The Indian cricket team is currently practicing at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, where the first Test against South Africa is to be played from November 14. While preparing for this, Gambhir told what kind of dressing room Team India has right now. He also gave a big statement regarding the T20 World Cup, he said that right now Team India is not at the place where we want to be.
Let us tell you that after Gautam Gambhir became the coach, the Indian team has not lost any T20 series yet and has also won the Asia Cup title. India has just defeated Australia 2-1 in the T20 series. Now the next big tournament is the T20 World Cup, which will be held in February.
What did Gautam Gambhir say?
Before the start of India vs South Africa Test series, BCCI shared a video of Gautam Gambhir, although it was a small part of the interview. In this, Gambhir is saying, “As a nation and individually we should never celebrate a series defeat.”
Then he said, “Just throw the players into the deep sea. We did the same with Shubman when he was appointed Test captain.” Regarding the dressing room, Gambhir said, “This is a very transparent dressing room, and now we want this dressing room to remain like this.”
Regarding the T20 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir said, “By the World Cup, we have still not reached the point where we want to be. So hopefully the players will know the importance of staying fit, so we still have three months to get to where we want to be.”
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India vs South Africa Head to Head (Test)
This is the 8th time that the South African cricket team has come to India to play a Test series. Out of the 7 series played before this, India has won 4 times and South Africa has won 1 time. 2 series ended in a draw.
- Total matches- 44
- India won- 18
- South Africa won-
- draw-10
After the Test series, a 3-match ODI series will be played between India and South Africa, followed by a 5-match T20 series. The T20 series will start from 9th December, whose last match will be on 19th December.
