Gautam Gambhir to host dinner for all Indian players:Head coach arranges special celebration ahead of 2nd Test vs West Indies

Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir will host the Men in Blue for dinner at his residence on Wednesday ahead of his side’s second Test against West Indies at New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium starting from October 10 onwards. It is not uncommon for the Indian team to assemble for a celebration for various occasions, whether it be birthday, an anniversary or a milestone occasion. However, the nature of the dinner that the Indian head coach is hosting is not yet clear. Although it has come to attention through ANI that Gambhir has specific conditions to host the dinner for the whole Indian squad. Gambhir’s specific demand for dinner celebration As per the ANI report, it has come to light that coach Gautam Gambhir wants the dinner to be an open-air one in the garden area. However, if rain hits the city, the dinner party is expected to be cancelled. However, this is not the first time that the Indian team has had a celebration like this apart from birthday or championship-winning celebrations. This year, on the eve of 29 June, Men in Blue celebrated a year of India’s T20I World Cup 2024 triumph in Birmingham. Last time, India celebrated the T20I World Cup 2024 anniversary The X handle of the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) released a video on 30 June that highlighted players like Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, along with coach Gautam Gambhir, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of T20I World Cup win with the team in Birmingham. Here’s a clip released by India’s cricket board featuring all the players and support staff: Also Read: Mitchell Starc returns to ODI format after Kohli, Rohit’s comeback: Australia announces One Day and T20I squads for series against India India lead the two-match Test series vs West Indies by 1-0 India is 1-0 up in the two-match series, having beaten WI by an innings and 140 runs in the first Test at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, with Ravindra Jadeja (104* and a four-wicket haul) earning the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his all-round show. On the first day of the Test, it was the West Indies who won the toss and elected to bat first. However, with the highest score of 32 off 73 balls from Justin Greaves, the Windies got all out for 162 in 44.1 overs. Mohammed Siraj (4/40) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/42) capitalised the grass present on the pitch on the first day. Then Kuldeep Yadav (2/25) and Sundar (1/9) took charge after the greener surface disappeared a bit from the pitch. During India’s first innings, they gained a massive lead of 286 runs as KL Rahul (100 in 197 balls, with 12 fours), Dhruv Jurel (125 in 210 balls, with 15 fours and three sixes) and Jadeja (104* in 176 balls, with six fours and five sixes) scored centuries. India posted 448/5 and declared. In response, visitors could not put up a fight and India bundled them out for 146 runs, with Jadeja (4/54), Siraj (3/31) and Kuldeep (2/23) being the top wicket-takers.
The two-time ICC World Test Championship (WTC) finalists are third in the WTC table with three wins, a draw and two losses.