Sunil Gavaskar’s bold remark saying that Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir deserves no credit for India’s fabulous victory against Bangladesh in the Kanpur Test has landed him in hot water on social media. After Gavaskar’s remark went viral, the internet has been filled with posts lashing out at the legendary Indian batter, who has also been asked to give up cricket commentary and punditry. The Kanpur Test, which saw 2 days get washed out due to rain, was expected to be a draw with Bangladesh still having not finished their first inning.
However, as play finally resumed on Day 4, the Men in Blue entered the pitch with an aggressive mindset in both the batting and bowling departments. The Indian bowlers first bundled out Bangladesh for 233 before the batters came out and absolutely dominated the Bangladesh bowlers. Though India kept on losing wickets regularly, they would still end up posting a good total of 285/9 with the fourth day still not over.
Skipper Rohit Sharma would declare and the Indian bowlers would again do a fantastic job and would bundle out Bangladesh for only 146 runs to set up a target of only 95 runs for the batters to achieve. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fifty would see India through and they would win the match by 7 wickets on the final day. With the victory, they would also win the Test series by 2-0.
Following the win, many credited Gambhir with initiating this batting revolution and aggressive brand cricket, with the word ‘Gamball’ created to describ.