2. Gautam Gambhir:
Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni’s love-hate relationship is well known. Gambhir has taken a shot at Dhoni quite a number of times. Well, he took another shot at him after his retirement in 2018. He took a pot shot at former India captain MS Dhoni’s selection policy during the 2012 CB series in Australia.
Gambhir had revealed that Dhoni made the decision to not play him, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag together in the XI, rather giving opportunities to youngsters before the 2015 World Cup. However, with the Indian team struggling for results, Dhoni went back on his decision and included the trio with Sehwag and Tendulkar opening, and Gambhir coming in at one down.
“f you take a decision, back your decision. Don’t back on something on which you have already decided,” Gambhir had said.
“In the 2012 Tri-series in Australia, Dhoni declared that he can’t play all three (Gambhir, Sachin and Sehwag) of us together as he was looking ahead at the 2015 World Cup.
“It was a massive shock, I think it would have been a massive shock for any cricketer. I have not heard anyone be told in 2012 that they would never be a part of the 2015 World Cup. I always had the impression that if you keep scoring runs, age is a just a number,” Gambhir added.