Out of favor Indian opener Gautam Gambhir’s hope for another international comeback has not vanished yet despite age is not in his favor. He is still scoring runs, which we all saw during the ongoing Ranji Trophy season.
He played his last match for India in 2016 against New Zealand, where he notched up a second-innings fifty before getting injured. Though, Gambhir revealed that he will quit the game whenever the motivation to play ends.
“Keep scoring runs, that is what you can control and you can do. You can’t control things which are not in your hands. The only thing you can control is to get a bat in your hand, go out there, perform and score as many runs as possible,” said Gambhir.
“That is what you are meant to do and that is what I am trying to do. This year is no difference from what I used to do last year. The motivation is exactly the same. The day I don’t feel the same I will not hang around.”
It is highly unlikely that the southpaw can break into the Indian squad once again. Moreover, now the terms to be in national team have been changed since captain Virat Kohli made everyone fitness freak. However, he doesn’t care about anything with this regard.
“I don’t speak to the selectors and I don’t need to speak to the selectors. Ultimately, my job is to score runs and that is what I only focus on,” he added.
Meanwhile, his domestic side Delhi has reached in the final of Ranji Trophy, where he scored a brilliant ton to set the stage. The last time Delhi played the final, he was leading the team and contributed with the bat as well.
In the current season, he is doing something similar as well with 632 runs so far including three centuries and two fifties.
“We reached the finals so obviously the achievement is great. Hopefully we can go one step ahead and win it after 10 years which is going to be great,” he quoted.
“So far it’s been decent. Obviously, when you get 600 plus runs it’s good. The most important is that you have contributed in the games which are very crucial as well, whether it was the quarterfinal or the semi-final. As a senior player you have to be good in the crunch games and there is still one more game to go.”
