The Men in Blue now hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the three-match series, but Gautam Gambhir, a former India opener, was dissatisfied with the team’s performance as a whole.
The former southpaw cautioned the team not to get too excited during the post-match show, rather than praising them for winning the series with one match remaining.
He insisted that people should not forget that the Indian team had lost two consecutive ODI series to Bangladesh and New Zealand.
The southpaw even lashed out at Virat Kohli, the former India captain who scored a match-winning century in Guwahati, stating that the team should focus on overall performance rather than individual brilliance.
Gambhir said that Kohli’s century in Bangladesh came in a dead rubber when India had already lost the series, and that the only thing Kohli’s hundred meant was that it made the batter feel better; other than that, it didn’t matter.
We should not forget that India’s previous ODI series against Bangladesh was a loss. It has slipped our minds. Yes, individual brilliance is important, and individual hundreds are important. Having 50 or 100 hundreds looks good on your record, but you shouldn’t forget what happened in Bangladesh. Because that has to be a significant lesson, Gambling stated on Star Sports.
u201cInstead of focusing solely on this series, I believe we should grow from India’s full-strength loss to Bangladesh in Bangladesh. It is important not to forget what has occurred in the past, he added.
Nobody anticipated that an Indian team with full strength would lose an ODI series to Bangladesh, and Gambhir stated that it was essential to learn from the mistakes and prevent them from occurring again.
Gambhir has had issues with Kohli’s individual brilliance before. The former opener had advised the batting master to play for the team rather than personal records even before the T20 World Cup.
