Gautam Gambhir reviews India's performance in series against Australia

Overview

• Gautam Gambhir was happy with the individuals who performed well in the tour of Australia, but was sad that India lost the ODI series
• The Indian Coach felt the need to have an outlook as a team and not celebrate the individual performances amidst a series loss
• While he was glad that India won the series, Gambhir claimed that the ultimate goal is to win the World Cup

Gautam Gambhir was happy with the individuals who performed well in the tour of Australia, but was sad that India lost the ODI series. The Indian Coach felt the need to have an outlook as a team and not celebrate the individual performances amidst a series loss.

In BCCI's talk show, Gambhir was asked about India's tour of Australia. He claimed that the bottom line was that India lost the ODI series despite some individual brilliance from the players.

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"I have always been a believer that it's not about the individual performances - yes, I can be happy with individual performances, but ultimately, we lost the ODI series - that is the bottom line, and I can never celebrate a series loss as a coach. As a player, I can appreciate individuals, but as a coach, I think it is my moral responsibility that we as a nation & we as individuals should never celebrate a series loss," Gambhir said.

"The bigger picture is the World Cup," - Gautam Gambhir

While he was glad that India won the series, Gambhir claimed that the ultimate goal is to win the World Cup. The Indian Head Coach felt there were things they might work on as a team with three months left for the World Cup.

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"Ultimately, we are representing the country, T20 series was different, we won the series, a lot of positives and we are still not where we want to be in three months down the line because the bigger picture is not the series, but the World Cup - so once the WC comes, we are in that space, we want to be before the World Cup," Gambhir added.