Gambhir reveals how ‘Individual PR’ destroying Indian Cricket

Former India batter Gautam Gambhir launched a thinly-veiled attack against MS Dhoni and blamed “individualism” for India’s failure to win ICC trophies.

Gambhir said Yuvraj Singh doesn’t get any credit for winning the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 World Cup despite being India’s best player in both. He blamed marketing and PR (public relations), stating that they promote only “one individual”.

Without taking Dhoni’s name, he alleged that India has been told that only “one individual” was behind the wins when neither was possible without a team effort. Gambhir scored a crucial 97 in the 2011 final while Dhoni, who scored 91* in that match, is fondly remembered for his winning six at the Wankhede Stadium.

“He (Yuvraj) always says I won the World Cup but I believe that the man who took us to the finals of the 2011 and 2007 World Cups was Yuvraj Singh, I think he was the man of the tournament in both tournaments,” Gambhir told News18. Agencies