Earlier in the week, after the Sunrisers Hyderabad eliminated the Royal Challengers Bangalore from the IPL, Gambhir called for a leadership change.
“100%, because the problem is responsibility. Eight years after the tournament [without a trophy], eight years is a long time. Tell me any other captain … forget about the captain, tell me any other player who had turned eight and had not won the title and would have continued with him. So it has to be responsibility. A captain must take responsibility, ”Gambhir told ESPNCricinfo.
“You can keep saying ‘we qualified for the playoffs and we deserved to qualify for the playoffs’, absolutely not. RCB never really deserved to qualify for the playoffs. If you look at the last four or five games, and even that Super Over against the Mumbai Indians , they were very fortunate that Navdeep Saini topped him brilliantly. Otherwise they didn’t have a great season. From a hitting and bowling point of view. “
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