India have conceded 650+ runs in the ongoing fourth Test at Old Trafford.
Once again, the coaching tactics of Gautam Gambhir have come under scrutiny on the back of a few bizarre decisions in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. Former KKR teammate Manoj Tiwary has raised questions over Gambhir’s approach as India have broken yet another unwanted record of conceding 650+ runs in the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
Earlier, the Indian team had to sustain a defeat during the third Test match that was played at Lord’s. The visitors were almost there, but missed out on clinching a victory by just 22 runs. Currently, the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 stands at 2-1 in favour of the hosts.
MAL
55/0
HKG
52/4
WI
–
AUS
–
RWA
157/5
ML
158/1
Malawi beat Rwanda by 9 wickets
TBC
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TBC
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ROM
178/6
LUX
133/10
Romania won by 45 runs
HUN
168/9
AUST
169/6
Austria beat Hungary by 4 wickets
AUST
245/7
LUX
179/5
Austria beat Luxembourg by 66 runs
TBC
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TBC
–
TBC
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TBC
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ALZ
88/10
JIHCC
163/4
Jinnah CC Stockholm beat Alby Zalmi by 75 runs
RPH
123/6
MAR
150/4
Marsta CC beat Rising Phoenix by 27 runs
JIHCC
153/9
ALZ
168/4
Alby Zalmi CC beat Jinnah CC by 15 runs
RPH
166/4
JIHCC
78/10
Rising Phoenix beat Jinnah CC by 88 runs
ALZ
100/5
RPH
99/7
Alby Zalmi CC beat Rising Phoenix by 5 wickets
RPH
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JIHCC
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HDN
–
ALZ
–
TBC
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TBC
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TBC
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TBC
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BOT-W
143/6
MWW-W
78/10
Botswana Women beat Malawi Women by 65 runs
EWW-W
40/10
LSN-W
88/9
Lesotho Women beat Eswatini Women by 48 runs
RWA-W
135/7
SLO-W
84/10
Rwanda Women beat Sierra Leone Women by 51 runs
CW-W
88/8
MZW-W
87/8
Cameroon Women beat Mozambique Women by 2 wickets
GUJCC
218/6
SUL
83/7
Gujrat Cricket Club beat Super Lanka by 135 runs
CHK
–
TCC
–
FRC
122/4
KLG
108/6
Fatemi Resources Cricket Club beat KL Gladiators by 14 runs
JBK
80/4
SWCL
106/5
Sky Warriors Cricket Club beat JB Kings by 26 runs
UTC
78/4
MXC
80/2
Maxx Cricket Club beat Utkal Cricket Club by 8 wickets
MKP
75/4
MBMS
73/10
MR KB Putrajaya beat MB Malik Sports UMZ by 6 wickets
FRC
–
MXC
–
JBK
–
MBMS
–
UTC
–
KLG
–
MKP
–
SWCL
–
UAE
141/5
NIG
88/10
United Arab Emirates beat Nigeria by 53 runs
KNY
126/6
NBA
123/2
Kenya beat Namibia A by 3 runs
KNY
–
NIG
–
UAE
–
UGA
–
VMK
–
MMS
–
MAK
154/9
BDS
155/4
Boost Defenders beat Mis Ainak Knights by 6 wickets
ASS
174/4
SGT
173/6
Amo Sharks beat Speen Ghar Tigers by 6 wickets
WIU19-W
67/5
USAU19-W
66/9
West Indies Women U19 beat United States Of America Women U19 by 5 wickets
WIU19-W
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USAU19-W
–
TBLZ-W
–
BRB-W
–
TBC
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TBC
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Match Cancelled
SUR-W
–
TBC
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IAC
203/4
AAC
207/6
Australia Champions beat India Champions by 4 wickets
PNC
200/4
WIC
151/7
Pakistan Champions beat West Indies Champions by 49 runs
SAC
–
AAC
–
IAC
–
EDC
–
NZ
180/5
SA
177/6
New Zealand beat South Africa by 3 runs
IRE-W
288/9
ZIM-W
191/10
Ireland Women won by 97 runs
Ahead of this series, Gambhir’s coaching record stands at four wins, eight losses, and a tie from 13 Tests. Since the time he took up the role of head coach, India have slipped from the No.1 to fourth spot in ICC Test rankings. They even failed to make it to the ICC World Test Championship 2025 Final after a series defeat Down Under.
Former India batter Manoj Tiwary castigated Gambhir after he opted for all-rounders over specialist players. The former player reckoned that this approach is vague and unsuitable in this format of the game.
“I have said it earlier also that Test match is a game of specialists, but we’re keeping them out and trusting all-rounders more,” Tiwary told IANS.
The likes of Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary have had a long history. The duo used to play together for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and later had an altercation during the Ranji Trophy match in 2015. The former Bengal player had accused Gambhir of abusing his family.
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As per the former cricketer, there has been a pattern in the selection of the players. He also referred to the Australia tour, where India played Devdutt Padikkal and Harshit Rana. Cut to now, Rana is missing, while Anshul Kamboj has been recently added to the playing combination.
“Since the arrival of head coach (Gautam Gambhir), there is a pattern of dropping underperforming players from the squad and adding players from the outside. This we’ve seen in the India-Zealand series, when we brought Washington Sundar from outside over Ashwin, who was in the squad. On the Australia tour, we played Devdutt Padikkal and Harshit Rana. Now, Harshit is missing and not among favourites anymore as we’re playing Anshul Kamboj in this Test”, he added.
Talking about Gambhir’s playing career, he collected over 10,000 international runs while starring in both the 2007 T20 and 2011 ODI World Cup Finals. Under his captaincy, Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL twice. Later, he became the mentor of KKR, guiding them to win yet another IPL title in 2024.
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