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The 2011 World Cup victory was a momentous occasion for Indian cricket. After the 1983 World Cup victory, it was the first time that the Indian cricket team won a 50-over marquee ICC tournament. gautam gambhir He played a key role in that victory. He was the second highest run-scorer for India in the 2011 World Cup with 393 runs in nine matches. He scored four fifty-plus scores with his highest – 97 – coming in the final against Sri Lanka. Gambhir scored the most runs for M S Dhoni– Leading India into the final and helping the team chase down a target of 275 runs in 48.2 overs.
Gambhir has now revealed that ahead of India’s semi-final against Pakistan, some senior players told him that they “have to take the conversation away from 1983”. were referring to the exploits of the player Kapil DevUnder the leadership of Team India in the 1983 World Cup.
“Two or three senior players came up to me and said ‘we need to win this tournament because we have to cut the talks from 1983. We have to end their talk’,” In a conversation with The Indian Express, Gambhir said,
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“I said I didn’t come here to eliminate anybody. I didn’t come here to shorten someone’s line. I want to win this to raise my line. If the media is giving them jobs from 1983 to 2011, then It’s a media problem, not ours. We need to win the World Cup because we want this country to be happy. This is something that needs to change in the future.”
After retiring from international cricket in December 2018, Gambhir entered politics and is a Lok Sabha MP. He is also part of the support staff of Lucknow Supergiants in the Indian Premier League.
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