India's head coach Gautam Gambhir praised Yashasvi Jaiswal's performance in the first ODI against England. Talking about the performance and his exclusion from the Champions Trophy 2025, Gambhir said that they had no intention of benching Jaiswal throughout the series. Since the series was short and the management wanted to rotate the players, they had to bench him.
"He wasn't supposed to be benched throughout the series. We wanted to give Yashasvi (Jaiswal) a go in the first game and see what he can bring on the table because he was in (a) really good form in Australia. I know that you can't judge someone (Jaiswal) by one innings. But we always knew that Shreyas was going to be an important player for us. Sometimes when you've only got three games, you want to try and rotate your squad as well," said Gautam Gambhir.
India will look to play well in the Champions Trophy with all the batters in form. The middle order looked sorted in the series against England. Batters like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are back in form which is a positive sign for the management. Moreover, bowlers are inexperienced so captain Rohit will have to rotate them really well throughout the tournament.
You want to try and maximise these three games: Gautam Gambhir
Head coach Gautam Gambhir spoke about the Champions Trophy and how the players will have to play responsibly throughout the tournament. He praised Shreyas Iyer for his performance against England in the ODI series and mentioned that they were trying to give everyone an equal opportunity in the series.
"When you've got Champions Trophy around the corner, you want to try and maximise these three games and try and give everyone an opportunity. But Shreyas was always in the scheme of things (and it is) good that he played all the three games," added Gambhir.
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