"I am fine with criticism": Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

"Those living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at others." India head coach Gautam Gambhir hardly pulled back punches as he responded to criticism from a couple of former Test stars, accusing them of treating Indian cricket as their "personal fiefdom".

While Gambhir didn't take names, he dropped enough hints to make it obvious that the target of his outburst were two former India skippers from Mumbai, who have been critical of him since his playing days. "I am into this job for eight months. If results don't come, I am fine with criticism. It is people's job to criticise. There are people who are sitting in the commentary box for 25 years and feel that Indian cricket is their personal fiefdom," Gambhir said at ABP News's India At 2047 Summit. "Indian cricket's no one's personal property and it belongs to 140 crore Indians," he asserted.

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"These people have raised questions about my coaching, concussions [when he left 2011 Tour of England after a head injury], to distribution of Champions Trophy prize money," the straight-talker said.

A former India head coach, who is also a commentator, had spoken about Gambhir's "concussion" not being particularly serious during the team's 0-4 whitewash at the hands of England in 2011.

As far as the Champions Trophy prize money is concerned, it was former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar, who wondered in his column for Sportstar whether Gambhir would follow his predecessor Rahul Dravid and share the windfall with the support staff.

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