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:
