It’s a long-going rumour in Indian cricket that Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni don’t share a good relationship. Many believe that their lack of friendship was the biggest reason for Gautam Gambhir’s ouster from the team.
Gautam Gambhir, who did his first Facebook live, took many questions from the fans and spoke very honestly and candidly on most of the questions that were asked by his fans and followers on Facebook. Gambhir is mostly a very reserved person, and he doesn’t talk too much with media. But, interestingly, he spoke candidly on his friendship or lack of it in a live video on his Facebook page.
On being asked about the subject by a fan, this is what Gautam Gambhir said:
“There’s no rivalry between me and Dhoni. I feel whenever we’ve played for India, irrespective of the differences of opinions we’ve had, the ultimate aim to make the country proud and try and make our country win.
Till the time your goal is to make your country, I don’t think there will ever be any differences. I think he’s a fantastic player, a fantastic human being. We’ve had our best moments of our life together, whether it’s winning the World T20 in 2007 or the World Cup in 2011, being No 1 Test side in the world.”
This statement by Gautam Gambhir will surely put the ‘Dhoni vs Gambhir’ argument for rest. Gambhir rightly said that some of the best moments in his and Dhoni’s career have come together. Both, Gambhir and Dhoni, were very important members of the team that won silverware across all three formats of the game.
