** EDS: Third Party Picture ** In this picture released @BCCi via x 8 June 2025, Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir during the team training before the test cricket match against England in the UK. (@BCCI via PTI Photo) (PTI06_08_2025_000305B) The head coach of India Gautam Gambhir, who rushed home because of family medical emergency, is to connect with the team in England on June 17th. The first test series of five matches will start from 20 June.Gambhir returned home on June 12 when his mother suffered a heart attack on June 11th. It was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital in Delhi where it was treated.
Gautam Gambhir sends a strict message after the tragedy of Bengaluru
While head coach Gautam Gambhir was gone, Indian assistant coaches Sitanshu Kotak, Ryan Ten Goschat and Morne Morkel took the team for the four-day game intra-squad against India and Beckenham.
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Should Gautam Gambhir prefer his family’s health over his coaching duties?
Gambhir, along with the newly appointed captain Shaubman Gill, faced several selection dilemmas before five test series against England. Retirement to Virt Kohli and Rohit Sharma left the vacancies in the batsman.In the bowling department, it was also necessary to make a hard choice, with one of the Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna expecting to be omitted, except for the probable exclusion between the Allrounders Shardul Thakur and Nitish Reddy.The Indian team paid tribute to the victims of the Ahmedabad accident by dressing black bracelets and watching the minute silence of the first morning of the match.More follow ..
