Asia Cup: Gautam Gambhir says he’s against players being friendly with rivals during matches
World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir has said that he is against cricketers displaying too much camaraderie on the field with players of the rival team in the middle of games.
Gambhir’s comments came during the India vs Pakistan game. The southpaw, who was part of the Indian cricket team which won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, blamed franchise cricket as one of the reasons why cricket games these days don’t have too much aggression.
“When you play on the field for your national team, you must leave the friendship outside the boundary ropes. Game face hona zaroori hai. Dosti bahaar rehni chahiye. There has to be an aggression in the eyes of both sets of players. You can be as friendly as you want after those six or seven hours of cricket. Those hours are very important, because you’re not jus...