Gambhir rules out political innings after his retirement
New Delhi, Dec. 9: The justretired Gautam Gambhir on Sunday categorically rejected rumours around him joining politics but the former India opener indicated he was open to coaching at the big stage.
The 37- year- old World Cup winner walked into the sunset by scoring a memorable hundred in his farewell Ranji Trophy match against Andhra at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
“Not at all,” Gambhir said when asked if he was contesting in the next general elections. “There are rumours which I have heard as well, probably the reason is maybe I take up social issues as well... For me Twitter was always a platform which is very, very important and where I take up social issues.
“I am not that kind of a character where I am going to start joking on a platform like twitter as well. For me being a citizen of this country it is my right to take up social issues and that probably is the reason why people thing I am going to join politics but there is nothing of that sort.”
Gambhir last played for the country in 2016 against England in Rajkot. “As I just mentioned I haven’t even thought about it ( politics) and it is a completely different field. 25 years I have not done anything else, so let’s see what I am going to do.”
Gambhir scored 4154 runs in Test cricket from 58 matches, 5238 runs in ODIs and 932 in T20Is. He was also asked if he is keen on taking up coaching assignments in competitive cricket, and he sounded positive.