Gautam Gambhir tweets clarification on biopics after Twitter outrage

NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir has taken to social media to clarify his comments over the weekend about motion pictures made on cricketers, tweeting on Monday that he is not against any specific player.

"My detractors got it wrong. Am not against ANY ONE cricketers's biopic, am against d very concept which includes a biopic on my life" tweeted Gambhir just a day after starting that "doesn't believe in biopics on cricketers".

On Sunday, a tweet on Gambhir's official handle read: "I don't believe in biopics on cricketers. I think those people who have contributed more to the country than the cricketers deserve a biopic. There are lots of people in the country who have done so many noble deeds for the nation. Therefore, biopics should be made on their lives."

My detractors got it wrong. Am not against ANY ONE cricketer's biopic, am against d very concept which includes a biopic on my life.

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 19, 2016

This created a storm on social media, with many seeing the Delhi captain's statements as a dig at the upcoming biopic on MS Dhoni, India's ODI and T20I captain, titled 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story'.

Gambhir, 34, has played 56 Tests, 147 ODIs and 37 T20Is for India. He was a member of the teams that lifted the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 - he made 75 in the final - and the 2011 World Cup, when he made 97 in the final but lost out on the Man-of-the-Match award to Dhoni, who made 91 not out off 79 balls. Gambhir was also a significant contributor to India's rise to No 1 in the ICC Test rankings in December 2009, scoring almost 3800 runs with seven centuries in the 18-month period before that.

He has not played for India since August 2014.