India, Jan. 26 -- Ajinkya Rahane, the seasoned India batter, urged head coach Gautam Gambhir to "stay away from social media" and not think too much about what is being said about him online. Last week, the former India opening batter set the internet ablaze with his reaction to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's tweet, seemingly breaking his silence on the rift rumours with seasoned batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Tharoor and Gambhir met before the first T20I between India and New Zealand in Nagpur, and the former described the latter as having the second-most difficult job after the Prime Minister of the country.

Reacting to Tharoor's post, Gambhir said that over time, people will realise there is no such thing as a coach's"unlimited a...