Sunil Gavaskar is miffed with the senior Indian players as his comments have been taken in a wrong context by them, leading to personal attack on the legendary cricketer. When he spoke about Virat Kohli’s strike rate in the Indian Premier League, the veteran batter slammed him and other former players and accused them of not knowing anything about the shortest format.
In the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, Gavaskar opined on the future of Rohit Sharma. He felt that India would not qualify for the final of the World Test Championship and the selectors are likely to appoint a new captain for the upcoming cycle. Although Gavaskar backed Rohit, he mentioned that it was time to look ahead in the longest format.
Rohit recently cleared the suspicion on his career, saying he is not retiring from international cricket and decided to sit out of the fifth Test against Australia for the betterment of the team. He also slammed commentators and the journalists for their statements and stories on his future. “I am retiring and a person with a mike and pen is not going to decide about my future,” he told Jatin Sapru. His words were also aimed at Gavaskar.
Sunil Gavaskar was asked whether India should be playing practice matches to prepare for any tour.
*Who are we? We don’t know cricket. We speak for the sake of TV and get money. Don’t listen to us, we’re nothing. Listen from one ear, and take it out from another,” he said on Star Sports. India”s next Test series is against England in June.
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