Pakistani legend, Wasim Akram has added fuel to the fire by suggesting that Gautam Gambhir is the best pick for the India Head Coach role. Akram said that Gambhir is a blunt and straightforward person, whom the current Indian Team needs to succeeds.
Akram also said that Indian Cricket Board should stick with an Indian Head Coach as Ravi Shastri and Rahul Dravid have done quite well for them. Here’s what Wasim Akram had to say about Gautam Gambhir:
“Yeah, he is the best candidate. It depends on whether Gautam accepts it. He has also left politics because it took too much time. It is a time-consuming job. He is a very intelligent person, so he realised it’s not easy. He has two lovely daughters,” Akram told Sportskeeda in an interview.
“GG is very simple. Straightforward. Not a difficult person. But he speaks clearly, bluntly and doesn’t think twice, a quality that isn’t part of Indian cricket culture. In our culture, we say things that don’t offend people. But GG is someone who, if he doesn’t like something, will say it to your face. That’s his quality and that’s why everyone likes him. He gets aggressive at times, but that’s him as a person. He will bring that same aggression in the team, but it all boils down to whether he agrees to take up the role,” he further added.
When asked about Ashish Nehra and VVS Laxman as the other choices for the head coach role, Akram said this:
“They have a lot of experience. [Ashish] Nehra has done well; he is a people’s person. Everybody loves him; they want to be around him. And Laxman is another very good choice. He is the NCA head, where Dravid came from after serving as India Under-19 coach. So, they have a system in place. If you ask me, any of these three Indians are good options. Stick to your own people. They have been doing well. Rahul did brilliantly and before him, Ravi [Shastri] had set an example. So yeah.”
Meanwhile, BCCI has invited applications for the role of India Head Coach and there are rumours of even Ricky Ponting, Harbhajan Singh and Stephen Fleming getting the role.