New Delhi, March 11 -- As his side basks in the triumph of the T20 World Cup, Indian Head Coach Gautam Gambhir has lauded the role played by ICC Chairman and former BCCI Secretary Jay Shah in taking Indian Cricket forward and revealed the role played by Shah in getting him on board as head coach.

Gambhir had taken up the Head Coach role following his triumph with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 as a mentor.

Speaking to ANI, Gambhir recalled how, before his side's IPL clash against the Mumbai Indians (MI) that season in Mumbai, Jay Shah rang him up early in the morning with an offer he "could not say no to". The former India star revealed that, in fact, he felt he was not ready to be the coach at that ...