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Star Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was a star in India’s 280-run win in the first Test match against Bangladesh in Chennai to kickstart their Test season . Coming to bat at 144/6 in the first innings, Ashwin went on to score his sixth Test hundred (113 off 133) as India posted 376 in the first innings. Apart from that, he also took six wickets in the second innings as India bowled Bangladesh out for 234 runs to take a 1-0 lead in a two-match series. Ravichandran Ashwin was adjudged Player of the Match for his all-round performance.
Recently, Ravichandran Ashwin posted a video on his YouTube channel along with Ashwath Bobo, a South Indian cricketer and a commentator. In the video, Ashwin compared the coaching style of the former and current head coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir respectively. The off-spinner said that Rahul Dravid was very punctual as head coach and needed everything at a particular place or a particular time. On the other hand, Gautam Gambhir is very relaxed as a head coach.
I want to call him 'relaxed…': R Ashwin comes up with new nickname for Gautam Gambhir
Speaking in a video on his YouTube channel, Ravichandran Ashwin spoke about the difference in the dressing room under Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir as head coaches. Notably, Rahul Dravid stepped down as India head coach after the T20 World Cup 2024 win in Barbados. After that, Gautam Gambhir took over as head coach ahead of India's tour to Sri Lanka.
"With Rahul bhai, as soon as we come, he wanted things in order: even a bottle should be kept at a particular place at a particular time. He is very regimented. He wanted things in order,” Ravichandran Ashwin said. Meanwhile speaking about Gambhir, Ashwin said, "With Gambhir, he doesn't expect all that. He has a relaxed order. He will be a people's man. He will capture everybody's heart. I think he will be loved by the boys."
Watch R Ashwin compare Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir's coaching styles:
Apart from that, Ravichandran Ashwin also came up with a new nickname for head coach Gautam Gambhir for his relaxed approach in the dressing room. He said, "I think he is very relaxed. I want to call him 'relaxed rancho'. There's no pressure at all. In the morning, there will be a team huddle. He is very relaxed about that as well. He will be like 'are you coming, please come'. It's like that."
