Watch: Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir can't control their laughter as they share heartwarming moment in Sri Lanka

The Rohit Sharma-Gautam Gambhir era will begin this week. The upcoming three-match ODI series between Sri Lanka and India will mark the beginning of the era.

Before Gautam Gambhir's appointment, Rohit Sharma enjoyed a highly successful partnership with Rahul Dravid. Both Dravid and Rohit had taken charge of the team as a coach and captain respectively on a permanent basis in 2021. In three years, the duo took Indian cricket to newer heights across formats.

In 2022, India reached the semifinal of the T20 World Cup before reaching the final of the ODI World Cup and the World Test Championship in 2023. Last year, the Men in Blue also won the Asia Cup. The Dravid-Rohit partnership for Team India ended with a monumental victory in the T20 World Cup last month. India beat South Africa by 7 runs in the final to give Dravid a fitting parting gift.

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The Indian cricket fraternity will be hoping that Rohit and Gambhir form a successful partnership as well. And while only time will reveal how successful the partnership will become, one can say that Rohit and Gambhir already share a good rapport as it is very much evident by a recent video of the captain and coach.

In the video that is going viral on social media. Rohit and Gambhir could be seen sharing a heartwarming moment with each other. They were waiting to board the team bus in Colombo before a fan's chant left them in splits.

Rohit was struggling to contain his laughter and was seen putting his hands on Gambhir's shoulder while the latter was also all smiles. Gambhir was also seen making a gesture as he pointed towards Rohit with his finger.

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Gautam Gambhir's perfect start:

Gautam Gambhir has started his tenure as Team India's head coach on a perfect note. In his first assignment since replacing Rahul Dravid as the coach, the Men in Blue whitewashed Sri Lanka in the three-match T20I series.

Under new captain Suryakumar Yadav, the reigning world champions showed remarkable composure throughout the series. After outplaying the hosts in the first two T20Is, India clinched victory from the jaws of defeat in the third T20I to clean-sweep the series.

The visitors won the first game by 43 runs before winning the second game by 7 wickets (DLS method) to clinch the series with a match remaining. In the third game, India managed only 137/9 but restricted Sri Lanka to the same total as well before winning the Super Over with utmost ease.