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Ramesh calls Arshdeep smart over Gambhir pick
Former India opener Sadagoppan Ramesh said pacer Arshdeep Singh was smart to include head coach Gautam Gambhir as an opener in his all time India XI, after the selection drew criticism on…
Former India opener Sadagoppan Ramesh said pacer Arshdeep Singh was smart to include head coach Gautam Gambhir as an opener in his all time India XI, after the selection drew criticism on social media, according to NDTV Sports and Times Now. Fans questioned Gambhir's place as opener ahead of Virender Sehwag or Sourav Ganguly, criticised Arshdeep's decision to bat Rohit Sharma at number six, and noted that Jasprit Bumrah was missing from Arshdeep's separate list of his best five bowlers even though Arshdeep included himself in the all time XI. Ramesh, speaking on his YouTube channel, said that had Laxman been India's head coach instead of Gambhir, Arshdeep would likely have picked Ganguly or Sehwag as opener, with Laxman himself replacing Rahul Dravid at number three. Gambhir, now India's head coach, played 58 Tests, 147 ODIs and 37 T20Is and featured in India's 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup wins.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Ramesh's “smart” verdict reads as a friendly jab rather than an accusation: his quote frames Gambhir's inclusion as a plausible effect of the coach's position, not a proven one. What survives is the inconsistency fans flagged: Arshdeep, India's leading T20I wicket-taker with 135 wickets, left himself out of his own best five bowlers list even as he named himself in the all time XI, and left Bumrah off that same five man list too. Ramesh's own counterfactual, that a Laxman-led panel would likely have chosen Ganguly or Sehwag and moved Laxman to number three, shows the Gambhir pick was arguable rather than inexplicable. Arshdeep's own explanation of how he picked each list is what would resolve the contradiction fans raised.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): sports.ndtv.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
