Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has repeatedly stressed that the “worship of her” remains an issue in the Indian cricket fraternity. Every time an individual player became more important to the team’s victory, Gambill would shake his head in disbelief and demand that the trend stop. The cricketer-turned-politician once famously said that India’s victory in the 2011 ODI World Cup should be attributed to the entire team and not to an individual (MS Dhoni). The discussion on Gambhir vs Dhoni is back on social media after former India pacer Praveen Kumar shared his views on the topic.

“India needs to get rid of this hero worship. Be it Indian cricket, be it politics, be it Delhi cricket. We have to stop worshiping heroes. The only thing we need to worship is Indian cricket, or Delhi or Delhi cricket. India. Who. Created this? It was created by two things. First, the social media following, which is probably the most fake thing in this country. Second, the media and broadcasters,” Gambhir said.

Praveen Kumar echoed Gambhir’s comments that cricket is not an individual sport like wrestling. Therefore, players like Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Gautam Gambhir deserve more credit for India’s glorious moments in the sport.

“Gautam Bhai is absolutely right,” Praveen said in a statement. interview.

“This is not wrestling or any other individual sport. One person cannot win a match. Yuvraj Singh took 15 wickets and scored so many runs. Zaheer Khan took 21 wickets. Towers Gambhir scored in the 2007 and 2011 finals. Dhoni scored. “In the 2011 final. A team can win only if at least three batsmen are in form and at least two bowlers pick wickets. Be it Tests, ODIs or T20Is. One player cannot win games,” he said.

“The hero culture has always been there in Indian cricket. I think it has been there since the 1980s. It’s a wrong trend. Cricketers sometimes become bigger than cricket. Having more brands behind them people will get more attention,” he added.