Gautam Gambhir column: There is no insecurity in India's dressing room

I am sure you all must be liking the BTS (Behind The Scenes) videos of the Indian team. Personally, I absolutely love them. I mean they are fun as they bring out the boys in these men. Especially the one that has their fielding coach T. Dilip presenting a medal to a team member for his fielding efforts. Each time he does it there is a novel way of announcing the winner.

Sometimes the name flashes on a giant screen of a stadium, sometimes it is the spidercam which is bringing the good news hanging around it. The ‘presentation’ includes a short speech, celebrations and a tons of laughter.

There is a reason why I started today’s column with a mention of those videos. A lot of people feel that these are team-bonding activities. They bring these individuals closer to each other which help them perform as a team.

My take is slightly different. The reasons why the entire Indian team looks so happy and cheerful in those videos are as follows: Firstly, they are winning. There is no better spot than the top of a points table in a tournament like World Cup.

Secondly and more importantly there is no insecurity in that dressing room. Each and every player knows what is happening and are happy to wait for their turn. Jog your mind to how the previous regime of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri functioned. There was regular chopping and changing during that phase which is never good for the players’ morale. I feel ‘Horses for Courses’ is a very lame phrase when you are trying to build a team culture.

Compared to that Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid combo are giving their players opportunities, space to function their own way and hence the team is Living It Large through some ruthless brand of cricket.