DTVHINDI‘To be honest, he was not a friend’, Aakash Chopra opens up about his relationship with Gautam Gambhir
We were competitors in the beginning. To be honest, he was not a friend- Aakash Chopra Gautam Gambhir and Aakash Chopra Once upon a time, Aakash Chopra and Gautam Gambhir used to open for the Delhi team in domestic cricket. But after retiring from cricket, both of them are now seen in different roles. While Aakash Chopra is seen doing commentary, Gautam Gambhir is currently the head coach of the Indian cricket team. Aakash Chopra’s international career was quite short. However, during a discussion, he shared an interesting anecdote related to Gautam Gambhir. Chopra talked about the personality of the Indian team’s head coach as well as some aspects that he lacked. To be honest, he was not a friend- Aakash Chopra “We (Gambhir and I) were competitive because we were fighting for a spot. We had a very good team. When we were playing, either (Virat) Kohli or (Shikhar) Dhawan would get to play. In fact, there was no place for Veeru (Virender Sehwag) to open. Veeru batted at number four so that we could play one of Shikhar and Virat at number three,” the former cricketer said on the Figuring Out podcast hosted by Raj Shamani. We were competitors in the beginning. To be honest, he was not a friend. But he was a very passionate, very hardworking and very serious person about his skills. He scored a lot of runs. He always followed his heart. He was very emotional and very short tempered. Chopra continued, “He is a good-hearted person. Comes from a very affluent family. For a kid like that to have that kind of passion…he would be on the field all day. He was born with a golden spoon, not even a silver one. It is a different journey, like Abhinav Bindra. Gautam has a very clean heart.” Let us tell you that Gautam Gambhir won his first series as the Indian head coach, which was the T20 series against Sri Lanka. However, after this the Indian team had to face defeat in the ODI series.
“To be honest, Rohit’s form is good for both Mumbai Indians and India” – Aakash Chopra’s worrying statement
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) set a target of 174 runs against MI in an IPL 2024 league stage match in Mumbai on Monday, May 6. However, Rohit was out after scoring four runs in five balls. However, Suryakumar scored unbeaten 102 runs in just 51 balls to give victory to the host team with 16 balls to spare. While watching Mumbai Indians chase the target in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra admitted that Mumbai had lost three of their wickets very early. But Chopra was most worried about Rohit Sharma’s form. Aakash Chopra said, “The new ball turned and Ishan Kishan was out. Marco Yansin dismissed him. Pat Cummins came and Rohit Sharma Was out. There is a huge difference between Rohit Sharma’s first six matches and his last five matches. He has been out in single digits in the last five and that is a real concern.” The former India opener said, “To be honest, Rohit Sharma’s form is important for both Mumbai Indians and India. He got out and then Naman Dheer kept playing the dot ball. Bhuvneshwar Kumar got him out.” Rohit tried to hit a big shot off Pat Cummins and was caught by Heinrich Klaasen behind the wicket. While Ishan Kishan managed to score nine runs off seven balls, Naman Dheer was out for zero off nine balls. However, after this there was a century partnership between Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma and due to this Mumbai was able to win the match easily.
“To be honest, we have not met yet… everything is a lie” – Rohit said on the news of meeting related to T20 World Cup.
India captain Rohit Sharma dismissed reports of a meeting with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Rahul Dravid earlier this month to discuss T20 World Cup 2024 team selection. . The Mumbai batsman termed the media reports as wrong and urged the fans not to believe in speculations and rumours. Rohit termed the news of him opening the batting with Virat Kohli in the ICC T-20 World Cup to be held in June as completely wrong. Making fun of the speculations going on in the media regarding the team selection, he said that Ajit Agarkar is keeping himself busy by playing golf in Dubai and head coach Rahul Dravid is training his sons, he is training them on red clay pitches in Mumbai. But giving cricket practice. We have not had any meeting with BCCI official- Rohit Sharma In Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist’s Club Prayer Fire Podcast Rohit Sharma Said that, “I did not meet anyone. Ajit Agarkar is playing golf somewhere in Dubai. Rahul Dravid watching his child playing in Bengaluru. Actually, he was in Mumbai. He invited his children to play on the red clay wickets here at CCI (Cricket Club of India). This is all that has happened right now.” Team India captain further said, “To be honest, we have not met yet. In today’s day and age, unless you hear it from Rahul himself, Ajit or someone from BCCI coming in front of the camera and talking to him, everything is a lie.” Former England captain Vaughan, for the sake of entertainment, asked Rohit to name one player whom he would like to keep in the team. The 36-year-old chose Rishabh Pant because of his sense of humour, especially when he is keeping wickets.
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