Gautam Gambhir Agrees With Yuvraj Singh As He Says Team India Lacks Role Models
Published - 12 Apr 2020, 12:15 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:05 AM
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has agreed with Yuvraj Singh’s comments about the lack of role models in the current Indian team. In a recent interaction with India’s limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh had lamented the dearth of role models in the present side.
The World Cup-winning player had said that the line between a senior player and a youngster has become thin now, which has resulted in players saying and doing things that he felt were unthinkable during his playing days.
“I just feel there are very fewer guys to look up to and I feel that a sense of respect towards seniors, that has become a thin line now,” Yuvraj had said. “Koi bhi kisiko kuch bhi keh deta hain (anyone can say anything to anyone).”
“I think juniors, because of social media, party scenes, these things, we could not even think about that in our time. Because we had that fear that if we do some mistake, our senior will tell us that do not do this, this is not right,” he added.
And Gautam Gambhir has seconded Yuvraj’s thoughts and gave the example of how things were different previously. The legendary opener recalled how the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble among others guided the youngsters. Gautam Gambhir further said that the current side doesn’t have enough seniors and self-interest of the players is kept above youngsters.
“I agree with Yuvraj that there is a dearth of role models in the Indian team currently, like in the 2000s, we had Dravid, Kumble, Laxman, Sourav and Sachin to guide the team. It is important to have senior players around you who can help you when you’re going through a rough patch. Right now, I don’t think there are enough seniors in the Indian camp, who will set aside their self-interest to help youngsters,” Gautam Gambhir said on Star Sports.
