T20 World Cup / Gautam Gambhir calls Virat Kohli mentally weak after loss against New Zealand

T20 World Cup | Team India suffered an embarrassing defeat by 8 wickets against New Zealand in the second consecutive match of the T20 World Cup. This is the second consecutive defeat of Team India after losing to Pakistan by 10 wickets. Now the road to the semi-finals has become even more difficult for India. In such a situation, former opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has fiercely criticized Team India.

Gambhir vented his anger

After India's eight-wicket loss to New Zealand, former India opener Gautam Gambhir on Monday slammed the Virat Kohli-led side, saying they have the talent but need the confidence to win big knockout matches in ICC tournaments. There is a shortage. In the ICC T20 World Cup, India has lost two consecutive matches to Pakistan and New Zealand under pressure. On this, Gambhir said that there is no dearth of talent in the Indian team but lack of confidence to win important matches.

Lack of confidence in Indian team

Gambhir said, 'You have all kinds of talent and you do well in bilaterals and other things. But when you come to this big tournament, you have to go ahead and perform. In which there is no room for error. Gambhir further said, 'This match was really like a quarter-final. The problem was in the confidence of the team, when suddenly you realize that you have to win the match and you can't make a mistake. At the same time, it is a different thing in bilateral matches because you can make mistakes there. But you can't make big mistakes in big matches like this. I think there is a lack of confidence in the Indian team.

Said this thing about Kohli

Talking to ESPN Cricinfo, Gautam Gambhir said that, 'It is not that Kohli is unable to perform under pressure now but yes he is not able to perform in the required match. They are not able to score runs in big matches like knockouts. The reason for which is that maybe they are not that strong mentally now.

Now it is difficult to reach the semi-finals

Now it is also very difficult for Team India to reach the semi-finals. Team India had to face defeat in the first two matches. Due to which the Indian team is at the bottom of the points table without any points. Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in the first match. This was Pakistan's first win over India in the T20 World Cup. Team India will face Afghanistan in the next match on 3rd date.