Sunil Gavaskar Slams Hypocrisy of Ex-Foreign Players: Former India cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar slammed former English and Australian cricketers over the hypocrisy and being biased against India.
Sunil Gavaskar Slams Hypocrisy of Ex-Foreign Players
In a report by ABC Sport, Gavaskar slammed the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground and said that had it been in India, Ex-Australian and English cricketers would have already been out with the guns.
“If 15 wickets fell [on one day] in India, all hell would have broken loose. We had Glenn McGrath saying he’d never seen so much grass. Did you hear any former India cricketer moan about the pitch?” Gavaskar said.
Gavaskar also said that Indianns are not moaners or whingers and never complains over pitches.
“Former English and Australian cricketers all time talk about the Indian pitches and conditions. We’re not moaners, we’re not whingers. You’ll never find us complaining, but 15 wickets in a day in India, there would be hell”. (ABC Sport).
“When we go out and play cricket we will toughen it out. And if we are beaten, we are beaten. Overseas it’s very difficult to beat home teams.
Gavaskar also pointed out at the abnormal amount of grass on the ground
“I did say that when we saw the pitch yesterday, the cows could have gone and grazed on it.
“This is not the ideal Test match pitch that you want because you want it to go into a fourth and fifth day. Unless there is rain I don’t see us being here on day four.”
The second day of the India vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy saw 15 wickets falling out, 9 from Australia’s first innings and 6 from India’s second Innings. Australia got all out in their first innings by a score of 181, as they were chasing India’s first innings score of 185.
As India started their second innings, the pitch remained the same and became a graveyard for the batters with 6 of India’s top order walking back to the pavilion. India have a 146-run lead at the end of the second day after losing 6 wickets
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