BCCI ordered to sack Gautam Gambhir as Test coach with 'Team will dip further’ warning

Former Pakistan National Cricket Team player Basit Ali lashed out at the India National Cricket Team head coach, Gautam Gambhir, after the loss in the fourth Test against Australia. He mockingly said that the coach of the team should be applauded for his coaching.

India National Cricket Team suffered a disappointing loss in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The Australian National Cricket Team thumped the Rohit Sharma-led side by a massive margin of 184 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

It's fair to say that the India National Cricket Team had a great chance to draw the match and even win. But they bottled it down with the poor batting effort and it saw them losing the match and even denting their chances to play the final of the ICC World Test Championship.

Under Gautam Gambhir, India have witnessed a massive downfall

India captain Rohit Sharma has been criticized a lot, but even more than him, it has been head coach Gautam Gambhir who has been receiving a lot of flak for the team's poor returns in the Test cricket, especially in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Under Gautam Gambhir, India have witnessed a massive downfall as they lost the ODI series to Sri Lanka, faced a whitewash in the home Test series for the first time in history, and now are on the verge of losing the ongoing Test series against Australia.

Shabash hai Gautam Gambhir saab ko - Basit Ali blasts India coach

Basit Ali didn't go easy on Gautam Gambhir, and while pointing out that India's coach did a left-right combination in ODIs, he questioned him not using that tactic in Melbourne. He highlighted that the Indian coach sent Nitish Reddy at No.6.

He fired shots at Gautam Gambhir, saying that the Indian head coach didn't know how to save the match for the team. Speaking in a video posted on his YouTube channel, he explained:

"Shabash hai Gautam Gambhir saab ko. One-day mei to bada left-right combination kar rahe the. Aaj bhejna tha No. 6 pe Nitish (Reddy) ko. Chahe woh jaldi out ho jata, pata toh chalta kuchh kiya aapne, (congratulations to Gambhir; he keeps advocating for left-right combination in one-day cricket, should have sent Nitish at No. 6; even if he had failed, it would have shown the coach tried something).

"Pata nahi kaun batting coach hai jisko yeh nahi pata ki kis tarah survive kiya jata hai aur kis bowler ko kis tarah khela jata hai (I don't know who is the bating coach who can't advise on how to survive and how to play a particular bowler),"

This is the time for India to appoint separate coaches for white ball and red ball - Bast Ali

Basit Ali feels that this is the right time for India to bring a change in their coaching staff and suggested they appoint separate coaches for the white ball and red ball. He also lauded Australia for their performance and said:

"This is the time for India to appoint separate coaches for white ball and red ball. If they don't do it, the team will dip further. Boht hi bekar cricket kheli (very poor cricket). Brilliant planning by Australia. They didn't give up and believed in themselves.

"That's the difference between batters of the '90s and those who came after 2010. The ones from the '80s and '90s could understand the opposition's plan quickly, that this player has come on to buy a wicket -- the way Head came on. A player from the past would not have got out; even if he played a shot, it would have been a grounded one."

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