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PremiumGautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: India head coach Gautam Gambhir will address the media before departing to Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024. Gambhir is likely to be grilled by the media for team India's performance in the recently concluded 3-match Test series against New Zealand.
The Border Gavaskar Trophy has been one of the highly contested bilateral tournaments going around which has garnered even more attention this time around due to the World Test Championship final qualification. India need to win 4 or more matches in the 5 match series down under to claim a spot in the WTC Final.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Rebuffing a comment from Australian great Ricky Ponting on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's form, Gambhir said, “What does Ponting have to do Indian cricket. I think he should think about Australian cricket. And more importantly, we have got no concerns whatsoever about Virat or Rohit. I think they are incredibly tough men. They have achieved a lot for Indian cricket and they will continue to achieve a lot in future as well"
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Gautam Gambhir has confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah will lead team India if Rohit Sharma is not available during the 1st Test match at Perth.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Answering a question about KL Rahul's role in the Indian team, Gambhir said that not many teams in the world have players like KL Rahul who can bat anywhere in the batting lineup in both Test and ODI formats.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Addressing a question about criticism received on social media, Gambhir says social media does not make a difference on his or anyone else's life. He says that while taking the job, he knew it would be a difficult job but it is still an ‘absolute honor’ to coach this Indian team.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Gautam Gambhir says there is no confirmation yet on if Rohit Sharma will be available for first Test match in Perth. The Indian coach says there are options available in Indian team to replace Rohit at the top of the order including KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: While Gambhir has coached the Indian team for Bangladesh and New Zealand Test series, Border Gavaskar Trophy will mark the first occasion where GG will be travelling as head coach for an overseas series.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: In an interaction with ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar said, "Clearly, India is in panic mode. They are a bit shaken by what happened against New Zealand at home. And that's when plans start to go awry. And that is where I believe that one has to actually look at it in a different way, where you think there's nothing to lose here,"
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Gautam Gambhir's press conference was scheduled to begin at 9:00am and while the broadcast on Star Sports YouTube channel has begun, there is no update yet on when Gambhir will start addressing questions from Media.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: Speaking to ICC, Pointing said, "Probably more so now (than before). (Mohammed) Shami just leaves such a big hole in that bowling group. Back then (in August) there was still some conjecture about whether Shami would be fit or not. I think taking 20 wickets in a Test match for India is going to be the biggest challenge. I think they'll bat well enough out here with the current group of batters that they've got,"
"I think India will win a Test match somewhere through the five Test matches. But I still think now, Australia probably look a bit more settled, a bit more experienced and we know that they're a very hard team to beat at home. So I'll stick with the 3-1," the former Australia great added
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: A report by PTI has hinted about the potential divisions in the Indian team over some of the choices made by coach Gautam Gambhir. Reportedly, BCCI had provided certain privileges to Gambhir that were not available to his predecessors (Ravi Shastri and Rahul Dravid), including providing a seat at the table during the selection for upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Earlier reports suggest, Gambhir's mark in Indian team can be noticed with the selection of pacer Harshit Rana and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. Reddy had also recently made his international debut for India during a T20I series against Bangladesh.
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference LIVE: India head coach Gautam Gambhir will speak to the media in Mumbai from 9:00am today. The press conference will not be broadcast but can instead be watched on Star Sports' official YouTube channel.
