“We want to be that team that can score 400 goals in one day and Bat for two days to save a tie,” Gambhir said before Bharat’s first match against Brandnew Zealand in Bengaluru. “And you call that growth, you call that adaptability, you call that Test cricket. If you play only one way, then there is no growth.
“I won’t be able to talk about international cricket. Every team has its ideologies, its ways of playing. Check cricket. I will be able to talk better about my team. If we are ever in the kind of situation where we need to bat for two days to get a test, we have players in the locker room who can bat for two days. In the end, our first reason is to win a duel and the next if there is a status that the team has to play games to draw, we need to ensure the options that can be discovered. with the same intelligence. This is the kind of Test cricket we want to play.”
As for the ‘high risk, high reward’ approach, Gambhir was all for it, and even doesn’t mind India getting 100 in the process, as long as the batsmen play their natural games and take the game head-on. even in Test cricket.
“Yes, we want the public to be competitive, we want the public to travel to the market and play their herbal duel. If they can play the herbal duel, if they can make 400 to 500 runs in a presentation, why not anymore? We will be able to play that way: high risk, high reward, high risk, high failure,” Gambhir said. “There will be days when we will bundle up for 100, but we will continue to support our players.
“That’s how we want to play and that’s how we want to entertain the people of this country and, even in Test cricket, we want to keep the game going and get the results in whatever situation we find ourselves in.”
“We want to try to play as hard as possible on the cricket field. Once the game is over, we want to be as humble as possible.”
Gautama Gambhir
“I think New Zealand is a completely different challenge,” Gambhir mentioned. “We know they are a very, very good team. They have very high quality players. They have players who can hurt us. They have players who can also do the job for them. They continue to fight and we expect them to fight too. That’s why we respect them, but we fear no one.
“I have mentioned it time and again that we will always be able to recognize each and every opponent. We wish to be selfless. We wish to fight and play the sport as dry as possible in the cricket farmlands. As soon as the sport, we want to be as humble as possible.
With 74.24% points, India are well placed for a third consecutive appearance in the WTC final, and while a series win here won’t guarantee them a place in the final, it will make things easier for them, especially considering He says that next time they will face Australia in a WTC final. Five-match series in Australia.
“Look, the first thing is that the Global Check Championship is in June. [2025]. And the second factor is that the Check duel in Australia is on November 22. Right now, in our thoughts is the best Brandnew Zealand and nothing else,” Gambhir said. “When you play world cricket, you don’t take in mind how to prepare for the five Test matches in the Australia series or how to prepare for the final of the World Test Championship. Today the most notable thing is how it will be available on October 16 at 9:30 a.m. This is more noticeable because you don’t see ahead that way.
“Any match you play for your country, you try to win it regardless of who the opponent is and where that series is taking place. Whether it’s New Zealand or Australia, we will try to beat our country in every match.”
Ashish Pant is Deputy Editor of ESPNcricinfo
