'Indian cricket is not Someone's Property'- Gautam Gambhir Responds to Gavaskar's criticism
A war of words erupted in Indian cricket when Gautam Gambhir responded to Sunil Gavaskar's criticism. Gambhir said Indian cricket is nobody's property and is the identity of 140 crore Indians. Gavaskar had taken a dig at Gambhir over the prize money, to which Gambhir gave a befitting reply without naming him.
Prior to the Test series between India and England, a war of words has erupted in Indian cricket itself. Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar criticized the team for India's poor performance in the Border-Gavaskar series in Australia. After this, now India's head coach Gautam Gambhir has replied to Sunil Gavaskar. Under Gambhir's coaching, India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Gavaskar had taken a dig at Gambhir over the prize money for not revealing whether he shared it with his fellow coaching staff or not. Recently, Gambhir replied without naming anyone and said that Indian cricket is not anyone's property.
Speaking at the 'India at 2047' meet, Gambhir said, "People's job is to criticise me and they should criticise. But there are some people who have been sitting in the commentary box for 20-25 years. They questioned everything I did.
He feels that Indian cricket is his asset. Unfortunately, Indian cricket is nobody's property. This is the identity of 140 crore Indians and it will remain so now. They have questioned my coaching, my record, my concussions and even my prize money. "
India lost 3-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The performance of the team's big players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was also very poor in this series. Gavaskar was very critical of Gambhir and the coaching staff. However, the Australia series was not the first series in which the team performed poorly. Earlier, India had also failed in the home series against New Zealand and were whitewashed in the three-match series.
Gavaskar said while talking on Star Sports, "What was the coaching staff doing? Batting coach? India were all out for 46 runs against New Zealand. In the rest of the matches, they could not perform well and lost the series. There was no character in the batting order. There was also a lack of strength in India's batting order in Australia.
Gavaskar did not stop targeting Gambhir. After India won the Champions Trophy, Gavaskar asked if Gambhir would share the prize money equally with other coaching staff, like Rahul Dravid did after winning the T20 World Cup.
He further said, "Those who have only 1 day, 180 days to spend. I am an Indian, and I will remain an Indian until my last breath. I will not become an NRI to save tax. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at other people's houses. "