Former opener Gautam Gambhir, who played a key role in India’s title win at the 2011 World Cup, does not understand that the 10 years of the title will be completed on Friday, but why people are still so excited about it. On April 2, 2011, Gambhir was one of India’s winning heroes and scored 97 runs in the final against Sri Lanka, and then skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit six and an unbeaten half-century.
In an exclusive interview with MP Gambhir PTI, he said, “It does not look like it was yesterday.” At least not with me. It’s been 10 years now. I am not a person who looks back and looks more. Of course it was a proud moment but now is the time to move ahead with Indian cricket. Maybe it’s time we win the next World Cup as soon as possible. But how can one be indifferent to the biggest day of his cricket career?
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Gambhir, who has scored over 10,000 international runs in 242 matches in all formats, said, “I do.” Gambhir believes that people should not be overly concerned about past World Cup victories, as the players who participated in the tournament did their best and did so under their professional responsibility. Gambhir, who was the top scorer during India’s 2007 T20 World Cup final, said, “We have done nothing we should not do in 2011.” We were chosen to play in the World Cup, we were to win the World Cup. When we were selected we were not selected to play in the tournament, we were down to win.
He said there was no such feeling left to my extent. We have done no extraordinary things, yes we have made the country proud, the people are happy, now is the time to look forward to the next World Cup. While Gambhir has consistently offered world class players, he thinks India has limited success in major competitions. The reason may be ‘looking back’. “If we had won the World Cup in 2015 or 2019, maybe India would have been considered a superpower in world cricket. It’s been 10 years and we haven’t won any other World Cup. So I’m not too keen on past achievements.”
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Gambhir said, “If I score 97, I have been selected for this run. Zaheer Khan’s job is to get a wicket. We have to do our job. Nobody has to give us what we did on April 2.” I don’t understand that you see important moments. Yes, talk about it. Looks good or is it okay? We won the World Cup but it’s always good to keep going instead of looking back. ” Did the 2011 team have the opportunity to play consistently for almost a year and have a lot of options when asked what Virat Kohli’s leadership has not helped the current team? Gambhir said that having a lot of options is sometimes harmful.
The team said it was important not to change too much. If India had tried several players before the 2011 World Cup, we would have three to four players per position. The more players you try, the more options you get, which is normal. You must have 15 to 16 consistent players for the World Cup for at least six months or a year. We have played a lot of cricket together and that is the reason for our success.
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