India&#8217;s head coach, Gautam Gambhir, has emphasized that the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is determined by their current form and performance, not their past reputation. He refuted the idea of an emotional sendoff for an Indian cricket icon, emphasizing that the focus of the team is on high performance rather than emotional sendoffs.
Gautam Gambhir, who has recently guided India to a <a href="https://www.kreedon.com/icc-champions-trophy-2025-breaks-viewership-records-in-india">Champions Trophy</a> triumph, reiterated that he doesn&#8217;t do the picking. &#8220;It&#8217;s not the coach&#8217;s job to choose. That&#8217;s the selectors&#8217; job. My job is to prepare whoever is selected to go out there and perform for India,&#8221; he said.
He also dismissed any issues related to his banter with players on social media and joked that &#8220;It&#8217;s just two boys from Delhi having fun. If this is an issue, I will ask the BCCI to stop posting it.&#8221; Gambhir, yet strong-willed, added, &#8220;I want to be a winner. Nobody likes to lose. I don&#8217;t want to change any of that.&#8221;
<h2 data-start="1248" data-end="1288">Gambhir Reflects on No Place for Legacy Over Performance</h2>
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Gambhir&#8217;s remarks come at a crucial stage for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_cricket_team">Indian cricket</a>, with the undeniable need to reset following Test series losses to <a href="https://www.kreedon.com/india-beat-new-zealand-by-4-wickets-to-win-icc-champions-trophy-after-12-years">New Zealand</a> and <a href="https://www.kreedon.com/virat-kohli-shines-as-india-defeats-australia-by-four-wickets-to-reach-the-ct-final">Australia.</a> After enjoying success in day-night tests in recent years, India will now face a challenging five-Test series against England starting June 20. 
This series will be an important test of Gambhir&#8217;s leadership and the senior players&#8217; performances. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, in particular, will be of interest to supporters, especially given their terrible returns from the recent tour of Australia, where Kohli amassed just 190 runs in nine innings; he does have a century, which came in Perth to his name.
Gambhir declined to confirm whether Rohit and Kohli would be on tour with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_cricket_team">England</a> Test squad, but reiterated it is a selector&#8217;s job to select a team. &#8220;The public must know, the selectors select the squad, and the coach only selects 11 players from that selected squad to play the match.&#8221; He reiterated that neither he nor previous coaches viewed themselves with the power to select squads.
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Gautam Gambhir Clears on Rohit &#038; Kohli’s Future in Team India