Former India cricket, Gautam Gambhir, has been a champion player for the Indian Cricket team. He has been the man of big moments and stood up for the team whenever the chips were down. Gambhir was the top scorer in the final of the T20 World Cup 2007 in South Africa. He bailed the match out for India against Pakistan and helped India win the inaugural T20 World Cup.
He was yet again sensational in the final of the ODI World Cup in 2011. In Mumbai, when India were in trouble after losing Sehwag and Tendulkar cheaply, he played an innings of 97 which helped India the ODI World Cup after 28 long years. Gautam has also won the IPL twice as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Gautam Gambhir Discloses The Match Which Forced Him To Win The World Cup For India
Recently, he opened up about a game that made him cry all night. Gambhir said that when India suffered a 1-run loss against Australia in the 1992 World Cup in Brisbane, he was heartbroken. He cried all night that day and then become determined to win the World Cup trophy for India one day.
Gautam Gambhir said: “After seeing a match, I wanted to win the World Cup for India. I remember the 1992 India-Australia World Cup game in Brisbane, which India lost by one run, and I actually remember that I cried the entire night. I have never cried like that before or after that, and I don’t know why.”
He added: “I was an 11-year-old at that time. I cried the entire night and said that I wanted to win the World Cup for India. I said that in 1992 and I was able to fulfil that dream in 2011. I would have felt unhappy before or after that match but I didn’t used to cry like that.”
Meanwhile, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 undefeated. Rahul Dravid has ended his tenure as the head coach of the Indian Cricket Team after the final. BCCI is set to announce the new head coach and as per reports Gautam Gambhir is the favourite to take over that role.
