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.
“CSK is better than Mumbai Indians because…”, Krishnappa Gautam created a sensation with this statement
What I like most about CSK is that they will make sure you are comfortable – Krishnappa Gowtham Krishnappa Gowtham and MS Dhoni (Photo Source: BCCI) Indian player Krishnappa Gautam believes that the dressing room of Chennai Super Kings is better than the dressing room of Mumbai Indians. Krishnappa Gautam was seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024. Earlier, he has been a part of Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. They will make sure you are comfortable – Krishnappa Gowtham Krishnappa Gowtham, while talking in an exclusive interview with CricTracker, said that Mumbai Indians leave no stone unturned in taking care of their players. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings not only takes care of their players but also ensures that their families are happy, everyone is in a good mood and mental state and this is what makes CSK special. Krishnappa Gautham said, I think Mumbai has a very professional setup. When it comes to Mumbai, everything is very organised. When it comes to Chennai, they are also professional and organised. They have everything that Mumbai has, but what I like most about CSK is that they will make sure that you are comfortable and at the same time they will make sure that your whole family is comfortable. They believe that if people around you are comfortable and they are happy, then you can perform at your best. They make sure that everyone is in a good condition and a good mental state. Before IPL 2017, Mumbai Indians bought Krishnappa Gowtham for 2 crores, but he did not get opportunities and the franchise released him before the 2018 mega auction. Rajasthan Royals bought Gowtham in the mega auction, that season he played 15 matches and took 11 wickets at an economy of 7.80. Krishnappa played a brilliant innings of 33 runs in 11 balls in the match against Mumbai Indians, on the basis of which Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai by 3 wickets at Wankhede. Krishnappa Gowtham was an important part of Rajasthan Royals’ playing 11 in IPL 2018, but he did not get many opportunities in 2019. He played only 7 matches and was released by the franchise before the upcoming season. Krishnappa played two matches for Punjab Kings in IPL 2020 and was released again. In IPL 2021, Chennai Super Kings bought Krishnappa Gowtham for a huge price of Rs 9.25 crore. However, he did not get a chance to play a single match that season.
This veteran player can replace Gautam Gambhir in IPL 2025, has an old relationship with RR
IPL defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are in talks with Kumar Sangakkara for the role of mentor. In 2024, they appointed Gautam Gambhir as the mentor and the team finally managed to win the trophy. Soon after, the former cricketer was offered the role of India’s head coach, which he accepted. With Gambhir’s departure, the position of head coach is now vacant in the team. Meanwhile, Sangakkara has been associated with Rajasthan Royals since 2021. He has done a commendable job with the team as under his leadership the franchise played the IPL final in 2022 and finished third in 2024. However, according to recent media reports, former India head coach Rahul Dravid may now join Rajasthan in the role of coach. At the same time, the franchise has ended its contract with Sangakkara. Vikram Rathore can become the batting coach of RR Reports also state that former India batting coach Vikram Rathod is likely to join RR. Keeping this in mind, Sangakkara has reportedly decided to part ways with the franchise. According to The Telegraph, talks are on between Kumar Sangakkara and KKR, but he also has offers from other franchises. The former Sri Lankan international is considering his options and may take a decision in the next few days. KKR already has Chandrakant Pandit as head coach and Bharat Arun as bowling coach but they have to fill other positions as well. Batting coach Abhishek Nair and fielding coach Ryan ten Doeschate joined the Indian team after Gambhir became the head coach. The franchise is currently looking for their replacements as well. The Shreyas Iyer-led side also wants to retain most of its players for the upcoming edition of the tournament. Co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has already spoken about this in the BCCI meeting with the IPL franchises in July.
Gautam Gambhir made a great playing XI! Not a single player from India, but three players from Pakistan – see all the names
Gautam Gambhir has included the best players of international cricket in his all-time playing eleven. Gautam Gambhir (Source X) Former Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir is now the head coach of Team India. Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the head coach after Rahul Dravid’s tenure as head coach ended. Gautam Gambhir played an important role in helping the Indian team win the 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2007 T20 World Cup. Gautam Gambhir made his all time best playing XI Gautam Gambhir has included the best players of international cricket in his all-time playing eleven. In which 3-3 players from Australia and Pakistan, 2 players from South Africa, 1-1 player from West Indies and England have been selected. Let us tell you that, in an interview with Sportskeeda, Gautam Gambhir has chosen his all-time playing eleven. Meanwhile, Gambhir told the names of those 11 players against whom he got a chance to play. The surprising thing is that he has not included any Indian player in this playing eleven. Gautam Gambhir has included former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden in his playing eleven. Then former South African batsman AB de Villiers, former West Indies batsman Brian Lara, Andrew Symonds and Inzamam-ul-Haq have been selected. Along with this, former Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, former England bowler Andrew Flintoff, Morne Morkel, Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar have been included in the playing eleven. Gautam Gambhir’s all time great playing XI: Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Matthew Hayden (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Brian Lara (West Indies), Andrew Symonds (Australia), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan), Morne Morkel (South Africa), Andrew Flintoff (England). Gambhir’s first home tour After a win in the T20I series and a disappointing loss in the ODI series on Sri Lankan soil, Gambhir’s first home tour is against Bangladesh in a two-Test series starting September 19.
Why did Gautam Gambhir appoint Morne Morkel as India’s bowling coach? 6 year old video goes viral
Morne Morkel has been appointed as the bowling coach of the Indian men’s cricket team as per the wishes of head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gautam Gambhir And Morne Morkel (Image Credit- Instagram) Former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel has been appointed as the new bowling coach of Team India. Morkel will join head coach Gautam Gambhir, assistant coaches Abhishek Nair and Ryan ten Doeschate and fielding coach T Dilip in the new coaching staff. Although his duties will begin from September 1, his first assignment with the Indian team will be from September 19 when India take on Bangladesh for the first Test of the upcoming series in Chennai. Gambhir wanted Morne Morkel to become the bowling coach of Team India Let us tell you that, Morne Morkel has been appointed as the bowling coach of the Indian men’s cricket team as per the wish of head coach Gautam Gambhir. Now After Morne Morkel was appointed the bowling coach of Team India, a six-year-old video of Gambhir has gone viral in which he is praising Morkel. In this clip, Gambhir has expressed his desire to include Morkel in his Indian Premier League (IPL) team as well. Now that Morkel has been appointed as India’s new bowling coach, this video is spreading like wildfire on the internet as to why Gambhir likes him. In a 2017 episode of Breakfast with Champions, the show host asked Gambhir who was the most dangerous bowler he had faced so far. Without thinking, Gambhir named Morne Morkel. 6 year old video of Gautam Gambhir about Morne Morkel went viral Gambhir revealed that facing Morkel was so challenging that he tried to bring him to KKR after playing against Morkel when the latter was with Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). “That’s why I bought him, honestly that’s why we included him in KKR as well. I thought he was the toughest bowler I have faced. Get him in your team. When he was playing for Delhi, every time I faced him, I would come back and say I wish we had Morne Morkel.” Watch video Gambhir reunites with Morne Morkel again. pic.twitter.com/EGWMdVWSVP — Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) August 14, 2024
“Pakistan’s Test coach is like Gautam Gambhir” Why did Ricky Ponting give such a statement; Know who is Jason Gillespie?
“Jason Gillespie is a bit like Gautam Gambhir. He has had a very good coaching record wherever he has gone.” – Ricky Ponting Jason Gillespie. (Source – Twitter/X) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that his compatriot and former teammate Jason Gillespie will do a good job as Pakistan’s red ball coach (Test coach). Ricky Ponting and Gillespie have played a lot of cricket together for Australia before and they have a very good friendship. Ponting highlighted Gillespie’s impressive record as a coach and compared it to India head coach Gautam Gambhir, who has also tasted success in his brief coaching career so far. Gambhir recently won the IPL 2024 title in his only season as Kolkata Knight Riders mentor. Here is what Ricky Ponting said about Jason Gillespie while speaking on the ICC review: “Jason Gillespie is a bit like Gautam Gambhir. He has had a very good coaching record wherever he has gone. I have no doubt he will face some challenges. But he is a deep thinker and as I said, he is a calm guy who does things his way.” Ponting has no doubt that Gillespie will find a way to get the best out of the Pakistani players. I am not surprised by the changes in Pakistan cricket: Ricky Ponting Ricky Ponting further said that he is not surprised by the massive changes in the Pakistan team after the disappointing performance in the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that Pakistan was eliminated even before reaching the Super 8 stage of the tournament due to defeat against India and America in its group. On this Ponting said- “We are all old guys who have played together, we all have a WhatsApp group. Everyone congratulated him (Gillespie) on that and wished him all the best for that role as coach. To be honest, I am not surprised at all by so many changes happening in this Pakistan team. I know it is a different format, but they had a very disappointing T20 World Cup. If you are not willing to make some changes, you are expecting similar results.”
Despite losing the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Robin Uthappa is all praise for Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir
Under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir, the Indian team won the T20 series against Sri Lanka 3-0. However, they had to face defeat against Sri Lanka in the ODI series. Virat Kohli & Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former player Robin Uthappa has recently praised the new head coach of the Indian team, Gautam Gambhir. Let us tell you, Gautam Gambhir has recently been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian team. Under the coaching of Gautam Gambhir, the Indian team won the T20 series against Sri Lanka 3-0. However, they had to face defeat against Sri Lanka in the ODI series. The performance of the Indian team players was very poor in the ODI series. Former player Robin Uthappa recently said that Gautam Gambhir is a very good person and he knows how to improve the performance of which player. Robin Uthappa told The Times of India, ‘Gambhir looks for big opportunities and wants to grab them. As a leader, his plan is to make the environment even better. He is more of a great tactician than a great captain. Young players will get to learn a lot from him. Gautam Gambhir is a leader who always wants the best for his players and gives them complete security. His message really boosts the confidence of the group. We saw the same in the Indian Premier League and now in international cricket too, Indian players will be seen performing well in the coming times. Gautam Gambhir always performs well under pressure: Robin Uthappa Robin Uthappa further said, ‘Gautam Gambhir has always been a person who has always performed very well under pressure. As a leader, I am confident that he will give a positive message to the group and will want to improve their performance.’ Let us tell you, Robin Uthappa has participated in the Indian Premier League under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir in Kolkata Knight Riders. The former player has always been seen praising Gautam Gambhir. Anjali’s mother considered Sachin Tendulkar a ‘PLAYBOY’ and then… Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India since 2020 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches
Gautam Gambhir: Gautam Gambhir trolled after defeat to Sri Lanka, these 10 memes are trending on the internet
After the defeat against Sri Lanka, Team India fans have started trolling Gambhir on social media. Gautam Gambhir (Source X) Gautam Gambhir Trolled: Team India’s Sri Lanka tour has ended with 3 ODIs and 3 T20 series. This was the first tour of Team India’s new head coach Gautam Gambhir’s tenure. This was a litmus test for Gambhir. Talking about the series, Gautam Gambhir along with captain Suryakumar Yadav impressed everyone with their brilliant performance in the T20 series. But none of his experiments worked in the ODI series and India had to lose the series 0-2. Gautam Gambhir was chosen as the head coach of the Indian team, in the place vacated by Rahul Dravid. Gambhir created a big stir as soon as he took over as the coach. He made many demands from the BCCI and the entire internet was talking about Gautam Era. But what happened, Team India lost the ODI series to Sri Lanka. The shameful thing happened when it was heard that India has lost the series to Sri Lanka after 27 years. After India’s series loss, Gautam Gambhir is being trolled a lot by making memes. Team India performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup played in Barbados, West Indies and made India the champion. This was successful under the coaching of Rahul Dravid. After that, it was a bit difficult to fill Dravid’s place, however the management trusted Gambhir and gave him this big responsibility. Made KKR the champion in IPL but failed in the ODI series Gautam made the KKR team the champion of IPL 2024, which helped him retain the post of coach. Gautam claimed during the IPL that he has excellent coaching skills. Apart from this, the Lucknow Super Giants team he coached was in the top four in the IPL playoffs both the times. But Gambhir’s training failed in the ODI format and India lost its last match in a very embarrassing manner. Now after the defeat against Sri Lanka, Team India fans have started trolling Gambhir on social media. One after another memes are being made for him. We have brought some trending memes for you. Trending Memes on Gautam Gambhir Gambhir wants credit of winning WC after 28 years. But people are giving him credit of losing series vs SL after 27 years.pic.twitter.com/nE6biXV0Ux — ` (@WorshipDhoni) August 7, 2024 **Gautam Gambhir era begins** India lost to Sri Lanka after 27 years. MS Dhoni :#Champions_Trophy #traitor #Kohli #INDvsSL #Rohit_Sharma #ViratKohli #PTUsha #UnbreakableIndia #Shubman_Gill #shameless #Siraj pic.twitter.com/hcVzejZ8Px — August 7, 2024 Which is the toughest overseas tour for Team India: England or Australia? Gautam Gambhir: Sri Lanka tour pic.twitter.com/BXZVEf1dxV — Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) August 7, 2024 Gautam Gambhir Era : Reality and expectations pic.twitter.com/ryo5OWaXzG — Aditya🫀 (@verm48) August 4, 2024 Gautam Gambhir handling the entire Indian team pic.twitter.com/atObNBcU9T — Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) August 7, 2024 Gautam Gambhir Era 🤭 #INDvs SL pic.twitter.com/ANEh7a7xU7 — Tigerexch (@tigerexch) August 8, 2024 Gautam Gambhir be like – a coach did not lose the match — Mehak Saluja (@salujamehak5) August 7, 2024 Hitler…
Gautam Gambhir’s childhood coach made a big statement, said- he used to cry after losing matches
Gautam Gambhir has recently become the new head coach of the Indian cricket team Gautam Gambhir’s childhood coach Sanjay Bhardwaj (Source: x) Former Indian cricket team opener Gautam Gambhir’s childhood coach Sanjay Bhardwaj has recently made a big statement. Sanjay has said about his former student that he has had the hunger and passion to succeed right from the beginning. Also, Sanjay has said that people may think from a distance that he is arrogant and behaves badly with the players, but it is not so. Because of always winning the game, he always behaves like a 12-year-old boy. Sanjay Bhardwaj gave a big statement about Gautam Gambhir Let us tell you that recently on the YouTube channel of Manjot Kalra, who was a member of the Under 19 World Cup 2018 winning Indian team, Sanjay Bhardwaj said – Even today he is like an innocent child. There is nothing wrong in him. He is like a 12-year-old child, people think that he is arrogant, but his behavior is like this because of winning. I used to ask him to play matches after the nets and he used to cry after losing the match. Even at that time he did not like to lose. A person with a true personality will obviously be with Gambhir. Bhardwaj further said about Gambhir’s coaching- Gautam Gambhir will not go after the technical aspects, because technical improvement is not needed at that level. You are there because you are technically very good. What Gambhir will work on is the tactical aspect. Gambhir’s job will be to boost the morale and instill confidence in the player who is perhaps not sure of himself. On the other hand, if we talk about Gambhir’s coaching tenure with Team India, out of five matches, the Indian team has won three, one match was tied and the Team India had to face defeat in one match.
“You are not a foreign coach who…” Ashish Nehra got angry at Gautam Gambhir! Raised questions about Rohit-Kohli
Gambhir’s experiment, which included changing the Indian batting order twice and trying out a left-right combination, has been criticised. Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra Source The Indian team has suffered a setback in the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka. While the first ODI was tied, the Indian team lost to Sri Lanka by 32 runs in the second ODI. Due to this, the Indian team is forced to level the series by winning the last ODI match. The reason for this is believed to be the poor results of coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir’s experiments, which claimed to try a left-right combination with two changes in the Indian batting order, have been criticized. Due to this, some opinions have also been raised that the Indian team has no chance of winning the Champions Trophy series. Ashish Nehra raised questions on Gautam Gambhir’s coaching Ashish Nehra, a former teammate of captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir, was asked the same question after Sri Lanka took a crucial 1-0 lead. He did not give a direct answer but criticised Gambhir for focusing on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma while he could have tried new players in the series. According to the report, the senior batsmen made themselves available for the series after Gambhir’s request. India’s current Sri Lanka tour is Gambhir’s first tour as India’s head coach, and he wanted to spend time with Kohli and Rohit to understand the team. Nehra said Gambhir should have waited as he was not new to the two star players, and instead should have tried out other players and tested India’s bench strength. Ashish Nehra said on Sony Sports- “India’s next series is after 2-3 months, which is a rare thing for us. So for players like Rohit and Kohli…I think there was a better chance to give opportunities to other players during this series. I know Gambhir is the new coach and he wants to spend some time with the experienced players, but it’s not like he doesn’t know both of them.” “He is not a foreign coach who wants to get his equation right with Kohli and Rohit. So it was a good opportunity for him to try out new players and Rohit and Kohli could play when the domestic season starts. I am not saying it is the wrong way, but it could have been one of the strategies in this series.” Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant, Harshit Rana and Khaleel Ahmed have not played in either of the two ODIs and it will be interesting to see if India make changes to their playing XI for the third and final ODI. Usually, teams try out their bench strength after sealing the series with an unassailable lead.
