India thrashed South Africa by nine wickets in the third ODI to win the series 2-1 on Saturday, after which a combative head coach Gautam Gambhir came out all guns blazing against the criticism that came his way post the stunning whitewash the hosts suffered against the Proteas in the preceding Test series. Gambhir pointed out, as he did after India’s 408-run defeat in the second Test , that this was a team in transition and that no one acknowledged the effect of losing captain Shubman Gill to injury early in the first Test.

“Look, there were a lot of talks, no doubt, because the results didn’t go in our favor,” Gambhir told reporters in the post-match press conference in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. “But the most surprising thing is that no one – no media, no journal – wrote that we pl

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