Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has hit out on the choice committee for not giving the senior gamers a break within the two-Check sequence in opposition to the West Indies. Gavaskar identified that the group’s focus ought to now be on the white-ball format forward of the ODI World Cup in India in October-November.
In a two-pronged assault on the selectors, the previous India opener informed Sports activities Tak that the choice committee had missed a possibility to ship the younger gamers to West Indies. He famous that West Indies should not the identical group they as soon as had been and if a younger participant performs effectively within the Caribbean, he’ll get a confidence increase that may assist him in future encounters in opposition to larger groups like Australia, England or New Zealand.
With out naming anybody, Gavaskar famous that the senior gamers within the group that 4-5 gamers within the present check group which are a certainty for the 50 over World Cup ought to have been given a whole break they usually shouldn’t be made to play the longer format of the sport until the tip of ODI World Cup.
He mentioned to Sports activities Tak, “They’ve been taking part in continuous cricket since October-November final 12 months. And other than harm breaks, they’ve not likely bought lengthy breaks. So give them a whole break from red-ball cricket. The certainties who could be taking part in the 50-over World Cup. You might have given Shami a break so perhaps the others too,”
The legendary batter argued that this West Indies sequence will not be going to inform something new concerning the established gamers. He additionally claimed that it’s not clear if these identical gamers will likely be obtainable for the WTC Last after two years.
Gavaskar had additionally questioned the omission of Cheteshwar Pujara from the Check squad in opposition to the West Indies. Gavaskar identified that Pujara had been a loyal servant of Indian cricket and was not noted as a result of he didn’t have hundreds of thousands of followers on social media platforms who would make noise about his omission.
Up to date: 25 Jun 2023, 08:28 AM IST