 "India cricket fans turn on Gambhir, Gill over alleged Rishabh Pant criticism: 'They robbed his captaincy and now this'")
India cricket fans are not happy with head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill after their recent comments about vice-captain Rishabh Pant following the team’s loss in the first Test against England at Leeds.
In the post-match press conference, Gautam Gambhir refused to praise Pant’s incredible performance, saying that there were three more centuries as well. Pant scored two centuries (134 and 118) in the same match and created a record. Gambhir was asked by a journalist to comment on the effort.
“Test cricket is about winning matches, not celebrating milestones. There are three more centuries as well. Those are big positives as well. Thank you,” Gambhir said.
Meanwhile, Shubman Gill seemed to point fingers at Pant during the post-match presentation. Talking about Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling, he said, “He (Jadeja) bowled brilliantly, I think he did produce some chances for us, a few pop-ups that Rishabh didn’t see, but that happens in a game of cricket.”
First Captain Gill calls out only Rishabh Pant for dropped chances. Now Coach Gambhir has no praise for someone who scored 250+ and kept for 183 overs. Funny how others efforts are praised, but only Rishabh’s mistakes are highlighted https://t.co/B7hC6RaSLU
— Sandy (@flamboypant) June 25, 2025
Pant had dropped one catch of Harry Brook when he was on 53. Brook went on to score 99 before getting out to Prasidh Krishna. Brook had earlier survived after being caught off a no-ball from Jasprit Bumrah when he was yet to open his account.
Here’s how social media reacted to Gambhir and Gill’s comments
These remarks didn’t go down well with many fans. On social media, several people accused Gambhir and Gill of targeting Pant unfairly. Some fans defended the criticism, saying that mistakes have to be talked about honestly.
Gill and Gambhir hates Pant. That's it.
— Raghu nath (@Raghuna29298422) June 25, 2025
They both robbed his well deserving Test Captaincy. We'll not stay silent on this.
We'll raise our voice for the Pant's right.
First robbed his well deserved test captaincy now this.
— 125Manchester (@pantasticxcuts) June 25, 2025
Absolutely shameless if you are calling out a player post match who was your best player in the game
— Dikshant Yadav (@dikshant2905) June 25, 2025
Theres no chemistry in the team, no wonder we lost this test match
— 𝐕♛ (@DelhiKaKing18) June 25, 2025
god forbid a man acknowledges the mistakes during a game!
— Dishant Desai (@deefordehaii) June 25, 2025
also he was not blaming him solely for the loss, just pointing out what went wrong
He is not neglecting pant's centuries, he is saying there also 3 more that hit century,
— BollyBuzz24x7 (@Amitkumar3098) June 25, 2025
Clearly the journalist asked the question in some manner by mentioning rishab as vc of team so that gautam's statement used it in his favour for future test captaincy and for some PR Masala 😅
He talked about other catch drops too ,why edit clips and settings wrong narratives lol ,shubman was the one who was clapping when when rishab made century
— Piya (@Piya_M1) June 25, 2025
Well, No doubt that Jayswal and Pant dropped a lollipop catches.
— Manoj kumar (@mrgupta89) June 25, 2025
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