Happiness In This Game, Will Retire When Attachment Ends: Gambhir

Gambhir played the previous Test against England in 2016.
He scored 9 centuries in 58 Tests and 11 centuries in 147 ODIs.

New Delhi: #Gautam Gambhir has been out of the #Indian cricket team for the past 23 months. His return to Team India seems difficult. However, he has no intention of retiring. On Tuesday, he said on the issue, “I get pleasure in this game. The day I will feel that the attachment to the game has ended, I will retire.” Gambhir played his last international match against England in 2016.

Gambhir made a century in the #Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals: Gambhir said, “I want to make runs continuously. I think it is good to make runs, to win matches, to come back happily in the dressing room.” He had scored a hundred against Haryana on Sunday playing on the side of Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals.

Regarding satisfaction in professional #cricket, he said, “You always want to do something better. Your journey does not get over. When I feel that there is nothing to do now then I will not be able to play after that. I have so much to achieve in my career.”

Gambhir said, “There is always something new to do. There is always something new achievement has to be achieved. With this, we get a passion to do a lot of hard work and to progress.”

Debut in International Cricket in 2003: Delhi-born Gambhir started his career in 1999 with Ranji Trophy. He played in the first ODI in 2003 and Test in 2011. He played his last Test against England in November 2016, ODI against England in 2013 and T20 against Pakistan in 2012.

Arjuna Award in 2008: Gambhir scored 4154 runs in 58 Tests, 5238 in 147 ODIs and 932 runs in 37 T20s. He scored 75 in 54 balls in the 2007 T-20 World Cup and 122 balls in the 2011 World Cup. India had won both the finals. He got Arjuna Award in 2008.

Only Indian to score a century in five consecutive Tests: Gambhir scored a century in five consecutive Tests in 2009-10. He is the only batsman of India to do this. At that time, he was the number one batsman in the ICC Test rankings. He was awarded the ICC Test Player of the Year award the same year.