Gautam Gambhir names his 'nightmare' during IPL captaincy

image-leawlcbmRohit Sharma captains Mumbai Indians in the IPL [Source: Twitter]

In a remarkable turn of events, the schedule for the group-stage fixtures of the Indian Premier League was released a few days back. With that, the discussions regarding the tournament kicked off among the cricket fraternity. 

Meanwhile, former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir revealed that Rohit Sharma was a nightmare for him during his IPL captaincy days. Speaking to Star Sports, Gambhir admitted to planning a lot to tackle Rohit during his playing days as KKR skipper. 

"The only captain who gave me sleepless nights was Rohit Sharma. I didn't need to make plans for anyone else, nor did I think much about others,

On being quizzed about which two players he would've liked to play for KKR, the stylish southpaw named Rohit and Yuvraj Singh explaining how the inclusion of these two batters would've made the Knight Riders invincible. 

"If I have to pick two players, my first player would be Rohit Sharma, and second would be Yuvraj Singh. I'm not saying we would be having a perfect team, but we would've won more than two titles. Rohit and I would open, Robin Uthappa at 3, Suryakumar Yadav at 4, Yuvraj at 5, Yusuf Pathan at 6 and Andre Russell at 7. You can imagine what a team that would have been."

Gambhir served KKR with distinction, helping them clinch two IPL titles in 2012 and 2014. Besides being a broadcaster, the ex-opener continues mentoring Lucknow Super Giants in the showpiece event slated to commence on March 31.