Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir believes he had done nothing wrong to be dropped from India’s squad for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. However, he had felt his dream to play in a World Cup was over as well. Gambhir, however, got yet another chance and played a key knock in India winning the 2011 World Cup at home. His stunning 97 in the final is still one of the best knocks as well.

Speaking to RevSportz, Gautam Gambhir said: “The 2011 World Cup win was the most important win of my career. I had missed out on playing the 2007 World Cup, and I still feel it was wrong that I was left out. I still don’t know why I was left out despite doing well, and the 2011 World Cup was the only 50-over World Cup that I played. So I have the unique distinction of winning the only 50-over World Cup that I participated in.”

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However, the 2011 World Cup final is more remembered for MS Dhoni’s last-ball six and the winning moment as well. Gautam Gambhir was asked whether he feels that his contribution didn’t get the much-needed recognition it deserves, and Gambhir opined on how social media focuses on individuals when it is the team that won the World Cup together.

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“Whenever I have picked my bat to play for my country, I have never thought about taking credit or seeing who’s speaking about me. I have always tried to make millions of Indians proud. It’s not just about me, tell me how many people talk about Yuvraj Singh? About that opening spell from Zaheer Khan?”It is a narrative set by social media where you’re obsessed with individuals so much that you don’t care what the team has done. No individual can win the World Cup,” Gautam Gambhir concluded.