India vs England Test 2021: “They are getting publicity out of it” – Sunil Gavaskar on experts speaking about pitches


India vs England Test 2021: “They are getting publicity out of it” – Sunil Gavaskar on experts speaking about pitches
Sunil Gavaskar

Hitting out at ‘foreign players’ who are criticizing Indian pitches, legendary batsman and former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has stated that they should not be given any importance.

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Gavaskar said that they would keep doing it till the time they are getting publicity out of it. “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 told too Star Sports on Thursday.

“When India got all out on 36 runs, then are the comments of Kapil Dev, (Sachin) Tendulkar, (Sourav) Ganguly or (Virender) Sehwag given importance by that country’s media or TV channel. Not at all. Then why are we giving importance to them’ And when we will not give them importance, they will learn the lesson. Till the time they know that they will get importance and publicity, they will keep doing it. England team did not complain. Joe Root did not complain,” he added.

Formers cricketers had taken a dig at the pitch

Michael Vaughan's Instagram post
Michael Vaughan’s Instagram post

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has been quite vocal in his criticism of the pitches used in the ongoing Test series between India and England.

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Vaughan said India had managed to defeat England by ten wickets within two days in the pink-ball Test. Commenting on the pitch during the match, Vaughan had tweeted, “Let’s be honest this is not a 5 day Test pitch !! #INDvENG.”

Former Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar also said that India is using “too much” of home advantage and that Virat Kohli’s team does not require assistance from the pitch to win the game. 

Several other players and former England spinner Monty Panesar, Alastair Cook and others have been talking about the spinner-friendly pitches.

However, after the third Test, Rohit Sharma had clarified that he did not think the pitch had any demons. Even India skipper Virat Kohli was vocal about the dreadful batting display from the two teams.

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