Shahid Afridi (L) and Gautam Gambhir© AFP
Gautam Gambhir was appointed the brand new Indian cricket crew head coach following the top of Rahul Dravid’s tenure after the T20 World Cup 2024 triumph. Gambhir will begin from the upcoming T20I and ODI collection towards Sri Lanka with the brand new head coach all set to recruit a very new help employees for the nationwide aspect. Former Pakistan cricket crew skipper Shahid Afridi mentioned that it was an enormous alternative for Gambhir and praised him for ‘speaking positively’ and his ‘simple’ strategy to the game.
“I believe it is a large alternative, and we have to see how he makes essentially the most of it. I’ve seen his interviews, and he talks positively and may be very simple,” Afridi mentioned on Star Sports activities.
Legendary South Africa quick bowler Dale Steyn was fairly happy with Gambhir’s appointment and he mentioned that he’s a fan of Gambhir’s aggression.
“I am an enormous fan of Gautam Gambhir. I really like his aggression. He is one of many few Indians I ever performed towards who got here again at you, and I like that. I believe he’ll take that into the dressing room with guys like Virat and a number of the different senior gamers who may not play as large a component anymore. I am not too positive,” Steyn instructed Star Sports activities.
“Not simply in India, however in world cricket, we want guys who’re just a little bit extra aggressive and play the sport just a little bit more durable. All of us appear to play within the leagues towards one another, and we change into fairly pleasant and associates. I like the best way that he is fierce on the sphere however a gentleman off the sphere. He is additionally streetwise, a really sensible cricketer, and has an amazing cricket mind. So I believe from that perspective, he’ll be improbable for them too,” he added.
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