India, Nov. 29 -- If you only looked at Gautam Gambhir's Test numbers right now, you'd think his tenure is in full-blown crisis. A 408-run hammering against South Africa in Guwahati, a 2-0 home whitewash, and growing noise about whether India needs a separate red-ball coach have all sharpened the knives.

But in white-ball cricket, the story is a bit different. This is the same coach who has already delivered the 2025 Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup, while actively hard-wiring a far more aggressive limited-overs identity into India's game. And that is exactly the side of "GG" that Ravichandran Ashwin chose to amplify in a recent YouTube chat with AB de Villiers, turning a question about Gambhir into a broader endorsement of India's new ...