This is how Gautam Gambhir made a champion (Photo-PTI)
Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir is once again on the mission of becoming T20 champion. In 2007, Gautam Gambhir had won the T20 World Cup as a player and now he wants to become a champion as a coach. Time will tell whether Gautam Gambhir will be able to do wonders this time or not, but in the year 2007, this legend had done wonders. Gautam Gambhir scored the most runs for India in the 2007 T20 World Cup and the team also became champion on the difficult pitch of South Africa.
Gautam Gambhir’s performance in T20 World Cup 2007
Gautam Gambhir did amazing batting in the T20 World Cup 2007. This player had scored 227 runs in 7 matches at an average of 37.83. He was second in terms of scoring the most runs in the tournament. Hayden had scored the maximum 265 runs. Gautam Gambhir had scored three half-centuries in this tournament. India’s first match in the T20 World Cup was against Scotland which was canceled due to rain. After this, India had a match against Pakistan where they were out on 0. Gautam Gambhir then scored 51 runs against New Zealand. He scored 58 runs against England, in which he led Team India to victory. Gautam Gambhir played the biggest innings in the final of T20 World Cup. He scored 75 runs in 54 balls against Pakistan.
Indians who have scored the most runs in every T20 World Cup
Yuvraj Singh scored the highest score of 153 runs for India in the 2009 T20 World Cup. Suresh Raina scored 219 runs in 2010. This legend is the only player to score a century for India in the T20 World Cup. Virat Kohli scored the most runs for India in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Virat’s bat scored 185 runs in 2012, 319 runs in 2014 and 273 runs in 2016. In the 2021 T20 World Cup, KL Rahul scored the highest score of 194 runs. Again in 2022, Virat Kohli scored the highest score of 296 runs for India. Rohit Sharma scored the highest score of 257 runs in the 2024 T20 World Cup.