Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir showed off his humorous side while celebrating Teachers’ Day on Friday. Posting on X, he once again remembered the enduring bond between him and his mentor, Sanjay Bhardwaj.“Now I know what you went through coaching me all those years! Happy #TeachersDay!” Gautam Gambhir wrote in his heartfelt post.Replying to which, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan posted a laughing emoji under it. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Gambhir joined Bhardwaj’s LB Shastri Cricket Club at age 10. “There is no need for him to change his behaviour towards me,” Gambhir says. “When I went to him, I was a nobody. Even if my stature has grown, guru toh guru hi rehta hai.” Bhardwaj told TOI in an interview back in 2019, “Gautam is still the same 10-year-old for me. God and life have given him a lot, but with me, he is still the same kid who came to learn cricket.”The star pupil recalled the biggest lesson: honesty. “He taught me to be honest to myself. There is no bigger lesson, whether in cricket, work, or life. That honesty is something I will carry forever.” Bhardwaj added wryly, “I may have taught him to be too honest. He stayed very straightforward, always saying, ‘I want to bank only on my game.’ That honesty also hurt him at times.”In that same interview, Gambhir added, “When the coach works hard, the students are forced to work hard… When he travelled daily from Rohtak to Delhi by train to coach, I realised only hard work earns you a place with him. He taught me never to give up.”This Teacher’s Day, Gambhir’s tribute is more than a post, it is a celebration of a lifelong mentor whose guidance shaped Indian cricket.
