Saket Court on Wednesday issued a warrant against former cricketer Gautam Gambhir | Photo Credit: PTI

Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir found himself in a rather unexpected puddle as the Saket Court on Wednesday issued a warrant (BW - Bailable) against the recently retired batsman. The former Indian batsman was the brand ambassador of a project of real estate group Rudra Buildwell Reality Pvt. Ltd. The firm and its director Mukesh Khurana and HR Infracity Pvt Ltd (director Gautam Mehta) have been accused of cheating, misappropriation and conspiracy of a huge sum of money of various investors who had invested in flats in the NCR area.

Allegedly crores were collected from the investors projecting Gambhir's name as the brand ambassador by Rudra group. However, the firm failed to fulfil the promises made on time and were accused of allegedly cheating investors in a building project in Indirapuram. The court had earlier rejected Gambhir's revision plea in the case, in which the former cricketer argued that he was merely a brand ambassador and was alone, not sufficient to lure buyers. He also mentioned that he has not been charge-sheeted in the case.

In the latest development in the case, Saket court CMM, Sh. Manish Khurana, issued a warrant (BW - Bailable) against Gambhir for not appearing in the case repeatedly even after rejection of his revision plea, as per Times Now sources. The Real Estate Regulatory Authority authorities have also termed Rudra Group as defaulters due to delay in projects.

One of the finest openers to have played for India, Gambhir is fondly remembered for his two absolutely heroic knocks in the finals of the T20I World Cup 2007 and the 2011 ODI World Cup respectively. He scored 75 off 54 against Pakistan in the summit clash of World T20 in 2017 which India won by 5 runs. He was once again the top-scorer for India in the final of the 2011 World Cup scoring 97 runs off 122 deliveries.

Gambhir recently announced retirement from international cricket drawing curtains on a nearly two-decade-long professional career. He played his last competitive game against Andhra for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy. He signed off after representing India in 58 Test matches, 147 ODIs and 37 T20Is. The Delhi batsman scored 4154, 5238 and 932 runs respectively in the three formats.