided games – and that will hpen in future too. But our ideology, our philosophy won’t change.” Gautam Gambhir on Shreyas Iyer as ctain: “Especially with an inexperienced attack, he’s done a phenomenal job” Shreyas now has three bilateral T20I series wins as ctain after starting his tenure with two series losses.
art from that, India under Iyer also beat Jan in a one-off T20I and won the gold medal at the Asian Games. Gambhir praised Iyer’s influence on the team, and explained why their performance initially went down before going up. “Look, obviously, when he took over, he took over a very, very successful T20 team,” Gambhir said.
“The team that had won a World Cup, and, more importantly, that hadn’t lost a series in two years. I don’t think so any other team across the globe had done that – that they’ve not lost a single series for two years and gone on to win the World Cup. “Obviously, we had challenging oppositions as well.
After the World Cup, we went to England, and more importantly, we had given a lot of new guys opportunities as well. We did lack a lot of experience, especially when you go to places like England and New Zealand. But this is a great opportunity as well.
If you start thinking of building for the next world cup, you’ve got to give young players the opportunity, and try and develop them being on the road as well. “Yes, Abhishek has struggled against offspin. The more he gets better at it, overall he will become a better player…
We were just chatting about that. In the first match too, he got a little tied up against the offspinner. So, be it offspin or when the left-arm spinner was trying to cramp him…
it was just a very tactical and technical stuff we spoke about” “Because if you see the amount of experience we had during the World Cup and after that the kind of experience we had in the bowling line-up, it is always challenging [for the opposition]. So I thought Shreyas has done a fabulous job with so much of inexperience in the bowling line-up because as a ctain you’re only as good as how your bowlers or your batters perform. So especially with an inexperienced attack, he’s done a phenomenal job.” Gambhir has been trying to help Abhishek Sharma adt his game now that the world is aware that the ball turning away from him is giving him problems.
“Yes, Abhishek has struggled against offspin. The more he gets better at it, overall he will become a better player,” Gambhir said. “And you have to improve yourself because the opposition keeps studying you.
The kind of batting you do, the kind of scores you put up, the speed at which you bat. So, if you improve your game against different bowlers, you will get one step ahead of the opposition. “We were just chatting about that.
In the first match too, he got a little tied up against the offspinner. So, be it offspin or when the left-arm spinner was trying to cramp him… it was just a very tactical and technical stuff we spoke about.” India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs story:1560984+ India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs
