‘Even if you want to laugh …’: Gautam Gambhir explains his serious dugout look after Dhoni’s viral comment

NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir has lastly addressed the long-running jokes about his critical expressions within the dugout, saying the stress of representing India in main tournaments leaves little room for smiles — even in moments of celebration.The Indian head coach was reacting to a playful message from former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after India’s triumph within the 2026 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup. Dhoni congratulated the workforce on social media and humorously instructed Gambhir {that a} smile fits him.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Historical past will get created at Ahmedabad… large congratulations to the workforce and assist workers and to all of the followers of the Indian workforce worldwide. Coach Sahab smile appears nice on u, depth with smile is a killer combo,” Dhoni wrote in an Instagram submit following the victory.

Responding to the message, Gambhir mentioned he appreciated the gesture however defined that the extraordinary stress throughout world tournaments makes it tough for gamers and workers to brazenly specific feelings.“It’s very tough to be in a scenario the place individuals haven’t been. However good on him that he posted on that,” Gambhir instructed ANI. “While you’re in a dugout, there’s a lot at stake. There may be at all times a lot expectation from the Indian workforce that even if you wish to chortle, you possibly can’t chortle, particularly in a event just like the World Cup.”He added that the expectations surrounding Indian cricket are monumental and shedding, regardless that a part of sport, is usually handled as unacceptable.“In India, sadly, shedding isn’t an possibility — however it may possibly occur. If shedding was not an possibility, then India would have received all of the World Cups. However that doesn’t occur,” he mentioned.India’s emphatic 96-run win over New Zealand within the closing sealed a historic title defence, making the India the primary facet to win the T20 World Cup on house soil and the primary to elevate the trophy thrice.