‘Don’t create monsters..it was MS Dhoni earlier, now Virat Kohli’ – Gautam Gambhir Blasts Fans For Worshiping Them As Heroes
Gautam Gambhir blasts fans (Image Source: Twitter)
After having a poor Asia Cup campaign, team India is getting ready to face Australia in a three-match T20I series at home. The series is going to start on 20 September 2022. However, Virat Kohli finally scored some runs in the Asia Cup. He was also the highest scorer for India after scoring 276 runs in five innings.
In the tournament, he also scored his 71st international ton. Hence, fans were very happy and celebrated that as a festival around the country. But, now, former India batter, Gautam Gambhir blasted fans for worshiping players like Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni over the years.
“It was Mahendra Singh Dhoni earlier, it is Virat Kohli now” – Gautam Gambhir
While speaking to Indian Express in their show ‘Idea Exchange’, Gambhir said that fans should not create monsters in the dressing room. He said: “Don’t create monsters in the dressing room. The only monster should be Indian cricket, not an individual. Do you think that this whole hero worship chokes the next star to come up? Nobody has grown in that shadow. It was Mahendra Singh Dhoni earlier, it is Virat Kohli now.”
Gambhir also added that fans celebrated Kohli’s recent century. But., they did not acknowledge that much to Bhuvneshwar Kumar who took five wickets in the same match. He said: “When Kohli got a 100 and there was this young guy from a small town of Meerut [Bhuvneshwar Kumar], who also managed to get five wickets, no one even bothered to speak about him. This was so unfortunate. I was the only one, during that commentary stint, who said that. He bowled four overs and got five wickets and I don’t think anyone knows about that.”
“But Kohli scores a 100 and there are celebrations everywhere in this country. India needs to come out of this hero worship. Whether it’s Indian cricket, whether it’s politics, whether it’s Delhi cricket. We have to stop worshipping heroes. The only thing that we need to worship is Indian cricket, or for that matter Delhi or India. Who created that? It is created by two things. First, social media followers, which is probably the fakest thing in this country because you are judged by how many followers you have. That is what creates a brand.” Gautam Gambhir concluded.
