Gambhir insists vice-captaincy would not affect his role in the team – Cricket News Update
India’s hard-hitting opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, said on Saturday that his appointment as vice captain for next month’s World T20 Championship in Sri Lanka would not affect his performance, insisting that he was in the team not for the designation but
to score runs.
"Your responsibilities and commitment towards the team don't change with change in designation,” said Gambhir when reached for a comment after he was reinstated as India’s vice captain.
“I’m not in the team for my vice-captaincy. I’m in the team to score runs and win matches for my country,” the left-hander stressed.
The 30-year-old Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 over him for the quadrangular Asia Cup tournament, in
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747. Kohli then continued deputizing Dhoni in the recently concluded limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka.
However, the selectors handed the position back to the left-hander when they met in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 to pick squads for the esteemed T20 tournament and the home Test series against New Zealand.
Gambhir has had an impressive tour of Sri Lanka, most recently, where he scores two half centuries and a ton against Islanders in the five-match ODI series, which his side won 4-1. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 lad admitted that his recent good performance in Sri Lanka will
act as a morale booster for him, when they will revisit the Island nation next month, for the T20 World Cup.
"World T20 will be a different ball game altogether but we’ve played so many times in Sri Lanka that we are aware about the conditions over there," said Gambhir, the veteran of 139 One Day Internationals and 27 T20 Internationals.
India’s World T20 trip of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. Gambhir said that adapting while switching quickly between the two formats will be crucial.
"We’ll be playing Test cricket next but then we’ll be playing a couple of T20 Internationals…We’ll be playing a few more practice T20 games (in Sri Lanka)…that would serve as good enough preparation for the World Cup," said the Indian vice-captain.
The latest edition of the World T20 Championship will be held in Sri Lanka, between September 18 and October 7.
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