“Pressure is mounting on Gautam Gambhir” - Aakash Chopra opens up after India’s defeat in Leeds Test

Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra has stated that there will be a lot of pressure on the Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir after Team India, led by Shubman Gill, suffered a five-wicket defeat to England in the Leeds Test.

Though there will be a lot of questions on the Indian team management, Gill will not face much of the wrath as he has just become the captain. However, Chopra feels pressure on Gambhir would be mounting. Notably, India came to this series after losing series against New Zealand at home and Australia away from home.

"Everyone will be questioned. It's Indian cricket's principle. If things go well, everyone is given credit, but when things go wrong, criticism is absolutely obvious. I will still be more patient with Gill because he has become the captain just now. So he will take time to understand things," Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

"However, the pressure is mounting on Gautam Gambhir. If you look at his returns in red-ball cricket, you will find that he has won very few matches. They won two matches against Bangladesh, one against Australia, lost three against New Zealand, then lost three against Australia, and then lost one against England. So we are only losing, we aren't winning," he added.

Furthermore, Chopra also responded to a user’s query stating that the selection for the longest format of the game is happening based on their Ranji Trophy form instead of the IPL heroics, taking the example of Karun Nair. 

"I don't think that's the case. The selection is based on Ranji only. Karun Nair - Ranji, Abhimanyu Easwaran - Ranji. Maybe in the case of bowlers, you sometimes feel that you should go with someone who is looking in good form. However, Shardul Thakur - Ranji," he stated.

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