Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly said on Tuesday that sacking Gautam Gambhir as the men’s head coach is out of the question, but advised the team to ‘get together’ and try to ‘work hard’ to win Tests instead of relying on the pitch all the time.

Ganguly’s comments came after India were beaten by South Africa by 30 runs in the first of two Tests of the home series. This was the ninth Test loss under Gambhir’s mentorship — two more than wins — and the fourth at home. He was the first coach to suffer a home whitewash in a three-match series, when New Zealand beat India 3-0 last year, with the same pattern of spin-heavy pitches backfiring on the home side visible even then.

“No, no, there’s no question of sacking out of Gautam Gambhir at this stage

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