The Team India head coach exchanged greetings and happily posed for photographs ahead of such a crucial encounter. Perhaps it is this philosophy in his life that has prompted him to banish the star culture in Indian cricket. The T20 World Cup win captures this changing mindset where no individual, not even the magician in Jasprit Bumrah, could be portrayed as the face of the side. In the words of Gambhir, “a leader is a far bigger figure, a father figure in a dressing room than a captain”. The fast bowler is more of a big brother in the dressing room whose voice counts and has his elevated place in the hierarchy.

Source: The Telegraph March 10, 2026 01:36 UTC