"Whole world knows what all things he has spoken" - Former captain blasts Gautam Gambhir after humiliating 0-2 whitewash in IND vs SA 2025 Tests

Former India captain Kris Srikkanth blasted Head Coach Gautam Gambhir after the hosts suffered a humiliating 0-2 whitewash against South Africa at home. India lost the second Test by 408 runs in Guwahati.

Srikkanth held the management responsible for the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Test cricket, which made the team unstable. He called out Gautam Gambhir for the comments he had made in the past, and also while he was not the coach. While Gambhir had stated that the team did not miss any players when the likes of Kohli and Rohit retired, he said after the defeat against South Africa that the team was inexperienced.

"Kohli retired two days before the tour. Obviously, he and Rohit were told to retire and that Gill will be made captain. I had suggested also to make Virat captain, let him bring the stability back, then you move on. After that comments came like we don't miss players, I don't believe in heroism and all that. The whole world knows what all things he has spoken when he was a commentator," Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel 'Cheeky Cheeka'.

Post the defeat, Gambhir stated that this was what transition looked like and that the players were in a learning process. However, Srikkanth asked the Head Coach not to defend the mistakes and accept that they played poor cricket. He reflected on Gambhir's comments after the first Test as well and slammed his selection policy.

"You cannot defend. Just accept it that we have played bad cricket. One match you say there is no demons on the wicket and want more application. In that match Axar played well and you dropped him from the XI. He himself said Axar scored well so one day he says one thing and next day something else. This is the worst performance in Indian cricket," he stated.

India suffered their second whitewash at home in two consecutive years under Gautam Gambhir.

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Kris Srikkanth asks Gautam Gambhir to accept criticism

Following the series defeat against South Africa, Gautam Gambhir is under fire and tremendous pressure. India have now lost five out of their seven home Tests under Gambhir. However, the Head Coach defended his position by saying that he was the one under whom India drew the series in England, won the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup.

Kris Srikkanth asked Gambhir to acknowledge the losses, the evident problems, and accept criticism.

"He is saying he drew in England and all that. But he is not saying I am the same guy who lost against Sri Lanka, against New Zealand, I am the same guy who got whitewashed by South Africa. I am the same guy who got defeated in Australia. Accept the fact. When you do well, we will give credit. But when you don't, accept the fact. There are tactical problems," he said.

The former cricketer reckoned that it was okay to lose matches or series at home, but called for acceptance and not giving excuses. He also lashed out at the selection and fast-tracking of players into the Test side based on IPL performance.

"You can lose matches, lose series, lose to South Africa at home. That is all fine. But don't give excuses. Find out what the solution is and what the reasons are. Everybody is scared in this team. Fastrack IPL players into T20 cricket. You cannot do that in Test cricket. The players themselves don't know what to do. We are lacking. Everybody got out defending because they did not know what to do," he added.

Srikkanth also urged Gautam Gambhir to accept the errors within the system and analyse what was going wrong, and look to rebuild rather than finding excuses after poor performances.