Watch: 'Smiling' Gautam Gambhir's Surprise For Reporters Has Internet In Awe
Gautam Gambhir, a two-time IPL winning captain with KKR, returned to the franchise as a mentor after spending two seasons at LSG with a similar role.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor Gautam Gambhir offered free sweets to journalists on the eve of the Bengali New Year or Poila Baisakh on Saturday. The heartwarming inciden took place on the eve of KKR's match against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Eden Gardens. After tackling some tough questions on KKR's season so far, an ecstatic Gambhir distributed sweets to the journalists inside the press box. The former LSG mentor uploaded a video of the same on his social media handles.
"Shubho Noboborsho to everyone," Gambhir captioned the video.
Shubho Noboborsho to everyone! #PohelaBoishak pic.twitter.com/QFEU7lYRac
— Gautam Gambhir (Modi Ka Parivar) (@GautamGambhir) April 14, 2024
Gambhir, a two-time IPL winning captain with KKR, returned to the franchise as a mentor after spending two seasons at LSG with a similar role.
Gambhir had led KKR to IPL titles in 2012 and 2014, respectively. During Gambhir's time at LSG, KKR lost all three matches at Eden Gardens to the Lucknow-based side.
Ahead of the game against LSG, Gambhir said that his time with in Lucknow does not make any difference in the game.
"It is a new day, a new start. What difference does it make that what has happened in the last two years? It really makes no difference. We start from scratch," said Gambhir.
"All of us are really looking forward to the game tomorrow. You know, it is a quality side. But we are a quality side as well," concluded.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Allah Ghazanfar
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Krishnappa Gowtham, Manimaran Siddharth, Amit Mishra, Matt Henry, Mayank Yadav, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Prerak Mankad, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni.
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