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Delhi Daredevils Drop Gautam Gambhir from Playing XI And This Is How Twitter Reacted

On Friday (April 27), Delhi Daredevils dropped their ex-captain, Gautam Gambhir for the clash against Kolkata Knight Riders. Delhi’s new skipper Shreyas Iyer confirmed Gambhir’s exclusion from the team’s playing XI during the toss.

Earlier this week, Gambhir had stepped down as skipper in the wake of team’s poor performance.
Gambhir was bought by DD in the player auctions in January, and soon after made captain of a team that was expected to break its IPL trophy drought. But the Daredevils have flattered to deceive, with the team losing five out of six games so far to be rooted to the bottom of the table.

Gambhir’s form too has been a major cause for worry. He started the season on a brilliant note, scoring 55 against Kings XI Punjab but after scoring in only single digits in the next five innings.
The last game Gautham Gambhir missed in IPL was against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2010.


“I take full responsibility for the position we are in. And looking at the position, I have decided to step down as captain. Iyer will take over. I still feel we have the team to turn things around this IPL,” Gambhir said while addressing the media in Delhi on Wednesday (April 25).

“Absolutely my decision. I was the one who initiated the meeting (with the team owners). I thought that I haven’t contributed enough and at the same time, the performance of the team… I had to take the responsibility being the leader of the ship. So I feel that it was the right time.

“We’re very much in this competition. It was absolutely my decision, no pressure from the franchise, they’ve been absolutely sportive about it, sometimes when your conscience says it’s the right time you just take that (call),” added Gambhir, the two-time IPL winning captain with KKR.

This is how twitter reacted after dropping him :