Gambhir stated that it was then captain MS Dhoni’s reminder about his three-figure mark that led to a rush of blood and resulted in his dismissal. “When your mind suddenly turns to your individual performance, individual score, then somewhere you have a rush of blood. Before that moment, my target was only to chase Sri Lanka’s target. Even to this day, people ask me why I couldn’t get those three runs,” Gambhir said. Gambhir’s knock drew as much intrigue as admiration due to the fact that he fell just three runs short of a century in a World Cup final.

Source: Hindustan Times November 18, 2019 04:06 UTC