India recently faced a 3-0 loss in the Test series against New Zealand. After this defeat, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) held a review meeting on Thursday. This meeting lasted for 6 hours. Captain Rohit Sharma, Head Coach Gautam Gambhir, Head of Selection Committee Ajit Agarkar along with BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and President Roger Binny were also present. Gambhir attended the meeting online.
In which the choice of rank turner pitch for the Mumbai Test, resting Jasprit Bumrah and Gautam Gambhir's coaching style were discussed. New Zealand have won the three-match series against India by 3-0.
BCCI is not happy with Bumrah's absence in the third match According to the report, BCCI officials were not happy that fast bowler and team vice-captain Bumrah was rested for the third Test. Bumrah was rested in the third match played at Wankhede in Mumbai. BCCI said in a statement on the morning of the match that Jasprit Bumrah has not fully recovered from viral fever and is not available for the third Test in Mumbai.
Bumrah took just three wickets in 41 overs at an average of 42.33 in the first two Tests. In his absence, India played an out-of-form Mohammad Siraj in the third match, who failed to take a single wicket.
Jasprit Bumrah took only three wickets in the two Test matches of this series.
The choice of rank turner pitch is also an issue Along with this, there was also a discussion about the choice of rank turner pitch in Mumbai. After losing on the same pitch in Pune, the team also played a rank turner in Mumbai. Here India had to face defeat by 25 runs.
Border-Gavaskar series preparations were also discussed BCCI secretary Jay Shah, Rohit, Gambhir and Agarkar met for about six hours, a source told The Times of India, in which apart from reviewing the Test series defeat against the Kiwi team, there was also a lot of discussion about preparations for the Border-Gavaskar series in Australia.
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