‘No God, Please No!’ After Watching PBKS Fans Are Scared With Kumble Becoming India Coach

On Sep 22, 2021

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After Punjab Kings (PBKS) suffered a disappointing loss against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 32 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021), the fans lashed out at the players as well as head coach Anil Kumble.

The former India leg-spinner was already on the firing point for leaving two fan-favourites Ravi Bishnoi and Chris Gayle on the bench, and after the loss, it boiled down to a whole new level and people bombarded the micro-blogging site with their angry comments.

This was not the first time PBKS had squandered their advantage and allowed the opposition to come back into the game, as they went through the same situation on multiple occasions during the last season as well.

The biggest quality of any top side is that their players learn from their mistakes and don’t keep on making the same mistakes again and again.

The reason why Punjab are lying in the bottom half of the IPL 2021 points table is that they just don’t know how to deal with the pressure situations and it’s the reason why, more often than not, they end up on the wrong side of the results whenever a game goes to the wire.

Whenever a team loses a game by a close margin for the first time, fans sympathise with their players. But if the same thing occurs time and again there is no room for sympathies and sweet talks and PBKS have certainly crossed that stage.

The Dubai International Cricket Stadium seems to be their bogey ground because whenever they play at this venue they just find ways to lose the game from a position of strength.

“It’s sort of becoming a bit of a pattern for us, especially as soon as we get to Dubai, it seems. There was a clear message saying we need to finish this game in 19 overs, and that was the approach,” Kumble said at the post-match press conference.

“Unfortunately, we let it till the end, and in the last couple of balls it becomes a lottery (with) a new batsman going in, it is a bit of lottery,” he said.

The people were more frustrated because last week several media reports had claimed that Kumble is BCCI’s first-choice to replace Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the Indian cricket team after the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Punjab again playing without their best bowler Ravi Bishnoi, he was unplayable the last time IPL was played in UAE, and this is why Kumble should never become Indian coach. He will rest Bumrah and play Praveen Kumar

— Gappistan Radio (@GappistanRadio) September 21, 2021

No Bishnoi
No Gayle
No os pacer

This man Kumble will be head coach of INDIA .

— Chiku (@KohliisGoat) September 21, 2021

Kumble taking revenge From Wrong Ravi.

— Pranjal (@Pranjal_King_18) September 21, 2021

Either Bishnoi or Kumble should leave PBKS. Otherwise under him, Bishnoi is going to be wasted, who has all the potential to end up as one of India’s greatest ever, but Kumble masterclass

There’s a reason why he shouldn’t be Indian coach.

— Soham (@Soham718) September 21, 2021

Just a reminder: We are planning to have Rahul as our next captain and Kumble as our next coach.

I don’t think Ravi Bishnoi will ever play for India.

— Kanav Bali (@Concussion__Sub) September 21, 2021

People supporting KL Rahul as next captain and Kumble saab as next coach should see PBKS condition

— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) September 21, 2021

Kumble held charge as the head coach of Team India for a brief period of time for just one year but submitted his resignation after a fallout between him and skipper Virat Kohli.

Fans believe that since taking over as the head coach duties at the Mohali-based outfit, he hasn’t done anything to suggest that he could be a great fit for the Indian team. In fact, some of the decisions he has made, including regarding team selections, have been difficult to digest.

For example, young leg-spinner Bishnoi was the standout bowler for Punjab in the last IPL, picking up 12 wickets in 14 games, similarly, Gayle had also proven his worth in the latter half of the tournament last year but Kumble decided to leave both of them out of the Playing X against RR on Tuesday.

Kumble was one of the biggest match-winners India ever had and also led the side fairly well in the longest format late in his career but that doesn’t guarantee he would be a great coach as well.

To put it mildly, his performance as a head coach has nothing to write home about.

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