Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar said the aggressive strategy by Indian cricket team in the second Test against Bangladesh should be given entirely to the credit of captain Rohit Sharma. Over three days of interruptions from rain and a wet outfield in Kanpur, Rohit and his team took an assertive stance towards victory. The bowlers sent Bangladesh packing twice in two days. However, the batters created five new records on the same day.
Sunil Gavaskar Opines About ‘Gamball’
Gavaskar observed that while the term “Bazball” is a synonym for England coach Brendon McCullum, the concept of “Gamball” is a fallacy because Gautam Gambhir never played in that manner. He further went on to say that this aggressive way should have come through the name of Rohit instead.
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“As seen in India last year, this approach doesn’t work in Test matches and may surprise the opposition for a game or two at best. While one paper called the Indian batting “Bossball” because the captain or “boss” of the team, Rohit, had shown the way, some from the old powers referred to it as “Gamball” after the Indian coach Gautam Gambhir” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
Rohit Sharma Very Crucial In Team’s Success
“While the England batting approach changed completely under the new regime of Ben Stokes and McCullum, we have seen over the last couple of years that Rohit has been batting like this and encouraging his team to do so as well”.
“Gambhir has only been coaching for a couple of months, so attributing this approach to him is foot-licking of the highest quality. Gambhir himself hardly ever batted in this fashion like McCullum used to do. If any credit is due, it is solely to Rohit and nobody else.”
Sunil Gavaskar Coins A New Term- ‘Gohit Approach’
“Instead of using the words this-ball or that-ball, I would suggest using the skipper’s first name, Rohit, and term it the “Gohit” approach. Hopefully, brainier people will come up with a trendier name for this rather than the lazy option of calling it after “Bazball,” the former India skipper added.
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India won the 2-match Tests against Bangladesh with complete dominance. In the first Test India won by 280 runs, and in the second Test also even though it was rain affected by India registered another dominating win and clinching the series by 2-0.
