India legend Yuvraj Singh's father and former cricketer Yograj Singh backed head coach Gautam Gambhir after the Shubman Gill-led side's dominating 336-run win against England in the second Test match of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Gambhir was the point of discussion before the tour, as since his appointment as head coach, India lost two high-profile Test series- 0-3 at home to New Zealand and 1-3 away to Australia. However, Yograj Singh reckons that Gambhir should be backed irrespective of the result.
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"The Indian players are consistently growing and improving their game. We will always support them. Gautam Gambhir ko kuch mat bolo (We should not speak about Gautam Gambhir). He is doing well," said Yograj, speaking to ANI.
"Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, and Rahul Dravid are giving back to cricket because they have received so much. Even if our team loses the series, we should not demoralise them," Yograj added.
"If you lose, you will not be there to explain; if you win, you don't have to explain. We hope that we win the series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill," Yograj stated.
India have dominated large parts of both Test matches, ultimately winning the second by 336 runs.
It marked Gambhir's second Test win across the last three series (including the ongoing one).
Yograj also lauded Team India for coping well despite the retirements of Kohli and Rohit.
"It's astonishing that the team has performed the way it has without Virat Kohli, without Rohit Sharma. Well done, boys," Yograj said.
Coming back to the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, the five-Test match series is currently levelled 1-1 after two Tests, and both sides are facing each other in the third clash, which is taking place at the iconic Lord's Stadium in London. England have won the toss and opted to bat.
India who featured without Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test, has made a change in their playing XI for the third Test by adding the pace spearhead in place of Prasidh Krishna.
India's Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England's Playing XI:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir