India, May 6 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir pulled no punches as he tore into former India captain Sunil Gavaskar regarding the latter's Champions Trophy prize money comment. After Rohit Sharma and co-won the eight-team tournament by defeating New Zealand in the summit clash, the BCCI announced a prize money of INR 58 crore. Gavaskar, then, in his column for Sportstar, asked whether Gambhir would follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Rahul Dravid, in refusing to take more than the other members of the support staff.

After the T20 World Cup win in 2024, Dravid refrained from taking the additional INR 2.5 crore that the Indian cricket board was awarding him, and he decided to go for an equal share of the prize bonus as the rest o...