“I know it is (tough). But then, I made him understand that I know you’re in good form, but sometimes players who have done well for a long time will have to wait for their opportunity. There’s one more thing: social media or outside noise doesn’t decide the playing XI. The playing XI is decided by who, in that dressing room, the coach and captain feel can win us the match, what the best playing XI is, and who has done well for such a long time. Because if Vaibhav plays today, then it’s going to be a tough conversation between me and whoever we leave out, whether it’s Abhishek or Sanju,” Gambhir stated.
