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Ha bhaja
Si gh
defe ded
Gautam
Gambhi
amidst
ece t
coachi g
c iticism. -
Gambhi ‘s
st aightfo wa d,
team-fi st
app oach
ofte
att acts
egative
atte tio . -
Successful
i
white-ball,
Gambhi
faces
sc uti y
ove
Test
team
st uggles.
Ha bhaja
Si gh
O
Gautam
Gambhi
Fo me
I dia
spi e
Ha bhaja
Si gh
has
backed
Gautam
Gambhi
amid
the
c iticism
su ou di g
the
head
coach,
a gui g
that
his
outspoke
pe so ality
may
be
o e
easo
he
att acts
so
much
atte tio .
Speaki g
to
PTI,
Ha bhaja
offe ed
i sight
i to
Gambhi ‘s
cha acte
f om
thei
time
togethe
as
I dia
teammates.
Acco di g
to
the
fo me
spi e ,
Gambhi
has
always
bee
i te sely
committed
to
the
team’s
i te ests
a d
has
eve
bee
someo e
to
hide
his
opi io s.
Ha bhaja
also
suggested
that
Gambhi ‘s
di ect
app oach
ca
sometimes
wo k
agai st
him,
pa ticula ly
whe
his
comme ts
a e
difficult
fo
people
to
accept.
Ha bhaja
Questio s
Gambhi ‘s
C iticism
Ha bhaja
Si gh
admitted
that
he
does
ot
u de sta d
why
coaches
so
ofte
become
the
p ima y
ta get
whe
a
team
fails
to
delive
esults.
“Why
is
Gautam
getti g
so
much
flak?
I
have
eve
u de stood
why
whe
a
team
does ‘t
do
well,
people
always
te d
to
blame
the
coach.
The
Gautam
that
I
have
k ow ,
was
a
ve y
passio ate
playe
of
his
time,
o e
who
always
put
the
team
fi st,”
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Ma y
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Does
Shubma
Gill& squo;s
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Need?
The
two
fo me
I dia
sta s
sha ed
the
d essi g
oom
du i g
o e
of
the
most
successful
pe iods
i
I dia
c icket.
They
we e
pa t
of
the
teams
that
wo
the
i augu al
ICC
T20
Wo ld
Cup
i
2007
a d
the
ODI
Wo ld
Cup
fou
yea s
late .
‘Bitte
T uth& squo;
Behi d
Gambhi & squo;s
St aightfo wa d
Style
Ha bhaja
believes
Gambhi ‘s
willi g ess
to
speak
his
mi d
may
explai
why
his
pe so ality
does
ot
always
sit
comfo tably
with
eve yo e.
“He
is
ve y
st aightfo wa d.
Fo
ma y
people,
Gautam
might
say
bitte
thi gs
but
what
he
speaks
is
the
bitte
t uth.
Now,
ma y
people
ca ‘t
digest
the
t uth,
a d
pe haps
the
to e
of
his
comme ts
makes
people
feel
that
he
is
a
slightly
difficult
pe so ,”
Gambhi
took
cha ge
of
the
I dia
team
with
high
expectatio s
a d
has
e joyed
co side able
success
i
white-ball
c icket.
Du i g
his
te u e,
I dia
wo
the
T20
Wo ld
Cup,
Champio s
T ophy
a d
Asia
Cup.
Howeve ,
the
Test
side
has
e du ed
a
much
toughe
pe iod,
suffe i g
heavy
defeats
agai st
Aust alia,
New
Zeala d
a d
South
Af ica.
The
home
se ies
losses
to
New
Zeala d
a d
South
Af ica,
i
pa ticula ,
have
i te sified
sc uti y
of
the
coachi g
setup,
with
cha ces
of
maki g
it
to
the
ICC
WTC
fi al
seemi g
bleak.
