Having shared the dressing room with Rohit as a player, coach, and captain, including their time together in India’s 2007 T20 World Cup-winning team, Gambhir shared his thoughts on X, formerly Twitter, after Rohit’s retirement announcement via an Instagram story
Gautam Gambhir, India’s head coach, used three adjectives to describe India captain Rohit Sharma following his Test cricket retirement, which garnered significant attention online. Gambhir characterized Rohit as a master, a leader, and a gem, summarizing the opener’s career in the longest format of the game. Rohit himself would acknowledge that he didn’t always fulfill his potential with consistent results, but he will also be remembered as the first Indian captain to exclude himself from the playing XI due to his poor form.
Having shared the dressing room with Rohit as a player, coach, and captain, including their time together in India’s 2007 T20 World Cup-winning team, Gambhir shared his thoughts on X, formerly Twitter, after Rohit’s retirement announcement via an Instagram story
Taking to X, team India head coach shared a photo of Rohit Sharma and wrote, “A master, a leader & a gem!”
May 7, 2025
Since being shared, this post has gone viral on the internt. Till now the post has gained over 9 lakh views with numerous comments.
Meanwhile, a day earlier to Rohit Sharma’s annoucement, Gautam Gambhir was questioned about the future of Rohit and Virat Kohli ahead of the England tour, to which he gave an open-ended response. While discussions about Kohli, 36, aren’t as prominent, questions about his future also persist.
“First things first, a coach’s job isn’t selecting the team. It is the job of selectors to select. The coach only selects the 11 who will play a match. Neither those who coached before me were selectors nor am I a selector,” Gambhir, who was speaking at the ABP News’ ‘India At 2047’ Summit, tried to steer clear of comm
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