Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir keeps getting a lot of headlines for his statement. An today too the Lucknow Super Giants head coach has made a controversial statement. During the program of Star Sports, Gambhir talked about de Villiers’ record made in IPL and said that de Villiers played only for his record and not for the team in IPL.

Gambhir’s comment has shocked fans of de Villiers and they are venting their anger on social media. Twitter users expressed their dismay and said that it disheartens to see one legend talk about other with such humiliation.

Gambhir talked about Mr. 360* de Villiers and said, ‘De Villiers played only for his record while playing for RCB, any batsman can score runs at Chinnaswamy Stadium. There you get the pitch according to the batting. For the unversed, Chinnaswamy Stadium is the home ground of RCB in IPL.

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ABD in IPL

In IPL, AB de Villiers has scored 5162 runs while playing 184 matches, in which he did a great job of scoring 3 centuries and 40 half-centuries. De Villiers also managed to hit 231 sixes in the IPL. In fact, the RCB team has not been able to win the IPL title once again under AB. The former cricketer has bid goodbye to playing international cricket but will be the mentor of RCB in the coming future.

Gautam Gambhir’s IPL career

On the other hand, Gambhir started his IPL career with Delhi Daredevils in the year 2008 and then joined the Kolkata Knight Riders team in 2011 as a captain. After that, he has also led Kolkata to the title twice in 2012 and 2014 under his captaincy. The former India opener has scored 4218 runs in 154 IPL matches, with 36 half-centuries to his name.

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Following Virat Kohli’s step down from captaincy of Indian Test cricket team, he will return to the whita ball format as a pure batsman. The most famous names in Indian cricket scene have shared how sad the news made them. Gautam Gambhir, former Indian opener feels slightly different.

Gautam Gambhir is of the view that captaincy is no one’s birthright. People like MS Dhoni have also played under a different skipper after quitting captaincy. Gambhir thinks that so should Kohli. He believes that Kohli should prioritise scoring runs. He said that when one doesn’t imagine themselves as a captain when they dream of playing for India. They dream of winning games for India, and nothing changes except that they wouldn’t be doing the toss or determining field placement. He added that every player’s enthusiasm and intensity should remain the same since it’s an honour to represent the country.

Former Test captain Virat Kohli announced his decision to quit captaincy on January 15, 2022. Till date, Kohli is the best Indian Test cricket captain. After MS Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket, Kohli was appointed the official skipper of the Indian Test team in 2015. Since then, he has led the Indian team to the peak of Test success. Under his leadership, the team reclaimed first place in the ICC test rankings and qualified for the first-ever ICC World Test Championship final.

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Kohli’s record as Test captain is one that has not been achieved by many. Out of the 68 Test matches that India played under his captaincy, 40 were won, 11 were drawn and merely 17 were lost. He has set very high standards as captain of the team. Now, Kohli will return to the playing field purely as a batsman. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be appointing the new Test captain. It has been revealed by a BCCI that the selection committee is yet to make any recommendations for the name of next Test captain and that there has been no discussion on the decision yet.

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BJP MP from Delhi and former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has approached the Delhi Police claiming that he has received death threats from the terror group ISIS Kashmir.

After filing a complaint, DCP central Shweta Chauhan has informed that the security has been beefed up outside Gambhir’s residence and the investigation related to death threats is underway. Gambhir revealed details of the email, which he alleges was issued from ISIS Kashmir, in a letter to the police. According to the letter, the terrorist group intends to kill him and his family.

The BJP MP has been an ardent opponent of Pakistan cross-border terrorism. In February of this year, Gambhir stated that no contacts with Pakistan should be formed until the issue of cross-border terrorism is resolved. He went on to say that the lives of Indian soldiers are more valuable than anything else.

Here’s how Twitterattis are reacting?

One of the users wrote that giving such threatens in democratic country like India is totally not viable.

While another user said that this is a publicity stunt so that Gambhir stays on top of the news.

A journalist Aditya Raj Kaul has also shared screenshots on Twitter claiming that he has also received death threats from ISIS Kashmir for his reportage on terrorism.

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Before threating Gautam Gambhir and his family, ISIS has mentioned a part of Hindu oppositions in a cover page and Gambhir is also receiving death threats.

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