Gautam Gambhir: After the end of Rahul Dravid's tenure as the head coach of Team India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah appointed former Team India opener Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of Team India. After becoming the head coach, Gautam Gambhir is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka, which is his first tour as the head coach of Team India. On this tour, Gambhir is giving opportunities to many young players.
Gautam Gambhir is not giving chance to KKR players
Before taking over as the head coach of Team India, Gautam Gambhir was playing the role of mentor for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. In his mentorship, he led the Kolkata Knight Riders to the title in the 17th season of IPL. In such a situation, after becoming the head coach of Team India, speculations were being made that before becoming the head coach of Team India, there were speculations about Gambhir that Gambhir would give a chance to many talented players for KKR. But he is not giving a chance to the players of KKR.
Gautam Gambhir gave chance to only one player
In the T20 series played between India and Sri Lanka, Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir has given a chance to only one player of IPL champion team Kolkata Knight Riders, Rinku Singh. While many players of KKR were in great form and played an important role in getting the team its third IPL title. This list includes players like KKR's star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, Shreyas Iyer, who have not been given a chance in the T20 team.
Rinku Singh was dropped from the ODI series
Head coach Gautam Gambhir has dropped KKR finisher Rinku Singh from the Team India squad selected for the three ODIs against Sri Lanka. However, Gambhir has given a chance to two KKR players in the ODI team. This list includes Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer and young fast bowler Harshit Rana. However, now it remains to be seen whether Gambhir includes Harshit Rana in the Team India playing XI in the three-match series or not.
