‘I feel it is important to clear this up’ - Manoj Tiwary clarifies his recent comments on Gautam Gambhir

Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary recently managed to capture many headlines after he made some controversial comments on former India cricketer and the current head coach of the side Gautam Gambhir. In an interview that went viral all over social media, Tiwary called Gambhir a hypocrite.

After Tiwary went viral for his comments, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra came forward and gave his thoughts on the same. Chopra opined that Tiwary has been following the trend of everyone is looking to criticise Gambhir after India’s performance in the BGT. 

After Chopra’s comments, Manoj Tiwary shared a video on social media where he shared his thoughts on Chopra’s comments.

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"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 said in the video. 

"I like Aakash, I respect him, [he gives his] honest opinion. I feel it is important to clear this up. Aakash bhai said, ‘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,” he added.

I just said what I felt in the interview: Tiwary

Furthermore, clarifying his stance, Manoj Tiwary opined that he had said what he said because he felt those things, and was not following in anyone’s footsteps. 

"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,” Tiwary said.