Published: Aug 06, 2024, 11:11 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 06, 2024, 11:13 AM (IST)
India head coach Gautam Gambhir’s childhood coach Sanjay Bharadwaj has said that people often confuse Gambhir’s strive to win with arrogance. Bharadwaj, who has shared a three-decade long association with Gambhir, came to the defence of his most famous disciple. Whilst Gambhir’s clash of personalities with big players like MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have been portrayed, his coach believes that he has been misunderstood.
Speaking to former U19 World Cup-winner Manjot Kalra on the latter’s YouTube channel, Bharadwaj said, “Gautam Gambhir is a kid. Even today he is like an innocent kid. He has no malice. He is like a 12-year-old kid.”
“People think he is arrogant, but that is his attitude towards winning. I used to make him play matches after nets and he would cry after losing matches. He did not like losing even back then,” Bharadwaj added.
“People think he has attitude, this and that. No, Gambhir is pure at heart. He is polite; has made the careers of so many youngsters,” he further said.
“Gautam Gambhir will not go after the technical aspects. What Gambhir will work on is the tactical aspects. Gambhir’s job will be to boost morale and inject confidence into a player who may not to too sure about himself,” he concluded.
