Gautam Gambhir Calls Himself "Angry Young Man" Of Cricket, Calls This Star 'Shahenshah'. Not Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir will face a stern Test as Indian cricket team when the side begins a long Test season, starting with a match against Bangladesh on September 19. Gambhir took charge from a short Tour of Sri Lanka last month. After that the Indian cricket team is long break. However, starting from the third week of September, India will play Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia in back-toback series. Ahead of the series, Indian cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir had a fun interaction on the sidelines of Delhi Premier League T20.
In a video posted by Delhi Premier League, Gambhir was asked to name cricketers based on one word.
Here are Gambhir's answers…
Badshah: Yuvraj Singh.
Angry Young Man: Me, Myself.
Dabang: Sachin Tendulkar.
Shahenshah: Virat Kohli.
Khiladi: Jasprit Bumrah. One more thing, 'Khiladi' is more important than all these.
Mr. Perfectionist: Rahul Dravid.
Tiger: Sourav Ganguly
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Recently, South Africa cricket legend Jonty Rhodes said the Indian team will only become stronger under new head coach Gautam Gambhir, and said the former opener has the ability to make an instant impact in any side. "Wherever GG (Gautam Gambhir) goes he makes an impact, we saw this when he left the Lucknow Super Giants and went to the Kolkata Knight Riders the impact that he had," Rhodes told PTI videos at the Pro Cricket League launch event.
"He is very much a hands-on guy and is certainly somebody who knows what he wants and speaks his own mind.
"Gambhir leaves no stone unturned, and now that he has taken over the reigns of the Indian team, they will go from strength to strength," he added.
Rhodes, who is the fielding coach of Lucknow Super Giants, also lauded