Former India batter and the IPL champion KKR mentor, Gautam Gambhir has been in the headlines for the last couple of weeks as he is reportedly the frontrunner in the race to become India’s head coach. He also appeared in the interview for the position where he was quizzed by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC).
Meanwhile, the veteran India off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin has come up with a big statement about his teammate and the fellow World Cup 2011 champion star. Ashwin also recalled how Gambhir gave him a big confidence in the former’s earlier days of his international career.
“Gautam gave me a lot of confidence” – Ravichandran Ashwin about Gautam Gambhir
Furthermore, R Ashwin also called Gambhir a ‘fighter’ and felt that the latter had been misunderstood by the people around him in the cricketing fraternity.
“I was playing my first full series. I only carried drinks during the first two years before the World Cup in 2011. Gautam gave me a lot of confidence at the beginning of my career. I was not used to someone beyond my state (Tamil Nadu) giving me that sort of confidence,” said Ashwin during the launch of his newly released book, ‘I Have the Streets – A Kutti Cricket Story’.
“Gautam Gambhir is a very misunderstood person. It's all about perception. He is a fighter. The biggest issue with many of us is that we give hero status to someone in our minds and forget about everyone else. This is a sport, not a movie narrative. There are no heroes and villains. Gambhir is a competitor. His desire and hunger to win is unbelievable. I have massive respect for him,” he added later.
Notably, Gautam Gambhir and Ravichandran Ashwin were part of the Indian team that won the title in the ODI World Cup in 2011, under the captaincy of former legendary skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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