The atmosphere in the Indian dressing room has turned tense after the humiliating defeat in the Melbourne Test against Australia, with head coach Gautam Gambhir angry with the players' performance, Indian media has reported.

 

India tasted an 184 runs defeat in the Melbourne Test on Monday, making it more difficult for the Indian team to reach the final of the World Test Championship (WTC).

 

The atmosphere in the Indian dressing room was not ideal, with the selectors, players, and coaching staff not on the same page.

 

Reports said that after the defeat in the third test, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Gautam Gambhir, lashed out at the players in the dressing room. 

 

Without naming anyone, Gautam sternky rebuked the players and said that enough was enough; they were doing their own thing in the name of a natural game and were not following the plan given to them. India lost seven wickets in 20.4 overs in the Melbourne Test, then lost the Test match. In six months, the players were given a full opportunity to play the way they wanted to play for the team, but now they will decide how they want to play for the team.

 

The head coach of the Indian team, while warning the players, said that if any player does not play according to the given strategy, he will be sent off. Batsmen were not performing well in the series against Bangladesh, then the batting line-up also flopped badly in the home series against New Zealand, and now the batsmen have failed in Australia, too.

 

Australia has a 2-1 lead against India in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Kangaroos are also strong contenders as a finalist of WTC. Earlier, South Africa qualified for the final, defeating Pakistan in the first Test match on Sunday by two wickets.

 

If India wants to qualify for the final, they must defeat Australia in the last test match.