Gautam Gambhir is one of the cricketers who does not sugarcoat his words and speaks what he feels like. The former Indian cricketer slammed Eoin Morgan for his captaincy for the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders on April 18..
During the match, the RCB players slammed the KKR bowlers’ attack and posted a total of 204/4 on the board. However, Gambhir couldn’t stop himself from speaking and lashed out on Morgan’s captaincy. He admitted that Virat Kohli’s wicket was though a big one, but he finds Morgan’s captaincy the weirdest.
He further opined on Morgan for not allowing Varun Chakravarthy to bowl his second over despite KKR picking up 2 wickets in his first over. He further stated that if Chakravarthy was sent to bowl in his second over, Maxwell could have been taken down and the game would have been done then and there.
“Virat Kohli was a big wicket, no doubt about it. But that has to be the weirdest kind of captaincy I have ever seen in my life. Someone taking two wickets in the first over, and then does not get to bowl the next one. Probably when you know the in-form batter is in. You could have probably seen the game in the first six overs, had Varun Chakravarthy had picked the third wicket or dismissed Glenn Maxwell. This game could have been over there and then,” said Gambhir in a chat with Star Sports.
The former cricketer further added that if an Indian captain has made such a blunder, people would have got their daggers out.
“I am happy that an Indian captain did not make this blunder. Because a lot of people would have actually got their daggers out had an Indian captain made this call. That was probably the most ridiculous captaincy I have ever seen. I can’t explain that. Because there is no terminology for it – when someone has taken two wickets, and an in-form batter is in and you take off your wicket-taking option in the next over,” concluded Gambhir.
