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Gambhir tweets of his inclusion in DDCA managing committee

Former Delhi captain says he will strive to restore the "glory days" after being named "government nominee"

Gautam Gambhir during a nets session, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, November 14, 2012

Gautam Gambhir during a nets session  •  Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Delhi and India batsman Gautam Gambhir announced, through a tweet, that he has been added into the Delhi District Cricket Association's managing committee by sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore as a government nominee. Gambhir, who was Delhi's captain until last season, said it was time to "adjust the corridors" of the DDCA to help restore the "glory days". Gambhir has made a century and a fifty in four completed Ranji innings this season, and is currently in action against Karnataka in Alur.