Tiwary had lashed out at the India head coach after the team's loss in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Tiwary questioned Gambhir's appointment as head coach, claiming the former opener lacks clarity and a definitive coaching style. His strongly-worded remarks came in the wake of India’s 1-3 drubbing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under.
"Gautam Gambhir is a hypocrite. He doesn’t do what he says," Tiwary told News18 Bangla on January 9.
"What is the use of a bowling coach? Whatever the coach says, he will agree. Morne Morkel came from Lucknow Super Giants. Abhishek Nayar was at Kolkata Knight Riders with Gambhir, and the Indian head coach knows that he will not go against his instructions," he added.
After his comments created quite a stir in the Indian cricket fraternity, Manoj Tiwary clarified his stance through social media on Sunday (January 12).
Taking to X, Tiwary posted a video, in which he slammed the media for editing and playing one particular chunk in his 20-minute interview.
"I was at my coaching centre, sitting there after practice. The local media came there to take my interview. We spoke for 20-25 minutes, and you know that when these people [media] take interviews, they go back to the office and edit it – whatever is convenient, what they feel is required will be kept. They will try to keep whatever there is demand for," Tiwary was heard saying in the clip.
He also addressed the criticism from former India cricketer Aakash Chopra, who accused the former Bengal captain of joining the bandwagon against Gambhir.
"There were two things Aakash bhai [Aakash Chopra] said. I am pretty sure that he may not have seen the interview of 20 minutes. And these four-five lines which came out from my interviews, he might have just seen that. I just want to clear this, Aakash bhai," Tiwary added.
"I like Aakash, I respect him, [he gives his] honest opinion. I feel it is important to clear this up. Aakash bhai said, 'Manoj behti Ganga mein haath dho raha hai [Manoj is washing his hands in the flowing Ganga],' (an idiom meaning to go with the tide), after people like Sunil Gavaskar and Sanjay Manjrekar were also criticising Gautam Gambhir. There is no such thing, Aakash bhai. I have no need to wash my hands in the flowing Ganga. The river is close by, and I can wash my hands there any time, but I do not wish to. I had not been following what those people said. I just said what I felt in the interview," he further remarked.