Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary has shared the reason why he called head coach Gautam Gambhir a ‘hypocrite.’ Tiwary said that Gambhir criticized overseas players for making money and enjoying themselves, yet hired them for the national team as well.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, he said: “Why did I call him a hypocrite? It is because of one of his interviews if you remember. In one of the interviews, he said, ‘All these foreign coaches, all the guys who come from abroad, have no emotions, they have no feelings. They earn money and enjoy themselves. When the time was there for him to select all the Indian coaches and all the Indian-origin support staff, why did he put forward the names of Ryan ten Doeschate and Morne Morkel? He got everything he wanted but he is not able to produce the results. Actions don’t match his words, so I called him a hypocrite.”

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He further added that home defeats like the one to New Zealand are unacceptable and also accused Gautam Gambhir of even failing to look at the reasons behind the failures as well.

“The results are there to be seen. When you lose three series in your short tenure, you have lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and, most importantly, you lost the home series against New Zealand. It was a big loss, as this had never happened before. A lot of things speak for themselves. Losing to New Zealand in a home series is not acceptable at all. In your short career, you also lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Winning and losing are part of the game, but results speak for themselves. You need to look at the reasons behind these losses,” he concluded.