Twitter reacts to Gambhir's remark on website's post on Dhoni's WC-winning six

As the cricketing fraternity remembered the iconic moment from 9 years ago when Dhoni’s six sent an entire nation into jubilation, Gautam Gambhir hasn’t taken kindly to all that nostalgia. The 2011 final’s Man of the Match winner took to Twitter to criticise the ‘obsession’ over the six. 

ESPNCricinfo had put up a post remembering Dhoni’s iconic 6. “#OnThisDay in 2011, the shot that sent millions of Indians into jubilation”, the post read. The picture showed Dhoni hitting the winning shot of the 2011 World Cup.

Gambhir however didn’t take likely to the post. In a reply to the post, he wrote, “Just a reminder @Espncricinfo: #worldcup2011 was won by entire India, entire Indian team & all support staff. High time you hit your obsession for a SIX”. 

Gambhir had scored a match-winning 97 in the final and kept his composure scoring valuable runs when India were under pressure 31/2 after Malinga removed both Sehwag and Tendulkar early. He was bowled by Thisara Perrera while he was on 97.

But Twitter didn’t take lightly to Gambhir’s outburst. Many took to twitter to criticise Gambhir over reading too much into a post which was meant to remember an iconic moment. 

One of the users wrote,”This is ICC website. It says "Kapil and his India side made history". Jimmy Amarnath was man of the match in both semi final and the final. But the lasting image of 1983 is Kapil lifting the WC. They are making a movie about that win right now and all the promos are about Kapil.”