Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 02, 2021, 04:58 PM
Delhi. Ten years ago, on this day, India became the new king of ODI cricket by winning the World Cup (2011 ODI World Cup). However, after 1983 it took 28 years to make this dream come true. But when it was completed, the whole country was overjoyed. Today again millions of cricket fans are remembering that moment. In the 2011 World Cup, each player in his own way contributed to the team's victory. But one player was special. Because he did not lose even after the early dismissals of Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag in the final against Sri Lanka and laid the foundation for the team's victory by scoring 97 runs. The name of this player is Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir has not forgotten the World Cup victory till date.At the completion of 10 years of this victory, Gambhir spoke openly to the Times of India about the success of the Indian team, the contribution of the captain and coach and the future of Indian cricket. He said that every player contributed to make India a world champion after 28 years. This was not a victory for any one.Last year, a cricket website posted a picture of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) winning the final after hitting 9 years of the World Cup win. Along with this picture, this caption was also given that shot that forced millions of fans to dance in joy. Gambhir did not digest this and then said that India had become the champion due to the hard work of the entire team and support staff, not just because of a six. Gambhir reiterated the same thing in the interview given to TOI on completion of 10 years of World Cup victory.He said that do you think any individual player won the World Cup on the basis of personal performance? If this happens, Team India would have won all the World Cups held so far. It is unfortunate that in the country we start worshiping some people. I never believe it. In any team game, individuals have no place. It is just a matter of contribution. Can you forget Zaheer Khan's contribution to the finals? When he bowled three consecutive maiden overs in his first spell. Can you forget what Yuvraj did against Australia in the quarter-finals? Not only this, how can anyone forget Sachin Tendulkar's century against South Africa? Why do we remember a six again and again? If a six can win us the World Cup, then I believe that Yuvraj Singh had to win at least 6 World Cups to India, as he hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls in the 2007 T20 World Cup against England. . Nobody talks about the crown prince. He was the man of the tournament in the 2011 World Cup. But we just keep talking about a six.'In my view there were 14 unsung heroes of the 2011 World Cup' There were many unsung heroes of India's victory in that World Cup. Munaf Patel bowled economical and match-changing bowling on several occasions, but he did not get the credit for it. Similarly, Ashish Nehra also bowled accurately. Especially against Pakistan in the semi-finals. To this, Gambhir said that in my view there were probably 14 unsung heroes of the 2011 World Cup victory. Munaf, I, Harbhajan Singh and Virat Kohli who scored centuries in the first match, Suresh Raina who played a crucial innings against Pakistan. The contribution of all these players was priceless. If I look at that 10 years ago today, I think Yuvraj remains an unsung hero despite being the 'Man of the Tournament'. You do not talk about them. It was all these contributions that made India a world champion. How much did the calm attitude of coach Gary Kirsten help in the team's victory? On the question related to this, Gambhir said that Gary was a good manager. He had worked hard. He also used to throw balls to batsmen for hours on the nets. Finally, in international cricket, being a better manager makes a big difference. You do not need to teach technique to a player at this level. As long as there is no major problem. In such a situation, if a coach team has better coordination with the team, then it is enough and that is all in Gary.IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders may get off with this playing XI to win the third title when Gambhir was asked if he had any story related to the 2011 World Cup. He opened a very interesting secret on this. Gambhir told that we were playing against the West Indies in Chennai and there were 600-700 bats in our dressing room. You can understand how strange it can be to have so many bats in a team's dressing room. When we counted how many bats each player has, it was found that the batsmen were also lying 10-10 bats in the kit bag of the right bowlers. We got so many bats from different companies, which is really surprising. We were not allowed to go home in the middle of the tournament, so we kept asking bats from different companies.Gambhir also openly responded to questions related to India's performance in the T20 and ODI World Cup under Kohli's captaincy. He said that I am not an astrologer. But I think the current Team India 2011 has the ability to repeat the performance. Because only counted players play World Cup for the country. A lot of things change from one World Cup to another. The current players are lucky to get a chance to play three World Cups one after the other. In such More