'Keep it within yourself..': Unhappy Gautam Gambhir reacts at Rohit Sharma's statement on Rahul Dravid

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ALSO READ: India not the ‘best team’ in World Cup 2023: Gautam Gambhir says, ‘It did not matter whether you finished first…’ Reacting to a question about Dravid's future as India's head coach, Gambhir said on Sportskeeda, as quoted by Hindustan Times, "Dravid's contract as head coach should be automatically renewed. The kind of cricket that India played throughout the World Cup, if you are going to judge a coach by just one match then it is a wrong precedent." On the contrary, Gambhir expressed his reservations against Rohit's statements before the World Cup final. Earlier, on the eve of the final against Australia, Rohit had said that the team wanted to win the trophy for head coach Dravid for the kind of efforts he has put in for the betterment of the players, added the report.

"The way he stood by the players in difficult times, especially during the T20 World Cup, where we had a good run up until that semifinal, where we lost. How he reacted to certain situations and informed the players was helpful. He wants to be part of this big occasion, and it's for us to do it for him," the Indian captain had said.

This statement was not happily taken by Gambhirthe. Even in 2011 World Cup, many Indian players openly said that they wanted to win the World Cup for Sachin Tendulkar. Reacting to this, Gambhir said, "Every player, every coach wants to win the World Cup.

If he wants a renewal then definitely he should be given that chance. What better than continuity? I would never understand one thing. It happened during our time in 2011 too.

When you say that you want to win the World Cup an individual, doesn't matter who that is... this statement is not right." "You are trying to win the World Cup for the entire country. And if