Ravichandran Ashwin “Was Insulted”: On India Star’s Mid-Sequence Abrupt Retirement, ‘Good Man’ Bombshell Dropped

Former India batter Manoj Tiwary on Thursday stated present nationwide group head coach Gautam Gambhir is “not the right choice” for the highest job and he’s solely adept in mentoring IPL franchises, citing the facet’s current struggles to help his remarks. Under Gambhir, India misplaced an ODI sequence in Sri Lanka for the primary time in 27 years, and so they hit a brand new low after they had been whitewashed 0-3 by New Zealand at dwelling, unprecedented within the nation’s cricket historical past. Recently, India misplaced the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the primary time in a decade, and Tiwary, who has had a dressing room altercation with Gambhir throughout their enjoying days within the IPL, took notice of those reversals since his appointment because the coach.

“See, the results are there to be seen. Results don’t lie. Numbers don’t lie. The record speaks for itself,” Tiwary instructed PTI in an interview.

Now a deputy sports activities minister within the West Bengal authorities, the 39-year-old Tiwary and Gambhir had an altercation within the KKR dressing room in the course of the 2013 Indian Premier League.

Questioning Gambhir’s teaching strategies and his lack of success with the Indian group, Tiwary stated, “he has not been in a position to keep on the nice work which Rahul Dravid did.

“It will take lots of time for him to get on the observe, or to profitable methods. Because I do not see any expertise behind his teaching the Indian group.

“In Test cricket or in one-day series, I don’t think he has any experience of coaching to be honest.” Since his appointment, India although beat Bangladesh throughout codecs at dwelling after profitable a T20I sequence in Sri Lanka, which was Gambhir’s first project with the nationwide group.

But Tiwary believes individuals with sufficient expertise in teaching, similar to VVS Laxman and Sairaj Bahutule, would have been the best alternative for the India job.

“I think VVS Laxman and Sairaj Bahutule… these guys were in line to be the next head coach. And these guys have been with the NCA for so many years. When Rahul Dravid was not available, the next coach was an automatic choice.

“So, that course of was getting adopted. And in between how Gambhir got here in, no one is aware of. So, this result’s sure to occur.

“When someone who does not have any experience and he comes up and takes up the job… And knowing him, how aggressive he is as an individual in certain aspects, this result is bound to happen,” Tiwary stated.

He added, “So, the decision to appoint him as head coach, by just seeing (IPL) results, was wrong. In my opinion, it was not the right choice.

‘Pandit, others too deserve credit for KKR’s turnaround’

Gambhir was at the helm of affairs when Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title last year and was also credited for reviving the side’s fortunes.

But Tiwary challenged the narrative, saying he was not the only one responsible for the team’s triumph as the franchise also had in its ranks a proven domestic coach in Chandrakant Pandit.

“Gambhir simply had expertise of mentoring KKR and Lucknow. He had no expertise in teaching, that has not been a facet with him. And when you do not have expertise of teaching, then it turns into troublesome so that you can carry out.” Speaking about Gambhir’s involvement in a triumphant last season for KKR, Tiwary said, “when gamers like Andre Russell and Sunil Narine weren’t performing properly, clearly he gave them confidence. There is little doubt about that.

“But you tell me, what did Chandrakant Pandit do as a coach then? So, you mean to say, all the players and Chandrakant Pandit had no role in KKR’s turnaround.”

‘Ashwin was insulted’

When the dialogue turned to R Ashwin’s abrupt retirement from the sport in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Tiwary stated the entire episode has not been dealt with properly by the group administration.

“I see Ashwin was insulted. See gamers like Washington Sundar and Tanush Kotian… they’re all high quality spinners and carried out properly in first-class cricket.

“But when you will have a participant of Ashwin’s calibre, what’s the want so that you can herald Washington within the dwelling sequence the place Ashwin is there, Jadeja is there, and Kuldeep is there, and make him bowl extra overs than Ashwin. Is that not an insult to Ashwin? Will he simply keep on, after giving so many match-winning performances? He is not going to come and say that as a result of he’s a pleasant man.

“But one day he will definitely come out and he will share his experience. This is not the right process. They are also players, and they also need some patting on the back and dignity as well,” Tiwary stated.

Tiwary represented India in 12 ODIs and scored an unbeaten hundred and a half-century within the format. He additionally appeared in three T20 Internationals. 

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