Former Indian cricketer, Gautam Gambhir has currently joined BJP for the upcoming elections. However, not only for this but there is some other issue also and because of that, he is currently in news. His recent comment on the Indian captain Virat Kohli prior to the IPL 2019 made him the headline. Gambhir took the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to the IPL title two times in 2012 and 2014. Recently he said “lucky” to Virat Kohli as the franchise has shown their faith on him and he is still the captain of the team.

 

 

However, Kohli has been the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore since 2011, where the team never won a single title.

Meanwhile, the coach of Chennai Super Kings, Stephen Fleming said TOI, “One man doesn’t win the IPL. It’s a tough competition to win. It’s getting tougher because teams are a lot smarter. Players are conditioned to playing in the IPL. Coaches and managers are getting shrewd in how they buy and put together teams.”

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“So, just because you’re probably the best batter in the world, probably one of the best players in the world, it doesn’t mean he’s going to have success in the IPL. There’s a number of things that go towards it. One thing I do know is that when there’s a challenge put in front of him, he meets it,” said the coach.

However, Fleming showed his support for Kohli and further added that it will be difficult for CSK to retain the trophy.

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“His expectation with this team will be to give it a good run and I’m sure, as most other franchises will be wanting. Winning competitions is a by-product of how you lead your team so there’s a challenge there. But as I say they’re really looking (like) a good team. Most teams on paper are outstanding so we have got our work cut out to win it again, we will be giving it a good shot as well,” he tol.