"Important for people to stay in their domain" - Gautam Gambhir lashes out at IPL owner after India's ODI series win over South Africa

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Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir (Image Credits: Getty Images)

India head coach Gautam Gambhir hit out at an IPL owner for suggesting that the team should opt for split coaching. Without naming the person, he urged people to stay in their domain.

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India beat South Africa by nine wickets in Visakhapatnam in the third ODI on Saturday, December 6 to clinch the series 2-1. Bowling first after winning the toss, the hosts held the Proteas to 270 and then gunned down the target in 39.5 overs.

Speaking at the post-match press conference after India's one-day series win, Gambhir took potshots at the IPL owner (Delhi Capitals’ Parth Jindal) who batted for a specialist red-ball coach after India's 2-0 loss in the Test series. Taking a swipe at the IPL owner, he commented (via Sportstar):

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“People also said things that have nothing to do with cricket. An IPL owner (referring to Delhi Capitals’ Parth Jindal) also wrote about split coaching. It is very important for people to stay in their domain. If we don’t go into someone’s domain, then they have no right to come into ours.”
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Going back to India's 2-0 Test series loss to South Africa, he stated:

“When you go through a transition and when you lose your captain, who has made around 1,000 runs in the last six Tests, against such a team, obviously, results are difficult, because there is not much experience in red-ball cricket. The surprising thing is that no one even talked about it."
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India's loss to South Africa was their first Test series defeat at home against the Proteas since 2000. The loss came after the shocking 3-0 drubbing they were handed by New Zealand last year.


Gautam Gambhir hails Yashasvi Jaiswal for maiden ODI ton in Visakhapatnam

Bowling first after winning the toss, India did a great job of restricting the Proteas to 270. Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna starred with four wickets each. In the chase, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 116* off 121 balls. The southpaw brought up his maiden ODI ton after struggling in the Tests and the first two one-dayers. Reflecting on Jaiswal's innings, Gambhir said:

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“When you play white ball cricket after red ball cricket, you feel that you have to play aggressively. But in one-day cricket, you don’t have to. If you split the one-day format into 30 overs and 20 overs, it will be very easy. The quality that Jaiswal has, if he bats 30 overs, there is no doubt that he will be batting close to 100.
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"He played just his fourth game. The moment he figures out which tempo to bat in the 50-over format, the sky is the limit for him,” Gambhir added.

Jaiswal struck 12 fours and two sixes during his unbeaten knock on Saturday. He added 155 runs for the first wicket with Rohit Sharma (75) and an unbroken 116 for the second wicket with Virat Kohli (65* off 45).

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