IPL 2018: Gautam Gambhir relives hometown memories ahead of his Delhi return

Ahead of his comeback in Delhi Daredevils fold, where he started his Indian Premier League (IPL) career, Gautam Gambhir revisited his childhood memories in country’s capital Delhi. Meanwhile, after leading Kolkata Kight Riders  (KKR) to two IPL titles, Gambhir will now lead his old-franchise with sheer agression.

Delhi, however, has made a balanced team and is looking for their first success in the cash-rich league. They will hope that Gambhir replicates his stint with KKR in Delhi.

Gambhir while talking to Quint standing outside his alma mater Modern School admitted that he has never bunked classes. But that was only when he was in school, which wasn’t too often, given the long hours he had to put into his cricket training.

“I’ve never bunked. I’ve hardly gone to school but whenever I went I made sure to attend all the classes because you miss a lot. I was so busy because of cricket that I didn’t get the time to attend school regularly. So whenever I did go to school, I attended every single class and it was great fun,” Gambhir said.

Gambhir also revealed the gender ratio was a motiving factor for him to attend the class.

Gautam Gambhir wanted a new challenge:

Gambhir also confessed that a big reason for him parting ways with KKR was the lack of a challenge. He also said that he is back to Delhi to give them the title.

“A sportsman’s life is all about challenges. I always wanted a new challenge. One thing I could achieve with KKR is win the Champions League and that tournament is no longer there. So there was nothing else to achieve. We won the IPL twice, maybe we could now win it thrice, or four times. There wasn’t too much else left to achieve,” Gambhir added.

“Lot of people can say a lot of things but I had unfinished business with Delhi. So I always thought that the kind of squad Delhi had over the past 10 years, the team deserved much more than what they achieved. So I thought that if I could help them achieve that, it will be great fun as well,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, this edition of IPL will start from April 7 with Chennai Super Kings taking on Mumbai Indians at Wankhede. However, Delhi will kick off their campaign against Punjab on April 8.

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