India needs to level up game under pressure situations: Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir appeared on an exclusive show by Star Sports where he talked on India's inability to perform well under pressure situations

Gauri Chandra
Published on: 13 Jun 2020 4:02 PM GMT
India needs to level up game under pressure situations: Gautam Gambhir
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New Delhi: Class former batsman of India, Gautam Gambhir recently talked on some crucial points regarding Indian cricket team. Gambhir appeared on the show Cricket Connected on Star Sports and spoke about how India still lacks the ability to deal with pressure situation in big tournaments. Team India couldn't get through the finals of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and the semifinal of 2019's World Cup.

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Here's what Gambhir said

"What sets you apart from being a good player to being a very, very good player in a team squad is what you do on those crucial games. I think probably we have not been able to handle the pressure, probably other teams have been able to handle the pressure that way”

"If you look at all the semi-finals and finals, it just shows when playing really well in the league stage and you don’t play well in the semi-finals or knockouts, it’s probably your mental toughness as well. We can keep talking that we’ve got everything, we have the ability to be the world champions, but till the time you don’t go on the cricket field and prove that, you will never be called the world champions.”

"It’s just your ability in those crunch situations,” Gambhir said. “I’ve always said this, in bilateral and league stages you have got probably a chance to make the mistake, come to the knockout stages, you don’t have a chance to make a mistake, you make a mistake and you’re going back home. So, that’s where beliefs come into play and that where India lacks in all those crucial games."

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Gambhir played an essential knock of 97 runs in 2011 World Cup Final and was an ace opener for team India. He made all these statements in an exclusive show on Star Sports where Irfan Pathan and Jatin Sapru joined him.

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