The title match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between India and New Zealand last Sunday (08 March). In the match, Team India won the trophy unilaterally by 96 runs. After India’s victory, many stalwarts congratulated them, including former Indian captain MS Dhoni, who won India the first T20 World Cup. Now Gautam Gambhir’s comment came on Mahi’s post, seeing which the fans were forced to hold their heads.

Such claims have often been made on social media that all is not well between Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni. However, both of them never talked about any rift with each other. Now the fans were left confused after seeing Gambhir’s comment on Mahi’s post.

Special mention of Gautam Gambhir in Dhoni’s post

Let us tell you that while congratulating Team India for winning the T20 World Cup, Mahi had made special mention of coach sahib i.e. Gautam Gambhir in his post. Although Mahi did not take Gambhir’s name. Talking specifically about the coach, Dhoni said, “Coach sir, your smile looks good. The combination of seriousness with smile is amazing.”

Gautam Gambhir replied

Gautam Gambhir replied by commenting on this post of Mahi. The Indian head coach wrote, “And what a great reason to smile, good to see you!” Gambhir’s comment made about 3 hours ago has received more than 58 thousand likes.

Look what all the World Cup win has given us. A heartwarming Thala x Gauti moment on Instagram. We have seen it all! ??? pic.twitter.com/CHlpgZBkkL

— Mama (@SriniMaama16) March 9, 2026

Gambhir’s amazing coaching in white ball cricket

It is noteworthy that Gautam Gambhir’s coaching in white ball cricket has proved quite successful for Team India so far. Earlier, under the coaching of Gambhir, Team India had won the 2025 Champions Trophy title. Now the Indian team has won the T20 World Cup title under his coaching.

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