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Many questions were raised, many allegations were made, a lot of criticism was also made. Despite this, under the guidance of Gautam Gambhir, Team India once again won the title. As Team India became the champion in T20 World Cup 2026, Gautam Gambhir became the first Indian coach to win 2 ICC trophies. This success of Team India gave an opportunity to the entire country to rejoice and coach Gambhir himself is openly expressing his happiness. But even amidst this success, Gambhir is unable to forget that moment when he was very sad and at such a time no one asked him, only one person knew about his condition and that was Jai Shah.

On March 8, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Team India won the T20 World Cup title for the second consecutive time by defeating New Zealand in the final and became the first team to do so. in team victory Coach Gautam Gambhir Had a big hand in this, who took charge of the team after the last World Cup win in 2024. Since then, he has made many major changes in Team India and the result has been seen in the form of this title. Gambhir has also given credit for this to ICC Chairman Jay Shah, who not only made him a coach but also supported him in bad times.

Only Jai Shah called

In an interview given to news agency ANI after Team India's victory, Gambhir revealed that when Team India faced defeat in the home Test series against New Zealand and South Africa, only Jay Shah understood his pain. Gambhir said, "I have gone through a lot of bad times during my tenure, be it the home Test series loss to New Zealand or the home loss to South Africa, which I can never forget. No one called me then. Only one person talked to me and that was Jai Shah. After the loss to New Zealand in Mumbai, when I was at the airport, he called me and told me to keep my courage. Even after the loss against South Africa, he called me and I will always remember this."

#WATCH | “We were playing an IPL game in Mumbai, KKR versus Mumbai Indians and it was Jay Bhai (ICC Chairman Jay Shah) who called me…At that time, I wasn't even ready…When I was offered this job, I had no experience as a head coach, because I've never been a head coach of any pic.twitter.com/JNQyxEm3ck

— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2026

How did Jai Shah offer the job of coach?

Gambhir also narrated the story of how Jay Shah offered him the job of coach of Team India during the IPL. Gambhir said, "I remember I got a call from Jai Bhai during the match between Mumbai and KKR in IPL (2024) and he said, 'I want to make you an offer and you cannot refuse. You have to become the head coach'. I was surprised to hear this because I was not even ready for it at that time. It was a huge honor for me to become the head coach of Team India because very few former players get a chance to go to the dressing room again. I did not have the experience of a head coach. But still he trusted me and salute to him for that.”