Uthappa says Gambhir's batting order remark will 'backfire' if India's winning run ends in T20Is
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Uthappa says Gambhir's batting order remark will 'backfire' Photograph: (AFP)
With nine matches left ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 which India is co-hosting along with Sri Lanka, Gambhir and Surya would be hoping to not only finalize but also get the players going.
Former India batter Robin Uthappa thinks that head coach Gautam Gambhir's 'batting order is overrated in white-ball cricket' is holding for time-being only. Uthappa opined that as long as India continue to win matches, batting order won't matter but the idea can circle back and haunt both Gambhir and India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav.
“If this goes south, it’ll backfire on both Surya and Gautam Gambhir. And people are anyway gunning for his (Gambhir) head," said Uthappa on his YouTube channel.
As for Surya, Uthappa added: "Today it’s not affecting him because India is winning matches. He’s one of the most successful Indian captain right now with an 85 win percentage. But if that drops over the next nine games, then it starts impacting his batting and it starts impacting how he leads on the field as well."
India are currently 1-0 up in the ongoing five-match T20I series against South Africa. They also have a five-T20I series against New Zealand at home before the next year's T20 World Cup which they enter as the defending champions.
With nine matches left ahead of the marquee tournament which India is co-hosting along with Sri Lanka, Gambhir and Surya would be hoping to not only finalize but also get the players going.
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In the first T20I against South Africa, India won on the back of all-round performance by Hardik Pandya who was returning from a injury lay-off. He scored an unbeaten 50 and took a wicket as well, subsequently named Player for the Match.
While Pandya's return is boost for India, the biggest question they face is wicketkeeper-batter. Rishabh Pant played in the T20 World Cup 2024 but has not played much T20Is after that. The current competition is between Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson and the next nine matches to be played by India could very decided the first-choice wicketkeeper-batter for them.
