Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Tuesday slammed the proposed rotation of the top-order batsmen in the Indian team in the cricket tri-series in Australia, saying that it suggested that the players are unfit.
"Expect nail-biting finishes, unforgettable sixes, and the kind of drama that keeps you glued to your seat.
Speaking to PTI, Lamb also spoke passionately about his playing days with Kapil Dev in County cricket and why he rates Sachin Tendulkar over Sunil Gavaskar and Virat Kohli.
Gavaskar pointed out the slow approach from the New Zealand players batted in the summit clash as the conditions were not very suitable for batting.
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Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is surprised at all-rounder Yusuf Pathan's omission from the Indian squad for the first two one-dayers against Australia. Gavaskar said that Yusuf's selection would have given a better balance to the Indian side.
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Under-pressure to quit his post as Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday met ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed in Dubai.
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The legendary batsman said 'sadly, India too has resorted to personal on-field abuse'.
Sunil Gavaskar is known for his impregnable defence against the all-time-great West Indies pace battery, but the former opening batsman, who turned 67 on Sunday, had a weakness - glucose biscuits from Amchi Mumbai. This was revealed by his younger sister Nutan at a function organised to mark his birthday by the Legends Club at the Cricket Club of India. "He used to like those biscuits...Parle G gluco biscuits. West Indies was a long way off and (it was a) long tour, so he would like to have those biscuits for his tea or coffee, so whoever was travelling there, we would try and send those packets of biscuits for him," Nutan Gavaskar told reporters.
As Arya walked back to the pavilion after scoring eight off nine balls, Digvesh, his teammate from the Delhi T20 League, mimicked writing a letter -- an act seemingly directed at Arya.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the commitment of some players in the India squad following the side's crushing second test defeat to South Africa in Ahmedabad. The hosts were skittled out for 76 on the first morning and went on to lose by an innings and 90 runs, leaving Gavaskar to suggest some players were distracted by the build-up to the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning on April 18.
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With over 500 runs, six crucial catches, the most by an Indian on the tour, Rahul led by example and lived up to his wiseman tag.
When the Indian team entered the ICC Cricket Academy Arena for their evening net session ahead of the Asia Cup, Samson was the first to start his solo keeping drills with fielding coach T Dilip, even as others were just about lumbering up.
Rishabh Pant strongly refuted Sunil Gavaskar's claims that he might have quit Delhi Capitals following disagreements over his retention fee.
Gavaskar was impressed with Rahane's field placements
Former India captains Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shahstri have expressed their astonishment at the manner in which India capitulated in the just-concluded four-match Test series against England.
The former India captain decided to take part in the meeting despite his father's sudden illness and hospitalisation in Pune.
A mentor can only help as much because it is the players who will have to go out there and perform the "actual task", the legendary Sunil Gavaskar said on the appointment of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the Indian team mentor for the T20 World Cup.
'What you see with Hardik Pandya as a captain is a sense of comfort with the rest of the team.'
Former India captain Sunil Gavskar says the BCCI's appeal for quarantine relaxation of its players ahead of the fourth Test is justified
Pant now has three Test centuries on English soil.
Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar was on Thursday frisked by security men along with Sri Lanka's Russel Arnold while entering the Eden Gardens Stadium for the fourth One-dayer in Kolkata on Thursday.
Between 2014 and 2019, he scored 21 centuries in just 55 Tests. Among these were seven double centuries, the most by an Indian in Test cricket. Remarkably, six of those double tons came within a span of just 22 Tests.
Sachin Tendulkar has managed an achievement beyond compare by completing 20 years in international cricket, feels Sunil Gavaskar, who considers the veteran right-hander the greatest batsman that the game has seen.
India batsman Rahul Dravid hailed Sunil Gavaskar as a huge inspiration for himself and his generation of cricketers after releasing the biography on the cricket legend -- "SMG" -- in Mumbai on Saturday. Dravid said Gavaskar still continues to inspire with his leadership qualities even after his cricket career through his stint as a commentator on television.
Gautam Gambhir has always been against the mega-star culture prevailing in Indian cricket but Mohammed Siraj's Herculean effort throughout the English summer has definitely given the Indian head coach a real shot in the arm.
Sachin Tendulkar is the closest thing to batting perfection, said Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday
Ashwin picked Smith's wicket in the first session of the Boxing Day Test on Saturday for a duck.
An application of former India one-day international player Rohan Gavaskar, who had joined the Indian Cricket League, seeking permission to play in domestic tournaments of the country has reached the Board of Control for Cricket in India, according to a top official of Kalighat club, where he had played before joining the rebel league.
The Indian batting great was reacting to England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's criticism in his book 'Being Freddie'.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar will be conferred the Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award at the annual BCCI awards function.
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Sachin Tendulkar performs Jal Abhishek at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
'Yeah, really pleasing, really happy and proud of the way we have all played and how we have represented our country.'
