Gautam Gambhir comment on controversial gesture to crowd in Asia Cup match
Former batter of India Gautam Gambhir, who was part of the 2011 World Cup-winning team, has explained his controversial gesture towards a section of the crowd in an Asia Cup match in September this year and said that he reacted the way he did due to some fans saying anti-India slogans. However, the cricketer-turned-politician said he should not have made the gesture.
In a podcast with Smita Prakash, Gambhir answered queries on the issue and said everyone reacts differently and has a different mindset, saying, "If someone doesn't want to listen, then you react."
During the Asia Cup match, Gambhir was seen briefly pointing his middle finger towards fans, with some reports claiming that he had done so amid slogans hailing Virat Kohli.
Gambhir said, “If I am going there and some fans point out and say 'Hindustan Murdabad' and they were told once by the security to not do it...in the heat of the moment, I accept I made a wrong gesture, and sometimes when you hear these things, you react. Everyone reacts differently; everyone has a different mindset. If someone doesn't want to listen, then you react, and I am accepting that I shouldn't have made that gesture.”