Cricket News Desk. The first series is going to start soon after Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Team India. The T20 series will be played between India and Sri Lanka from July 27, after which a 3-match ODI series will be played between the two teams. Team India has been announced for this tour and captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will return for the most important ODI series. Now something has come to light, about which fans were also joking with many speculations and claims on social media. This is the past history of Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli.
After the Kolkata Knight Riders won the title in IPL 2024, efforts began to make the team's mentor Gautam Gambhir the new head coach of India. Since then, Gambhir was leading the race. Since then, questions were constantly being asked whether Gambhir and Kohli would be able to work together? Will Kohli be able to coordinate with the new coach Gambhir? Questions were raised because Gambhir and Kohli had openly fought twice during the IPL in the last 10 years and their relationship was said to be sour.
What did Kohli say to BCCI?
However, in IPL 2024, both of them hugged each other and talked for a long time and indicated to forget the past and move forward. However, questions remain about Gambhir's entry into Team India. Now a report by Cricbuzz has revealed that when the team was in Barbados during the T20 World Cup, BCCI officials had talked to Kohli about this. It is being told that Kohli has made it clear to BCCI officials that he has no problem working with Gambhir.
accepted Gambhir's point
Kohli assured the board that the old issues between the two in the dressing room will not become a problem in their relationship as they know that both are working in the interest of the country. Kohli's point can also be understood from the fact that he agreed to play the ODI series in Sri Lanka. Initially it was believed that he and captain Rohit would stay out of the tour and return directly from the Bangladesh tour. Then a report claimed that Gambhir had appealed to both of them to participate in the series and both the star batsmen agreed to it as this was Gambhir's first series as a coach.