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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY ON JIOHOTSTAR, AAKASH CHOPRA ANALYZED KKR\u2019S TEAM-BUILDING STRATEGY UNDER GAUTAM GAMBHIR IN 2024: \u201cWhen Gautam Gambhir returned as a mentor, and then built the squad, I felt that four pillars formed the foundation of the team. First was the unwavering faith in Mitchell Starc. Second, the decision to promote Sunil Narine as an opener. The third key element was reuniting with Shreyas Iyer. And last, but equally important, was investing in young talent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY ON JIOHOTSTAR ON HOW KKR STRUGGLED AFTER GAUTAM GAMBHIR\u2019S DEPARTURE AND HIS MUCH-AWAITED RETURN IN 2024, ROBIN UTHAPPA SAID:
\u201cWhen Gautam was no longer with KKR, it felt like\u2014where are the pieces going to settle? Since his exit, there was a slight loss of direction. I think, at one point, panic set in. From the outside, you could sense that things weren\u2019t as smooth as they seemed. You always expect KKR to perform at a high level, and when the performances didn\u2019t match the team\u2019s aura, it became evident that something had to change. As soon as I heard that Gautam Gambhir was coming back, I remember tweeting that the best thing to happen to KKR since Gautam Gambhir leaving, was Gautam Gambhir coming back!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY ON JIOHOTSTAR AND DISCUSSING THE SUCCESSFUL DYNAMICS BETWEEN GAUTAM GAMBHIR AS MENTOR AND SHREYAS IYER AS CAPTAIN, AAKASH CHOPRA SAID:
“For Gautam Gambhir the mentor, you needed a captain like Shreyas Iyer. Gautam is always deeply involved\u2014he handpicks the players, decides the strategy, and brings a clear vision. To complement that, the captain has to be someone without conflicting thoughts. There are contrasting styles between the two\u2014Gautam is intense, always in your face, while Shreyas has a laid-back, composed approach. But together, they were the perfect match, balancing each other out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY ON JIOHOTSTAR, AJAY JADEJA SPOKE ABOUT KKR\u2019S BOLD DECISION TO APPOINT GAUTAM GAMBHIR AS CAPTAIN IN 2011: \u201cThe relationship between KKR and Sourav Ganguly, whether with the fans or within the team, wasn\u2019t yielding great results. So, in 2011, a major overhaul was planned. I think the biggest shift that year was that, before 2011, KKR was seen as Sourav Ganguly’s team. But from that point, it became Shah Rukh Khan’s team\u2014with Gautam Gambhir leading them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RECALLING HIS FIRST INTERACTION WITH GAUTAM GAMBHIR IN 2011, FORMER KKR WICKETKEEPER-BATTER MANVINDER BISLA SAID ON JIOHOTSTAR: \u201cI remember Gautam Gambhir\u2019s first statement after coming to Kolkata. He said, \u2018I\u2019m your second son. And this is my second home. I\u2019m not here to replace Dada (Sourav Ganguly). I\u2019m here to make a name for myself. Kolkata, which hasn’t won a trophy in the last three years, I want to assure you that in the coming years, this team will show you how to win a trophy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Catch bytes from Shah Rukh Khan, Aakash Chopra, Robin Uthappa, Ajay Jadeja and others in \u2018Power Play\u2019, streaming on the JioHotstar app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cIT WAS A BIG HOMECOMING FOR GAUTAM GAMBHIR\u201d \u2013 SHAH RUKH KHAN ON GAMBHIR\u2019S RETURN TO KKR IN 2024 In an exclusive series on JioHotstar called \u2018Power Play\u2019, KKR Team owner Shah Rukh Khan, along with experts Aakash Chopra, Robin Uthappa, and Manvinder Bisla shared insights on the return of Gautam Gambhir as Kolkata Knight …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11899,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11897\/revisions\/11899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmictamil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}