KKR would always have issues while finding hotel rooms for Gambhir due to no. 9: Akram
Wasim Akram, who served as KKR bowling coach during their IPL title-winning run in 2012 and 2014, said that the team management would always have issues while finding hotel rooms for Gautam Gambhir due to number 9. Akram added, "He wanted '9' involved in some way, like 45 or 36...This is a kind of secret."