Twitterati take jibes at Gautam Gambhir after MS Dhoni gets role of mentor for T20 World Cup

Dhoni last played for India against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup semi-final.

By - 09 Sep, 2021

Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni | GETTY

MS Dhoni will be mentoring the Indian cricket team during the upcoming T20 World Cup tournament. BCCI on Wednesday (September 8) announced the Indian squad for the ICC event, along with Dhoni's name for the mentor role.

Twitterati were overjoyed with the news of Dhoni's role for the 2021 T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman. They had waited to see him play for India one last time but the tournament was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Dhoni eventually announced retirement.

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The fans also took a dig ex-India cricketer Gautam Gambhir after Dhoni got the role of the mentor. There were light-hearted memes and jokes for Gambhir as fans believe he often takes potshots at Dhoni.

However, Gambhir has welcomed the move to appoint Dhoni as the mentor of Team India for T20 World Cup.

Apart from Dhoni's new role, R Ashwin coming back to the white-ball squad was a big surprise. He is accompanied by spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy, Akshar Patel, and Rahul Chahar in the 15-member squad.

Here are the reactions of fans to Dhoni's return:

Gambhir after seeing the news- Dhoni to join team India as a mentor in T20 World cup: pic.twitter.com/RthMVngJ9v
— Aarohi Tripathy ???????? (@aarohi_vns) September 8, 2021

Gambhir na watching T20 WC
~ Suddenly Cameraman shows MS Dhoni... pic.twitter.com/K7fFQPk5Ti
— Bruce Wayne (@BruceWayne_MSD) September 8, 2021

Gautam Gambhir is not happy with Jay shah decision to make ms dhoni mentor of Indian team @GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/DHO5Tfv4pd
— Anurag Singh Rathor (@Anurag_msdian7) September 8, 2021

* News : BCCI makes MS Dhoni mentor of India's T20 World Cup squad *

Gautam Gambhir : pic.twitter.com/eHVVpLkx9u
— N I T I N (@theNitinWalke) September 8, 2021

MS Dhoni returns to mentor TeamIndia for the #t20worldcup2021

BCCI to Gautam Gambhir : pic.twitter.com/gf5O6ipIEC
— ???? Til wali Kanyaa???????? (@UPkiKanyaaa) September 8, 2021

Gautam gambhir after announcement of Mahender Singh Dhoni as mentor of T20 World cup Indian Team???? pic.twitter.com/ONjgYEaAiv
— सौरभ मिश्रा (@saurmisra) September 8, 2021

Gautam Gambhir Watching BCCI Selecting MS DHONI As Mentor, Not Him ..! ????????????#MSDhoni #BCCI pic.twitter.com/CIgzfT1JSa
— Stalwart Dhoni (@StalwartMSD) September 8, 2021

Gautam Gambhir after BCCI announced DHONI as Indian team's mentor for #T20WorldCup #BCCI #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/sOEZyfpkFp
— Ankita Singh (@ankita_siingh) September 8, 2021

"Dhoni will be the mentor of Indian team in upcoming T20 world cup "

Gambhir, irfan&harbajan : pic.twitter.com/nq9NoiFjzL
— Mask (@lolwa_op) September 8, 2021

#t20worldcup2021 #Dhoni #MentorDhoni #T20WorldCupsquad
Gautam Gambhir to every talker rn ???? pic.twitter.com/cfZ4mpPOad
— ????T . O . M . A . L ???????? (@samaj_premi) September 9, 2021

Twitterati take jibes at Gautam Gambhir after MS Dhoni gets role of mentor for T20 World Cup

Dhoni last played for India against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup semi-final.

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