Enough is enough… Gambhir scolded the players after Team India's defeat in Melbourne
No one is able to believe the defeat of the Indian team in the Melbourne Test, because Team India had lost only 3 wickets by the end of the second session. After this, it seemed that the match would be drawn easily. But in just 20.4 overs of the last session, India lost 7 wickets and the team had to face defeat. According to the report, after losing in this way, the head coach of the Indian team was very angry. Immediately after the match, he vented his anger in the dressing room. The head coach of the Indian team scolded all the players fiercely. However, during this time he did not take anyone's name.
Gambhir warned after the defeat
After the defeat in the Melbourne Test, Gautam Gambhir called a meeting in the dressing room. According to the Indian Express report, he talked to all the players about the match. During this, the head coach of Team India not only reprimanded but also gave a warning. Gambhir was especially angry about not playing according to the game plan in the match. He said that in the name of natural game, many players were batting according to their own wishes, whereas they should have played according to the situation.
Gambhir officially became the head coach of the team in July last year. He joined the team in August. Based on the experience of the last 6 months, the head coach in Melbourne has told the players that till now he has allowed the players to do whatever they wanted. But this will not happen in future. Now they will decide how to play. If any player plays against the team's strategy, it will not be tolerated and the team will also say 'Thank you'.
These players were out due to carelessness
On the fifth day of the Melbourne Test, Team India had to chase a target of 340 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma had a good start in front of the deadly bowling of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. Both of them defended the new ball brilliantly. But Rohit, who was in poor form, played a shot against the line against Pat Cummins and got out in the slip. After this, in the last over just before lunch, Virat Kohli once again threw his wicket away by playing an off side ball. This put the team on the backfoot.
Then Rishabh Pant, after showing excellent defense in the second session, got out in the beginning of the third session while trying to hit a six at long on off the ball of part-time bowler Travis Head. In the first innings, he got out while playing a lap shot. The team was shattered after his dismissal in both the innings. Apart from him, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out while playing a pull shot in the second innings, while Pat Cummins had set the field for this. Due to this, his whole day's hard work went in vain and the team had to face defeat.