India, March 6 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir's sharp retort at insinuations that his team has been handed an "undeniable advantage" of playing all their Champions Trophy matches in Dubai, has been labelled as "cringeworthy arrogance" in a brutal assessment by a South African media report.

Due to geopolitical reasons, India did not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, forcing the ICC to schedule all their games in Dubai, which will now even include the final. On the contrary, all other teams had to travel within Pakistan, few even to Dubai, for their matches. The chaos over the scheduling received further criticism after two teams - South Africa and Australia - had to travel to Dubai for a potential semifinal against India, o...