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India have lost nine Tests under Gautam Gambhir, six of them at home. Is it time to think about sacking him from the job? Sourav Ganguly answers.<\/h2>\n
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Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly said on Tuesday that sacking Gautam Gambhir as the men\u2019s head coach is out of the question, but advised the team to \u2018get together\u2019 and try to \u2018work hard\u2019 to win Tests instead of relying on the pitch all the time.<\/p>\n

Ganguly\u2019s comments came after India were beaten by South Africa by 30 runs in the first of two Tests of the home series. This was the ninth Test loss under Gambhir\u2019s mentorship \u2014 two more than wins \u2014 and the fourth at home. He was the first coach to suffer a home whitewash in a three-match series, when New Zealand beat India 3-0 last year, with the same pattern of spin-heavy pitches backfiring on the home side visible even then.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, there\u2019s no question of sacking out of Gautam Gambhir at this stage, but I think as a team, they need to get together and say to themselves that we will work hard to win Test matches because on flat pitches, it\u2019s a lot harder because the opposition will pad, there\u2019ll be big runs scored on the first innings of each team. And in India, surprisingly, you\u2019ll see how the game changes quickly on day four, day five,” Ganguly told\u00a0India Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo they have to be patient on that. As I said, they have the bowling attack to get 20 wickets as you saw at the Oval on the last day, as you saw in Edgbaston during that series (vs England), so they can do that as well. Swing comes into play in India with the ball getting old. So it\u2019s just a mindset change,” he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you know, Gautam as a coach and Shubman as a captain did exceptionally well in England on good batting pitches. And I firmly believe that they can do well in India as well,” Ganguly said.<\/p>\n

Ganguly\u2019s comments suggesting that India should be content with flatter tracks and let their bowling quality do the job are interesting. The first India-South Africa match was held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, and as the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, he had said before the series that the team had not asked him for a rank-turner \u2014 however, after the defeat, he said India were given exactly what they asked for.<\/p>\n

The second Test will be played at Guwahati\u2019s Barsapara Stadium, starting on November 22.<\/p>\n

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