File image of Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma.©AFP
On New Year’s Day, several reports surfaced about a rift in India’s dressing room. It happened shortly after India suffered a 184-run defeat by Australia in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Director Gautam Gambhir said,A lot happened (I’ve had enough) In his locker room speech, he said the locker room environment was ‘far from ideal’. Reacting to these reports, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that all these stories were fabricated by the media to keep fans and users engaged. He backed up his comments by saying such talk comes only after India loses a match.
“Whenever the Indian team is not doing well, things like rifts come up. It’s a common story. Our people seem to think that the Indian team can’t lose. So, if they lose, there will be reasons other than playing cricket,” Gavaskar said. told India Today.
“I don’t think any of the players are really thinking about what’s written, they just want to focus on how to be better than the previous test,” he added.
Amid speculations of unrest in the dressing room after the heavy loss in the Boxing Day Test, Gambhir told a press conference: “It’s just a report, it’s not the truth.”
NDTV has learned from sources that Rohit is likely to be ‘rested’ for the fifth Test against Australia. Another thing that raises doubts about Rohit’s match selection when Gambhir came for a press conference the day before the match. The event is usually attended by team captains.
To find out why, Gavaskar said: “The captain felt there was no need to address the media again because he had addressed the media just two days before, and the coach probably felt he didn’t address the media at all. Maybe the coach should have come in and said it didn’t happen, which again is in that report. “I’ll tell you a thing or two about it.”
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