“That’s the way cricket is meant to be played,” Gambhir said of axar’s promotion. “I Know a lot of people talk about it, but that’s the way we get to play the game, and that way the way cricket should be played. It’s not about the batting ordered out just If you have the option of putting a quality left-hand batter in the middle;
“Why would you want to have top five as right-handers? We don’t look at averages and stats and all that stuff. [in which] He got the options, he delivered for us. I know there will always be talk – there will always be people talking about
That gambhir likes right-left combinations is no secret. When he came back to kolkata knight riders as a mentor, their Right-Left Partnerships Went Up from 58% in 2022 and 2023, to 74% in 2024. For example, it doesn’t penalise rahul, who have done his job in the middle order well, just for being a right-hand batter.
Gambhir: wanted to see what jaiswal can brings to the table
“He wasn’t supposed to be Benched through the series,” Gambhir said. “We wanted to give yashasvi a go in the first game and see what he can bring to the table trust he was in australia t judge someone by one innings, but we always knew that shreyas is going to be an important player for us. tant player.
“So somemes when you’ve only go three games, you want to try and rotate your squad as well. s Well, but we gave washi a go as well. So when you are trophy Around the corner, you want to try and maximise these three games and try and give everyone an opportunity. , and Good that he played all the three games. “