‘Whatever is in best interest of team’: Gambhir’s candid Rohit Sharma admission
Indian cricket coach Gautam Gambhir discusses his long-standing professional relationship with captain Rohit Sharma, emphasizing their shared history as teammates. He suggests that this familiarity allows for easier decision-making focused on the team's best interests.
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Gautam Gambhir's association with Rohit Sharma goes back much further than their time together in India's current coaching set-up.Long before Gambhir became India's head coach and Rohit led the national side, the two had already shared a dressing room. Gambhir was an established senior player when Rohit entered the India team, giving their relationship a familiarity that Gambhir believes made their later coach-captain equation different from a conventional one.Reflecting on the four India captains he has worked with during his coaching tenure in a conversation with JioStar, Gambhir explained that he and Rohit did not have to build their relationship from scratch when he became coach.“I don’t think so. See, Rohit’s and my relationship wasn’t just of captain and coach. Rohit’s and my relationship, when Rohit came into the team, I was a senior player at that time. So Rohit’s and my relationship is from back then.
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