RPSG Group Appoint Gautam Gambhir As Global Mentor For Cricketing Operations

07.10.2022 - 14:31 sports.ndtv.com

RPSG Group on Friday announced that they have extended former India batter Gautam Gambhir's role as global mentor for their cricketing operations.

Currently, Gambhir has been guiding Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants , and now in addition to that Gambhir will now also mentor RPSG Group's T20 team in South Africa - Durban's Super Giants.

Gambhir is one of the sharpest cricketing minds going around. He was a part of India's T20 World Cup winning squad in 2007 and 50-over World Cup winning squad in 2011.

In the finals of both tournaments, the left-handed Gambhir had played a big role. Gautam Gambhir, Global Mentor Lucknow Super Giants and Durban's Super Giants, in an official release said: "In my ideology of a team sport designations don't play much role.

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