When India lifted the 20-20 world cup in 2007 and ODI title in 2011 world cup, Gautham Gambhir was an inevitable part in those historic glories with his magnificent knocks throughout the tournament. The fact that he was the top scorer in both of the finals and was one of the top leading run scorers of the tournament proves that Gambir is a man of big tournament.
However many of the fans still doesn’t know that Gambhir was also one of the most successful captain of team India. Gambhir showed a phenomenal success with the captaincy by winning all those 6 matches in which he got a chance to lead team India from the front. According to the stats, Gambhir holds 100% success rate with the captaincy which is well ahead when compared with the other captains. His stunning captaincy skills helped KKR to clinch the IPL title two times.
He has played under so many captains that includes Sourav Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble, Dhoni etc.The flamboyant opener has learned a lot from the skippers he has played under in the past. But when asked about his favorite captain, it was surprising to know that Gambhir took the name of former Indian captain MS Dhoni.
From past couple of years or so there were rumors that there is something wrong between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir. Most of the supporters of Gambhir believe that due to Dhoni, Gambhir lost his place in the national squad. All those questions and rumors have been rightly answered after Gambhir’s this answer.