No Virender Sehwag Or Ab de Villiers! Gautam Gambhir Names 5 Indians In All-Time IPL XI Of His Teammates

Gautam Gambhir went with a team that has a heavy Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) flavour while picking the all-time XI of players who he played with. As many as 10 of Gambhir's picks were individuals who he played with at KKR, and Daniel Vettori proved to be the only exception.For those unversed, the two-time IPL-winning captain started his career at Delhi Daredevils and played three seasons with them from 2008 to 2010. He was captain of the franchise in the third season. Later, Gambhir returned to the franchise in 2018 and was once again named their captain but left the role midway through the season and played just six matches. In his time at the franchise, Gambhir played with some of the finest cricketers in history to grace the game, like Virender Sehwag, Ab de Villiers, Glenn Mcgrath, T Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik, and Rishabh Pant, but all were left out, with Vettori the only one to get the nod.Gambhir joined KKR in 2011 and spent seven seasons at the franchise, in which he led them to the title in 2012 and 2014. However, there were some notable omissions from the Indian head coach from his teammates at the Kolkata-based franchise too, with Brett Lee and Brendon McCullum not finding a place. In an interaction with Sportskeeda Cricket, Gambhir chose himself and Robin Uthappa as the opening pair. He picked Suryakumar Yadav as the number three batter. Jacques Kallis found a place, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers to play the game. Gambhir made an explosive lower midde-order with two of the finest power-hitters in IPL history in the form of Yusuf Pathan and Andre Russell finding a place. The former KKR captain picked as many as four spinners in his squad, with Vettori joined by Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, and Shakib-Al Hasan. India's newly appointed bowling coach, Morne Morkel, is the lone specialist pacer in the squad. Gautam Gambhir's All-Time IPL Of Players He Played With: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Shakib-Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Daniel Vettori, Morne Morkel.