Twitter reactions on Gautam Gambhir’s retirement: Twitter was emotional after the veteran opener announced retirement.
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In which has come as a surprising news for cricket fans in the country, veteran India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has announced retirement from all forms of cricket. Delhi’s next Ranji Trophy match against Andhra at his home ground Feroz Shah Kotla will be Gambhir’s last competitive match.
The 37-year old southpaw will be most remembered for top-scoring for India in both the final matches of the World Cup which India won in 2007 and 2011 respectively. Gambhir was also part of the Test team, which reached the No. 1 position in 2009.
In which will go down as one of the highlights of his career, Gambhir became No. 1 batsman in ICC Test rankings in 2009, a year when he was conferred as the ICC Test Player of the Year.
WATCH: Gautam Gambhir’s emotional statement after retiring from all forms of the game.
India won all the six ODIs which saw Gambhir leading the national side. Talking of leadership, IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders won the title twice (2012 and 2014) under Gambhir.
Gambhir last played for India during the first Test of England’s tour of India in 2016 at Rajkot. His last limited-overs appearance dates back to the fifth ODI of England’s tour of India in 2013 at Dharamsala.
All in all, Gambhir retired as India’s 14th highest run-scorer, scoring 10,324 runs in 242 international appearances across formats. Having scored 20 international centuries, Gambhir is 11th on the list of most centuries across for India.
Despite being dropped the national side, Gambhir enjoyed a considerable fan-following till now. Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Gambhir’s retirement below:
A fabulous career comes to an end. @GautamGambhir take a bow. You shall be missed on the cricketing field #Gambhirretires #GG
— Bibhash Chatterjee (@bibhash1990) December 4, 2018
thank you for being such an inspiration @GautamGambhir paji ! wish you loads of happiness in life #legend #respect https://t.co/Uy1Brplvh7
— Gurkeerat Mann (@gurkeeratmann22) December 4, 2018
Among all the achievements of @GautamGambhir‘s career, the most highlighting ones is being the highest run-getter for India in 2007 World T20 final and 2011 World Cup final – Yet no Man of the Match award on both occasions.
Good bye GG!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
MORE👇https://t.co/s2YCY6CWEO pic.twitter.com/fcy6nvhgIC
— ICC (@ICC) December 4, 2018
test average of 42, ODI average of 40. 20 international hundreds. nearly 200 first class games averaging 50. 300 list A games. terrific IPL record. @GautamGambhir can be very satisfied at the end of his professional career. well played!
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 4, 2018
always enjoyed interviewing @GautamGambhir – very clear thought process, not afraid to express a view. think he will add real value to conversations around indian cricket going forward.
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 4, 2018
Well played Gauti 👏https://t.co/4wslWugPS7 pic.twitter.com/ayky5MP2uV
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 4, 2018
Congratulations on a phenomenal career, @GautamGambhir!
2007 WT20 🏆
2011 World Cup 🏆
No.1 Test Team 🥇#ThankyouGauti https://t.co/k0t7jfLD8i— BCCI (@BCCI) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir to retire..
24-9-2007: #WT20 final 2007 at Jo’burg: made 75 – highest score of the match
2-4-2011: #CWC final 2011 at Mumbai: made 97 – highest score for India in the match
23-11-2007: ICC #1 T20I batsman
16-7-2009: ICC #1 Test batsman
4-12-2010: ICC #8 ODI batsman— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir top-scored for India in two of their biggest limited-overs games, big-match player! https://t.co/4wslWugPS7 pic.twitter.com/xshsD7QLeK
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 4, 2018
UNBEATEN.
— Team Gautam Gambhir (@gautamgambhir97) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir’s career! pic.twitter.com/0vumKCFp83
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) December 4, 2018
2007 ➡ Wanderers 🏆
2011 ➡ Wankhede 🏆Man for the big occasions! Happy retirement, Gautam Gambhir 🇮🇳#CricketMeriJaan @GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/3mSZarJyoc
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 4, 2018
Farewell @GautamGambhir,
You will always be special to the #KnightRiders family 🏆🏆#KorboLorboJeetbo 💜 #ThankYouGambhir pic.twitter.com/qFz6dMr9eF— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) December 4, 2018
That Dirt shows what you haD Done for the country anD how you passionate about it. That two FinaLs were aLways be RemembereD for your heroic inninGs.
Miss you Gautam Gambhir 💔#ThankYouGambhir ❤🙏 ! pic.twitter.com/yd4oM0ArAt— Dhruva (@im_naveencharan) December 4, 2018
#ThankYouGambhir We will miss you Gautam Gambhir Bhai @GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/dKBWQsmQG8
— Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary (@Sudhir10dulkar) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir Announced Retirement From Intl Cricket
13 Years
242 Matches
283 Innings
10324 Runs
206 High Score
38.95 Avg
14994 Balls Faced
1 200s
6 150s
20 100s
8 90s
63 50s
75 Catches
6 Wins as Captain
15 M.O.M Awards#ThankYouGG— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir is the only Indian to score century in five consecutive Test matches…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 4, 2018
Gautam Gambhir in ODIs
11 Score on debut
11 Not outs
11 Centuries
11 DucksHero of 2011 World Cup!
— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) December 4, 2018
“As a batsman I have always valued timing. I know the time is just right. I am sure it’s sweet as well. Good bye and good luck.”
Gautam Gambhir retires: https://t.co/yj8r3iFSU3
— cricketnext (@cricketnext) December 4, 2018
Always unbeaten in our hearts! ❤#ThankYouGambhir #DelhiCapitals @GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/G6mbydy8bw
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) December 4, 2018
