‘Sack Gautam Gambhir’: Team India head coach brutally trolled after Ireland whitewash Men in Blue | Today’s news
Gautam Gambhir is brutally trolled as India lose to Ireland again. The men in blue lost the 2nd T20 against the minnows and lost the series as well.
While hilarious memes and angry outbursts flood social media, one particular tweet has gotten a lot of attention. The official handle of Island Cricket, who often posts sarcastic tweets, talked about the head coach of Team India.
“We can confirm that we do not wish to add Gautam Gambhir to our coaching staff. However, he clearly has talent. To take those Indian players and achieve these results in Ireland requires some truly remarkable gifts,” it wrote, apparently in jest.
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“Absolutely right. Gambhir is a ‘talented’ politician, not a coach,” responded the Indian cricket fan.
“Even Indian Railways refused to add Gautam Gambhir as a coach in their 12-coach non-AC train,” quipped another.
Comedian Nishant Tanwar trolled Gautam Gambhir: “Thanks to Gambhir, we did the impossible: we lost to Ireland. If you give him more chances, he will achieve more such feats for Team India.”
“I’m so impressed with him that I think we should go back to 2011 and give him the Man of the Match award. Go on Gambhir, you’ll knock down Shreyas Iyer’s captain’s career before it even starts,” he added.
Another user raved: “SACK GAUTAM GAMBHIR: They sacked Rohit Sharma from ODI captaincy even after he won the Champions Trophy. They dropped Suryakumar Yadav from the T20I team even after he won the T20 World Cup. But why BCCI doesn’t sack Gautam Gambhir even after India and South Africa were whitewashed in the home T20 Test series in New Zealand?”
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
One of the biggest topics is India’s decision not to cast Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Fans and experts spoke of it with awe and disdain.
“Who would have thought we won the T20 World Cup just 3 months ago! What a pathetic performance by the Indian cricket team. Not playing Vaibhav in the 2nd T20 even though the other batsmen were out of form is a mistake by the team management,” commented a fan.
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Another user wrote, “Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was selected solely to sell tickets and attract sponsors. Sony Sports and Sony LIV made a lot of money by posting about him 6-7 times a day.”
Sunil Gavaskar was quite clear about his stance on the 15-year-old.
“I have been saying this for a month now. Given the form he is in, Vaibhav should have played both the matches against Ireland. In one match Vaibhav and Abhishek Sharma should have opened the innings. Sanju Samson should have joined him as opener in the second match. They should have dropped Abhishek or moved him down the order,” said Aaj Gavaskar.
“Yes, Vaibhav’s failure was definitely possible. But it was a great opportunity to test the younger players,” he added.
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Mohammad Kaif said, “Vaibhav should be there if India were to play their best team… He is coming after many runs scored in the IPL. He was an Orange Cap winner.”
Unique T20 Records
The lime sealed some embarrassing records for India in T20 cricket. The men in blue last lost a T20 series in 2023. West Indies beat India 3-2. Earlier, India lost the T20 series against Sri Lanka 1-2.
But the last time India suffered a whitewash was in a T20 series in 2018-19. Australia beat India 2-0. Between 2018 and 2026, India played 41 T20 series, winning 33 of them and drawing 3.
The 5 losses included the 2021/22 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the 2022 Men’s Asia Cup T20 and the 2022/23 Men’s T20 World Cup. Since Australia’s whitewash, only 2 teams have managed to whitewash India in a bilateral series: Sri Lanka and West Indies.
Disclosure: Statistics from ESPNcricinfo
