He calls former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir “the nation’s hero”. He supports him as a head coach in all formats

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Former cricketer Arun Lal has backed India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and helped him remain as the head coach of the team despite India’s recent decline in Test cricket. Lal Gambhir said he cannot be judged by his team’s results alone.

Under Gautam Gambhir’s head coach, India recently lost the Test series in Australia 1-3. Later This result earned Australia the Boundary-Gavaskar trophy after a decade.. As expected, Gambhir’s role has been questioned and he has been under pressure for the upcoming tournaments.

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Arun Lal supports Gautam Gambhir

In a chat with RevSportz, Arun Lal was asked whether India needs a different coach for Test cricket after India’s recent disappointing performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Lal believes that Gautam Gambhir should be given some time and the coach cannot be judged after the team’s performance. He reminded the audience of Gambhir’s red-ball career and called him a national hero.

“I don’t think so. You can’t judge a coach by results alone. It’s commitment, it’s drive, it’s man management, how he handles it, if he’s winning one-day cricket and losing the red ball. Cricket, it’s not that he doesn’t know how to coach,” Lal said.

“He has played red-ball cricket like anybody else. He is a national hero. So give him (some) time, (a) turbulent start, no doubt. His style is very different from others. It’s not like you put faith in him, then give him enough time to perform. .

Gautam Gambhir played 58 Tests for India and scored 4154 runs at an average of 41.95 with 9 hundreds and 22 fifties. The left-handed opener has played a key role in India’s dominance in Test cricket and has helped them rise to No. 1 in the Test rankings. Gambhir himself has served as the No. 1 Test batsman for a long time.

Arun Lal on India’s recent Test defeats

Arun Lal also spoke about India’s recent performances in Test cricket. He felt that India made some mistakes during the home Test series and also raised questions about the team’s ultra-aggressive batting strategy which led to their downfall.

“Strategically, the team made some mistakes against New Zealand. We really want to get to the WTC final. We want to win at any cost. In the five-day game in India, we were mentally the better team than any team we played,” Lal scored..

“But if you’re trying to win in three days, you’re narrowing the gap between the favorite and the pretender. I think we made a mistake, but we all learn from our mistakes,” he said.

India under coach Gautam Gambhir’s tenure

India has seen some shocking results during Gautam Gambhir’s tenure as head coach. The Men in Blue lost the ODI series in Sri Lanka in August 2024, their first series defeat in 27 years in the country.

Later, the Test team lost 0-3 to New Zealand, which was all the more shocking considering India’s abysmal results at home. It is India’s first Test series loss at home in 12 years.

Recently, the Men in Blue lost the Test series in Australia which was their first defeat in a decade. Australia finally got the Border-Gavaskar trophy after a decade.