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Indian men’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has admitted that dropping players like Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav from the team is the ‘toughest’ part of the job for him. He said that the ‘most important’ thing for him in such situations is clear and honest communication with the player, which should also be private.

A hallmark of Gambhir’s coaching has been a preference for all-rounders over specialists across formats. Hence, under him, the likes of Harshit Rana and Nitish Reddy have got big backing, while Arshdeep (the highest wicket taker for the country in T20Is) and Kuldeep (the best white-ball spinner in the country) have seen their chances get more limited than before.

“Look, that’s probably the toughest part for me as a coach," Gambhir said in an interview

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