Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Michael Vaughan and Sunil Gavaskar
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar wasn’t too completely satisfied over overseas gamers giving an opinion about Indian pitches as he stated that they may preserve doing it till they get publicity. Many ex-players together with former England skipper Michael Vaughan have been vocal about Motera wicket following India’s two-day end within the third Test in opposition to England.
Vaughan had even questioned the ICC for permitting India to get away with such surfaces. He even termed it as a ‘shallow’ victory for India. Talking concerning the much-debated floor through the fourth and ultimate Test in Ahmedabad, Gavaskar stated that the dialogue ought to slightly be about bowling and batting.
“The discussion should have been around bowling and batting. The batsmen got bowled or were given LBW, how can we call it a bad pitch. Why do we give this much importance to foreign players? Why should we discuss what they are saying,” Gavaskar informed host broadcaster Star Sports on Thursday.
“When India will get all out on 36 runs, then are the feedback of Kapil Dev, (Sachin) Tendulkar, (Sourav) Ganguly or (Virender) Sehwag given significance by that nation’s media or TV channel. Not in any respect. Then why are we giving significance to them?
And after we is not going to give them significance, they may study the lesson. Till the time they know that they may get significance and publicity, they may preserve doing it. England group didn’t complain. Joe Root didn’t complain,” he added.
The Axar Patel-R Ashwin duo delivered once more as Indian spinners accounted bundled England out for 205 runs within the ultimate Test of the sequence. Axar picked 4 whereas Ashwin bagged three to maintain the hosts within the driver’s seat on house turf.
India presently lead the four-match sequence 2-1 and wish at the very least a draw within the ongoing Test to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate in opposition to New Zealand at Lord’s.
