Gautam Gambhir

Gambhir has often drawn attention to controversial statements. Once, he made people frown with his comment on Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli. Gambhir said this on Star Sports’ show “Game Plan”. The statement came just before the 2019 IPL.

Questioning Kohli’s captaincy, the former India opener said, “I don’t see him as a shrewd captain. I don’t see him as a tactful captain [tactician]. And he hasn’t won the IPL. So ultimately, a captain is only as good as his record.”

“There are people who have won the trophy three times. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. So I think he has a long way to go. You cannot compare him to someone like Rohit or Dhoni at this stage because he has been part of RCB, and captaining RCB for the last seven to eight years, and he has been very lucky and should be thanking the franchise that they stuck with him because not many captains have got such a long rope where they haven’t won a tournament,” the former cricketer criticised Kohli’s captaincy.