Gautam Gambhir 43rd Birthday: The current head coach of the Indian cricket team, Gautam Gambhir is celebrating his 43rd birthday today. After Rahul Dravid, Gambhir was made the head coach of Team India. He will hold this responsibility till the 2027 ODI World Cup. Gambhir always came forward for Team India, no matter in what form.
Gambhir played two important World Cup winning innings for Team India in his career. Apart from this, he played many such innings for Men in Blue, which helped the team cross the threshold of victory. However, the World Cup winning innings have settled in the minds of the fans.
2007 t20 world cup
Team India won the T20 World Cup title in 2007 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Gambhir had an important contribution in taking Team India to this title. In the final played against Pakistan, he opened for the team and scored 75 runs in 54 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. This was the biggest innings for the team. Thanks to this inning of Gambhir, Team India had put 157/5 runs on the board in 20 overs. Team India won the title by winning the final by 5 runs.
2011 ODI World Cup
Gambhir also made an important contribution with his batting in the ODI World Cup final played in 2011. In the final of the tournament played against Sri Lanka, while chasing the target, Gabhir played the biggest innings of 97 runs with the help of 9 fours in 122 balls. Gambhir’s innings had an important contribution in helping the Indian team win.
Gambhir’s career was like this
Gambhir was a batsman who played all three formats for India. He played 58 Tests, 147 ODIs and 37 T20 International matches in his career. He scored 4154 runs in 104 innings of Test. Apart from this, Gambhir scored 5238 runs in 143 innings of ODI and 932 runs in 36 innings of T20 International.
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