Politics on the rise in Team India, Manoj Tiwari criticized the coach, Gambhir’s favor started a power show.

Since Gautam Gambhir became the coach, India have lost three major series. For the same reason, many former cricketers have started questioning Gambhir’s coaching. It seems as if former cricketer Manoj Tiwary has opened a front. He has described Gambhir as a hypocrite and a credit stealer. After Manoj Tiwary’s attack, many cricketers came out in support of Gautam Gambhir. Nitish Rana and now Harshit Rana have posted on social media in support of Gambhir.

Criticism of a captain or a coach after a series loss or poor performance is not surprising. This is a very common thing that everyone faces. If we leave aside Manoj Tiwary’s personal attack on the Indian coach, he has said some of the same things that Gambhir has said before. Manoj Tiwary says that Gautam Gambhir was made coach on the basis of his IPL performance. He also says that the IPL victory was a team victory, which Gautam Gambhir took credit for.

What Manoj Tiwary said is similar to what Gautam Gambhir said about Team India winning the World Cup. Gambhir has said many times that we did not win the World Cup (2011) because of one six. By saying this, he directly attacks the then captain MS Dhoni. Gambhir’s past interviews show him praising the performance of Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan, implying that MS Dhoni got the credit for becoming the world champion, which should have gone to the entire team.

Accusations of dominating the captain
Critics are also talking about Gautam Gambhir’s role as a mentor in the IPL, saying that he knows how to dominate the captain. When KKR won the IPL in 2024, coach Gambhir took more credit than captain Shreyas Iyer. For the first time it was seen that a team did not retain its captain. On the other hand, Gambhir was appointed the Indian coach as soon as the IPL ended. In such a situation, if a cricketer questions Gambhir’s performance as a coach, he cannot be blindly called wrong. By the way, Manoj Tiwary has also questioned former captain MS Dhoni. After retiring last year, he said that his career could not progress due to MS Dhoni.

The involvement of active cricketers Nitish Rana and Harshit Rana in this entire controversy is beyond comprehension. Reviewing or criticizing a coach is common in cricket or any sport. In such a situation, Nitish and Harshit Rana could stay away from this controversy. It is not a show of strength that if someone has criticized a coach, one has to post in favor of him to prove his loyalty.

Harshit Rana has supported Gautam Gambhir by sharing an Instagram story. He wrote, ‘It is not right to criticize someone because of personal insecurity.’ Gauti Bhaiya is a person who thinks about others more than himself. When a player is going through a bad run of form, they encourage him and when things go in his favour, they bring him into the limelight. He has done this many times. They know exactly when and how to turn the match in their favor.

Gambhir, Nitish and Harshit all have ties to Delhi: Medium pacer Harshit Rana excelled in his first match against Australia in the Perth Test. His selection is being considered as Gambhir’s MasterCard. Harshit is a cricketer from Delhi and has played for KKR under Gambhir in the IPL. Nitish Rana has also played for Delhi with Gambhir. Nitish has also been in KKR for a long time. Currently he has left Delhi and joined UP.