Former India Nationwide Cricket Crew batsman Manoj Tiwary has launched a vicious assault on head coach Gautam Gambhir and labelled him as a hypocrite.
Manoj Tiwary mentioned the previous remarks of Gautam Gambhir on the India-Pakistan conflict and questioned him for being the top coach of the workforce that’s set to lock horns with the Males In Inexperienced.
The Indian authorities provides clearance for the India-Pakistan Asia Cup conflict
Tensions between India and Pakistan hit a peak in April-Could 2025, following a lethal terrorist assault on Indian vacationers in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025.
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India launched Operation Sindoor, a serious army operation, on Could 7, 2025, in retaliation, and this led to the 2 international locations aggressively exchanging missile strikes.
After 4 days of intense battle, on Could 10, 2025, a ceasefire was agreed upon, however because of the tensions, there was a giant query mark over the Asia Cup 2025.
Nevertheless, the competitors is all set to go forward and can be performed within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 9 to twenty-eight. The Indian authorities has additionally allowed the Males in Blue to face Pakistan within the multi-nation competitors.
India and Pakistan have been positioned in the identical group and may face off towards one another for a most of thrice, with the primary conflict on Sunday, September 14.
I at all times felt that he is somebody who’s a hypocrite – Manoj Tiwary
Manoj Tiwary and Gautam Gambhir do not share a great relationship, and the previous has again and again launched brutal verbal assaults on the India head coach.
Within the newest one, he talked about Gautam Gambhir’s remarks, the place he mentioned that India ought to strictly keep away from taking part in any worldwide matches towards Pakistan till the cross-border terrorism stops.
Manoj Tiwary mentioned that Gautam Gambhir ought to resign from his put up as India’s head coach and keep agency on his stance of not taking part in towards Pakistan.
“I at all times felt that he is somebody who’s a hypocrite. He is a hypocrite as a result of he is the one who mentioned that India, when he was not the coach of Crew India, mentioned that India and Pakistan ought to by no means play a match between them. What’s going to he do now? He is the coach of the workforce that is going to play Pakistan within the Asia Cup,” Tiwary instructed CrickTracker.
“Why cannot he simply resign and say that I can’t be a part of the workforce India since you are taking part in with Pakistan?” he added.
So, I at all times felt that he is a hypocrite – Manoj Tiwary
Tiwary additional spoke in regards to the previous remarks of Gautam Gambhir that went viral, the place he was seen backing Yashasvi Jaiswal’s choice within the T20I squad.
He highlighted how Gautam Gambhir has saved Yashasvi Jaiswal out of India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad regardless of earlier demanding his place within the setup.
“He is the one who mentioned that Yashasvi Jaiswal is among the gamers who’s the way forward for Crew India, and likewise he is somebody who won’t be saved exterior T20. He shouldn’t be saved exterior T20. He needs to be given an extended run. And now, he isn’t there within the workforce,” mentioned Tiwary.
“So, a variety of issues aside from these couple of statements the place he mentioned, and he has simply finished the other. So, I at all times felt that he is a hypocrite, and he is at all times been a hypocrite,” he added.
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