As India gets ready to face England in the 5th Test at The Oval in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Michael Atherton thinks Gautam Gambhir will be under pressure if they don’t win the series. England is 2-1 up so India needs to tie or lose a third series on the trot.
Atherton told Sky Sports Cricket that since India has lost two series in a row (New Zealand 3-0 at home and Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1), Gambhir will be in trouble if they lose this one.
India’s Test form has been woeful lately, especially after the losses to New Zealand and Australia. Losing this series would mean three Test series losses on the trot.
Atherton said India has a lot of resources and people so they should win every time. Three Test series losses in a row would be a problem for Gambhir.
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For Gambhir, the Oval Test is about tying the series and proving he can lead the Indian team.
Gambhir led India to win the ICC Champions Trophy after 12 years.
There was a disagreement between Gautam Gambhir and Lee Fortis about practice, Fortis stopped them from looking at the pitch closely.
England’s team: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue.
India’s team: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, N Jagadeesan, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep.
