Gautam Gambhir’s ‘personal milestones’ remark aimed at Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, confirms England legend

India have become the champions of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, last Sunday beating New Zealand in the final by 96 runs. The Kiwis were completely outplayed in the final as the Men in Blue side created history to become the first side to win the trophy in home conditions and win in back to back edition as well.

After winning the title, team India head coach Gautam Gambhir took a dig at two former India captains, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Gambhir, during the post-match press conference, credited his players for not settling for personal milestones and being unselfish for the team when needed. He brought up the example of Sanju Samson.

Gautam Gambhir credits Sanju Samson

The wicket-keeper batter missed three hundreds in the last three games for the side, as he was unbeaten at the score of 97*, and then in the semi-final, he scored 89, and in the final, also the same score. In every situation, he had the chance of scoring a hundred, but he continued playing strokes and never kept his personal milestone ahead of the team.

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Former England pacer Steve Harmison explained Gautam Gambhir’s comments, as the pacer believed that he took a dig at Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma indirectly. While having a conversation on the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube channel. The pacer felt that Gautam Gambhir took an indirect jab at the two stalwarts of Indian cricket.

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Harmison said, "I enjoyed that from Gambhir. I thought it was a dig at Rohit and Virat, talking about not being interested in milestones and only about the team winning. I sometimes struggle with Gautam as a player and a coach. But I liked that little dig at Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli."

Virat and Rohit are unhappy with Gautam Gambhir?

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma won the T20 World Cup 2024 and then retired from the shortest format of the game. The two stalwarts only play one format, which is the ODIs. There have been rumours of Virat and Rohit not having a good relationship with Gautam Gambhir due to his different mindset of running the team.

Steve Harmison is also curious about how Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will deal with these comments of Gautam Gambhir once they return to the ODI format in June. The two cricketing greats have their eye set on the 2027 ODI World Cup and have been in brilliant form in the 50-over format.

It'll be interesting- Steve Harmison

"It'll be interesting when they walk back into the 50-over dressing room in the not-too-distant future, hearing that. He has got some kudos now because he has just won a trophy," said Harmison.

Virat and Rohit are two batters with the second and third most international centuries for India. Kohli has scored 85 international hundreds and is just 16 centuries away from breaking the milestone of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100 centuries. Rohit, on the other hand, has 50 centuries to his name. The two have been leading the team from the front in this format till now.

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