Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir has joined Australia’s Pat Cummins in declaring the concept of batting order ‘overrated’ for T20 cricket. He said this has been his ‘ideology from day one’ where averages and strike-rates don’t matter because it’s all about when a batter can have the biggest ‘impact’.

Since he took over as an all-format coach in 2023, T20 has been Gambhir’s best format. He oversaw two big Test series losses early on to New Zealand and Australia and recently tasted defeat in a three-ODI rubber down under. But in T20s, India have yet to lose a series under him.

“Look, that has been the ideology from day one when I took over as the head coach from Sri Lanka," he told BCCI in an interview. “Till now, it hasn’t changed. I think batting orders are very overrated, except the o

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