Mumbai: In his first assignment as coach, Gautam Gambhir wouldn’t have thought the Indian batters would be undone by spin in Sri Lanka, in the ODIs played early this month.

As a player, Gambhir would be ready anytime the spinners came on. The left-handed batter would put them under pressure by using his feet, force them to alter their length and then dismantle them by pouncing when they went flatter. The former India top-order batter’s most famous innings came against
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