Recently there was news about Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir that he may be removed from the Indian team due to the Test format. Reports came that a BCCI official talked to VVS Laxman about becoming the Test coach of Team India, but now there is a new twist in this story.

BCCI has finally broken its silence on this matter. BCCI told that do they really want to make VVS Laxman the captain of the Test team?

BCCI Secretary breaks silence on Gautam Gambhir

Just a few days ago, reports came that BCCI wants to remove Gautam Gambhir from the Test format. As soon as this news went viral, BCCI itself had to come into this matter and stop the rumours. BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia said during a conversation with India Today that

Devjit Saikia has also made it clear that Gautam Gambhir will complete his tenure, his tenure is till the World Cup 2027, hence BCCI does not want to make any changes in his coaching contract before that and he will remain India’s coach in future also.

India’s condition in test is bad

Ever since Gautam Gambhir became the coach of the Indian team, the performance of the Indian team has become very poor in Tests. Under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir, 3 veteran players of Team India have announced their retirement. Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement during the Australia tour and after that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also said goodbye to Test cricket.

Under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir, India first had to face defeat in the 3-match series against New Zealand at home, while recently it had to face defeat in the 2-match series against South Africa at home. Before this, for the first time in 10 years, Team India had to face defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.