Gautam Gambhir has been the centre of much criticism and rumours of being sacked since the team’s poor performance and ODI loss against the Kiwis. However, recently in an interview, Devajit Saikia, a BCCI secretary, dismissed these rumours in a rather humorous way.
In a recent interview with Sportstar, Saikia stated, “India is a country of 140 crore people, and everybody is a cricket expert. Everybody will have an opinion. It is a democratic country, and we cannot gag anybody.”
He emphasised, “All the opinion makers are free to give their opinions, including the media. There is a lot of speculated news in the domain, and also various ex-cricketers, cricketers, or other people are also giving opinions. In social media, it is full of them.”
“But the thing is that we have a cricket committee in the BCCI, who are ex-cricketers. They are dedicated and make all the decisions. On the other hand, for team selection, we have five selectors. They also have to qualify to get into that position. They are the people who take that also. For every decision, there can be a counter-opinion.”
He added, “So, those opinions we have to address, and we have to consider. But the final decision is always taken by the cricket committee as well as the selectors.”
The cricket fraternity is not on Gambhir’s side. As previously, Manoj Tiwari smashed Gambhir, stating BCCI should sack the coach if the team fails to secure a T20 World Cup 2026.
The former cricket star stated, “If Gautam Gambhir fails to win the T20 World Cup 2026, then BCCI should take a big and difficult decision. BCCI secretary has said that we will pursue with Gambhir till his contract expires. But if the T20 World Cup 2026 doesn’t give a result to Gambhir, I think BCCI will take a big call and will remove him.”
