IND vs ENG T20Is: BCCI to review poor show in tour of England

The BCCI will be organizing a review meeting of Indian teams poor show resulting in T20 series defeats against minnows Ireland and England once the ODI series gets over on July 19 according to secretary Devajit Saikia who made it clear that the Board will not take any kneejerk decisions The Indian team lost 02 against Ireland and is already down 03 against England with a match left on FridayHowever it is learnt that there is no imminent threat to head coach Gautam Gambhirs future as he has a contract with the BCCI till 2027 ODI World Cup The BCCI is currently observing the performance of the Indian T20 team which has not been up to the mark in the ongoing series against England BCCI secretary Saikia told PTI on Friday from the sidelines of the ICC Annual Conference in EdinburghThe BCCI secretary said that it will be an overall assessment of the performance but the board wont be taking any kneejerk reaction However this is not something abnormal and can happen in international cricket We consider it as a purely bad phase Once the ODI series gets over on July 19 and the team comes back we will have a review meeting with core members of the team to discuss what went wrong in England Since there is a ODI series we are hoping that team will be back in good form Saikia addedSaikia also stressed that the review meeting will be strictly about the performance of the team and how course correction can be done with regards to shortfalls Nothing else will be discussed Under head coach Gambhir Indian team has achieved many unwanted firsts including 03 Test whitewash and ODI series defeat at home against New Zealand and first ever T20I series defeat against Ireland But a potential 04 whitewash in T20Is against England is worse than a nightmareIt is understood that review meeting will be attended by Gambhir chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer is expected to fly to Zimbabwe for the threematch series and hence there is no clarity on his availability Similar reviews had also taken place after New Zealand home Australia away and SA home series debacles tooIt is only four months since India defended their T20 World Cup crown under the tutelage of Gambhir and there is no reason to believe that a double ICC Trophy winning coach will be dumped as a hot potatoBut there is another aspect that also holds true Since that night in Ahmedabad a lot of water had flown through both Sabarmati and the Thames making this current team under new captain Shreyas Iyer look a pale shadow of its original self However the former Delhi lefthander might be asked some pertinent questions about the horrendous performance of T20 squadCommunication or lack of itIt is true that Gambhir is not a member of the selection committee that picks the squad But when it comes to choosing the playing eleven the man from Delhis Old Rajender Nagar has had the maximum say in a team that doesnt have too many superstars While selection committee can be panned for not selecting Sanju Samson for Zimbabwe T20 series the question that begs an answer from Gambhir is that why would he drop Samson from the playing eleven to make space for 15yearold Vaibhav Sooryavanshi whose time would have come sooner or laterRecently when the news of Samsons axing from the Zimbabwebound squad masquerading as rested was announced quotes from his old interview where he said that Gambhir had told him that he will only be dropped if he had 21 zeroes had resurfaced Cut to Indias post match conference after 76 allout where the head coach said that he has had conversation with Samson and he wont reveal the contents respecting the sanctity of their meetingBut the question that comes up is that even if there is communication is there clarity If someone had been told to play freely and 21 ducks wont matter and the same person is told that he is being rested having failed in three games post T20 World Cup If Samson gets conflicting signals can he be blamed for itSimilarly second question that can be asked as to why there was no consistency in team selection during the tour Across six T20I games in Ireland and England including the abandoned six different playing eleven was fielded with no two same team for any of these gamesIt is a worst kept secret that Gambhir iis not on best of terms with either Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma when it comes to ODI side but these constant experiments have certainly created an air of uncertainty among players who rather than playing fearless cricket will be try to play for places in the elevenThe third question that comes to mind is his obstinacy with a batter till No 8 something that has been signature What is Washington Sundar doing in the T20 scheme of things is another polite query which begs an answer Former India keeper Deep Dasgupta who is in UK as a broadcaster feels that with two years left Gambhir and team management is allowed to look at a broader pool of playersYes it is frustrating and disappointing but theres a bigger picture to look into So there is no harm in trying players These young players are not used to these conditions Suddenly pitches are different The way you play T20 in UK is different from how you play in India In IPL volume of runs in the first six overs becomes important but in England the approach in Powerplay is more about preservation Dasgupta saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever