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'Remove Jealousy and changed it to Gautam Gambhir' - Fans lash out at former Indian opener for downplaying Virat Kohli's performances

These remarks from Gambhir didn’t go down well with some of the Indian cricket fans and they took no time in terming it only as his jealousy

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Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir is once again on the receiving end of trolls over social media for his recent critique remarks on former Indian skipper and senior batter Virat Kohli. It all happened Gambhir was in a conversation with the broadcaster after the end of the Indian innings during the match against the Netherlands.

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Gambhir went on to say that the “Real hero is Suryakumar Yadav and not Virat Kohli as he took the pressure off him.”

These remarks from Gambhir didn’t go down well with some of the Indian cricket fans and they took no time in terming it only as his jealousy towards Virat Kohli that always compels him to ignore the positive side of the aspects.

Here’s how fans reacted to Gambhir’s comments about Kohli:

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Speaking of the match, skipper Rohit Sharma provided a strong foundation for team India with an individual knock of 53 runs off 39 balls. Following the dismissal of Rohit, star Indian batting sensation Suryakumar Yadav and the men in form Virat Kohli sojourned there in the middle till the end to share a partnership of 95 runs for the third wicket.

On the back of their brilliant knocks, India managed to post a total of 179 runs for the loss of only two wickets in the allotted 20 overs. While defending the target, Indian bowlers restricted Scott Edwards & co only on the score of 123 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the entire 20 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav won the ‘player of the match award for his brilliant 200-strike rate inning of 51 runs off just 25 balls.

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