My insecurities well documented but raised the bar alone: Gambhir

Exuding grace, Gautam Gambhir Wednesday said he "doesn't see anything wrong" in Paddy Upton's assessment of his insecurities but asserted that he is not a vulnerable man, citing the 97 in the World Cup final to buttress his point.

In his new book 'The Barefoot Coach', India's former mental conditioning coach has written about notions of mental toughness and how Gambhir, despite being one of the finest Indian batsmen of his time, was perhaps also "one of the weakest and mentally most insecured".

The cricketer-turned-politician, who is currently busy with his election campaign, doesn't find anything wrong with Upton's assessment.

"Well, Paddy Upton is a genuinely nice man and he won't have done anything with any sinful intentions. I have full faith in him," Gambhir told PTI when asked about Upton's comments about him in the newly released book.

"In any case my insecurities as a cricketer are well-documented. It is not as if Paddy has spoken about something that was not there in public ..