Gautam Gambhir Breaks Silence After India’s Whitewash to New Zealand
Gautam Gambhir, India's Head Coach, spoke about the team's whitewash at home last year. Under his leadership, the Indian team lost 3-0 to New Zealand at home. This broke India's 12-year winning streak in home series.
Gautam Gambhir, India's Head Coach, spoke about the team's whitewash at home last year. Under his leadership, the Indian team lost 3-0 to New Zealand at home. This broke India's 12-year winning streak in home series.
The Indian cricket team has not been the same since the Test series between India and Bangladesh in 2024. After that, the team lost to New Zealand at home. It was not just a loss, it was a whitewash for the Indian team on their own home soil. Fans did put Gautam Gambhir,
With almost a year to the same, Gautam Gambhir has finally spoken about the series loss. His views were optimistic, but the series loss might be too heavy to bear. Now, Gambhir has his eyes set on the current World Test Championship cycle. As the Indian team goes through a transition phase, the Head Coach takes lessons from the Home series defeat.
1. India's Historic Series Loss
The Indian team started with the mission 5-0 before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For this, the team had five Tests at home, two against Bangladesh and three against New Zealand. After winning the two Tests against Bangladesh, confidence increased for the series against New Zealand.
But the same confidence was turned down very soon. In the very first Test match, India was bowled out for 46 in the first innings. Still, the team tried its best to recover with 462 in the second. New Zealand started off the series
The second match was a do-or-die for the Indian team. A win in this game could save the decade-long streak of undefeated home test series. But India once again suffered a loss to New Zealand. This time, the team lost by 113 runs, and the series was also lost.
Still, fans expected the Indian team to at least save a whitewash. Little did they know that even fate did not support the Indian team at that time. New Zealand ended up winning the final game of the series by 25 runs. This was a humiliating loss for the team, and questions were raised about Gautam Gambhir, the new Head Coach.
2. Major Changes to ICT
After the Indian team lost to New Zealand, several changes were made. But it was not made immediately after the series. The team waited till the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Hoping that it would heal the wounds, than the New Zealand series.
India suffered a loss against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 3-1. With this series, Gautam Gambhir decided to make some changes. New rules were brought down by the BCCI for family travel. This restricted the families of players from being available at all times during the tours.
It should be noted that Ravichandran Ashwin, India's spin maestro, retired during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In addition, after the BGT, players such as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were also made to play in the Ranji Trophy. Both of them marked their return to the same after years,
But everyone knows what happened next. Despite waiting for the England tour, fans did not see Rohit and Virat in the same. Rohit Sharma first announced his retirement, which was followed by Virat Kohli announcing the same in May 2025.
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