Out-of-favour opener Gautam Gambhir refused to believe that fatigue due to excessive cricket was the reason behind India’s back-to-back defeats in the ongoing tri-series in the West Indies. ‘Not at all...if you talk about fatigue, then it should not only affect the Indian team but also the other teams.
They should also get affected by it. Sri Lanka is playing the same amount of cricket as India. If other team has played well, we must acknowledge it. There efforts should be recognised,’ said Gambhir.
However, Gambhir warned against reading too much into the losses and said it’s part and parcel of the game. ‘It happens in every sport, there are bad and good phases and these things happen. It’s part and parcel of cricket,’ said Gambhir on the sidelines of a function on Wednesday.
The Delhi dasher also refused to comment on Virat Kohli’s captaincy, who is leading the national side in the absence of regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been ruled out of the series due to a hamstring injury. ‘No comments...Thank you,’ was Gambhir’s curt reply. Gambhir, whose form has been patchy, is presently out of the Indian team.