Sunil Gavaskar Statements
Sunil Gavaskar - Latest statements from the press
Indian cricket player
“ Why is the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy not played till the quarterfinal, then a break for a few weeks, and then the semifinals and final, as it happens with the Ranji Trophy? It won’t be done because the…
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‘Ranji Trophy split for IPL auction’: Gavaskar slams BCCI’s domestic…
“ The argument that India’s bench strength is such that it can field three teams is good to make claims for the world, but the reality, as recent results have shown, is that one India team is at the…
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‘Indian cricketers are neither machines nor sugarcane’: Sunil Gavaskar…
“ The recent meeting to take stock of Indian cricket did try to come to grips with the issue. Hopefully, when the ICC meeting to discuss the international cricket calendar over the next cycle of four…
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‘Indian cricketers are neither machines nor sugarcane’: Sunil Gavaskar…
“ I think he's very experienced as a captain. We've seen him when he was captain of KKR, Delhi Capitals, and then Punjab. He's got the experience. I don't think there’s going to be any further pressure…
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Asian Games 2026 | Expectations from Shreyas Iyer & Co will be high,…
“ Kuldeep Yadav’s absence also did not help, as a good wrist spinner can get the lower-order batters out in a jiffy most of the time,
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‘Does make Indian cricket fans a bit nervous…sameness to the bowling’:…
“ The debutant off-spinner looked an honest trier with little variety to trouble batters at this level. Sure, he could have been nervous considering that he was making his debut, yet there was no…
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‘Does make Indian cricket fans a bit nervous…sameness to the bowling’:…
“ The India team spinning coach jokingly said that giving a free hit after a no-ball might help in curbing the offense. Please, let us not make run-scoring easier in Test cricket for the batters with…
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Sunil Gavaskar suggests fines for bowlers & coaches after India’s no…
“ Instead, how about a fine which gets doubled for every further transgression, plus half the amount of the fine for the bowling coach, too. The fines collected can be used for the final team dinner…
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Jadeja’s no-ball blunders irk Gavaskar, calls for fining bowlers,…
“ The no-balls being bowled by the Indian bowlers came in for a fair bit of comment. This has to be looked at urgently because it can change the colour of the game. There are very few aspects of the…
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Sunil Gavaskar wants fines for bowling no-balls in Tests after…
“ It will be interesting to see the report and rating for the Mackay pitch by the match referee. There’s generally been a desire among the referees to get brownie points from the media of the old…
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‘Excuses will come thick and fast, brazen hypocrisy’: Gavaskar slams…
“ Another Test match in Australia has finished within two days. This has happened four times there in the last few years. And we are yet to hear any criticism of the trampoline-bounce pitches that…
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‘Excuses will come thick and fast, brazen hypocrisy’: Gavaskar slams…
“ Even today, that brainwashed thinking that a batter has to be judged by how he bats on fast, bouncy pitches prevails, while nobody even asks why lack of footwork, which is such an essential skill…
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Sunil Gavaskar tears into Mackay pitch and ICC referees; calls out…