After India won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, head coach Gautam Gambhir said his responsibility was not to social media but to the media covering the sport and the entire Indian team dressing room.
India defeated the New Zealand national cricket team by 96 runs in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The victory added another major achievement to Gambhir’s record as India head coach.
Under Gambhir’s leadership, India has won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Asia Cup 2025 and now the T20 World Cup. Previously, he also helped Kolkata Knight Riders win the Indian Premier League title as a mentor.
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The Delhi-born cricketer has also won several major tournaments during his career, including the T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, Asia Cup and IPL.
Gambhir said at the post-match press conference, “My responsibility is not to any social media. It is to the team. This process should not be shared. We want to play fearless cricket. We want to play high-risk high-reward game and that’s how you play in this format. The captain and I are on the same page. Because if I can work with them honestly, if I They can honestly put in the effort – my responsibility has never been there before and it won’t be today or in the future (on social media). “Then even if I win two ICC trophies as a coach, it doesn’t matter because in the future, I think those 30 people (in the dressing room) are the most important to me during my coaching tenure and no one else will.” “
Gambhir said the team wants to play fearless cricket in a high-risk, high-reward approach, which is important in the T20 format. He added that he and the captain were on the same page about the strategy.
He also talked about his team selection philosophy. Gambhir said players are selected based on trust and belief, not hope. According to him, if a player is selected with trust, that trust should not disappear after a few bad games.
This approach was evident when he backed Sanju Samson, who despite his poor form earlier, stuck with world number one batsman Abhishek Sharma, who was out of form in the match. “You pick a team based on trust and belief, not hope,” Gambhir said. “So when you pick a guy based on trust and belief, you don’t lose that trust and belief after four or five games. It’s that simple. I never felt like we picked a team based on hope. The trust and belief that we all have in the team in the locker room, whether we’re going to win this game, whether we’re not going to win this game, it doesn’t matter. Faith and trust. So to me, that’s very important and it will never go away.”