India, Jan. 22 -- For months, Gautam Gambhir has been portrayed as this villain of Indian cricket whose job seems to be masterminding the exits of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Be it their decision to retire from Test cricket or the decision to make it mandatory for them to play domestic cricket, the Indian head coach has been blamed for everything that's gone wrong in Indian cricket. The recent string of poor results in Tests and ODIs notwithstanding, the buck seems to stop with one notion: Gambhir wants Kohli and Rohit out of the Indian team.

In the past, Gambhir has always addressed Rohit and Kohli with one take: 'The 2027 World Cup is two years down the line'. No one's a guarantee. But while this applies to everyone, trolls and hater...