‘School k bachchon se zyada ghatiya bahane hai ye’ – Fans react as Gautam Gambhir claims ‘Anti-India’ slogans for his middle-finger reaction

Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir was quick to react to the viral video of him showing the middle finger. He has claimed that some Pakistani people in the stands were chanting anti-India slogans. “The crowd was shouting anti-India slogs, as an Indian, I can’t take anyone saying this about my country hence reacted this way – what you see on social media isn’t always the correct picture,” Gambhir told Sports Tak. 

Notably, the two-time World Cup winner was seen showing a middle finger. In the video going viral, some fans can be heard chanting, Kohli-Kohli in the background. After this, the left-hander stopped for a bit and flayed his middle finger. The incident happened during the ongoing India vs Nepal game in the Asia Cup 2023. At this point, the game has been interrupted by the rain in Pallekele.

Watch the video here

Gautam Gambhir’s got into trouble for contrasting statements

In the last few months, the former KKR skipper has been vocal about individual praising in Indian cricket. He spoke about how only Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni get the credit for ODI WC wins in 1983 and 2011 respectively. The duo led India in these World Cups.

“If you keep talking about one person day in and day out, it eventually becomes a brand. That is how it was in 1983. Why start from Dhoni? It started in 1983. When India won the first World Cup, it was all about Kapil Dev. When we won in 2007 and 2011, it was Dhoni. Who created that? None of the players did. Nor did the BCCI. Have the news channels and broadcasters ever spoken about Indian cricket?” he had asked.

However, in another interview, Gautam spoke about how Yuvraj Singh doesn’t get enough credit for the 2011 WC win.

“It’s unfortunate that when we talk about the 2007 and 2011 World Cups, we don’t take Yuvraj Singh’s name. Why not? It’s only and only marketing and PR and portraying one individual as the biggest and everyone else as smaller than him,” he had said. “We have been told who won us the 2007 and 2011 World Cups [but] it was not one individual it was the entire team. No one individual can win a big tournament. If that was the case, India would’ve had 5-10 World Cups.”

This is how Twitter reacted

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