There was consistent jabber around the surfaces and pitches during Britain’s visit through India recently. Re-opening those conversations, previous India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has pummeled Britain for whining about playing on turning tracks however planning green tops when the Indian group has visited them.
“Indian cricketers never grumble about playing on the greener surfaces; possibly they are playing in Britain or Australia. However, despite what is generally expected, the English group will consistently groan whenever given twist agreeable contributes India,” Sunil Gavaskar said on the ‘Additional Innings’ show at Sony.
Sunil Gavaskar featured how every single one of the tracks in the three apparatuses of the continuous series have had grass on them. “In Nottingham, it was a green top; it was a similar story at Master’s. At Headingley, as well, we can see a hint of grass. Did you heard any Indian cricketers griping about it?”
“Sunil Gavaskar doesn’t fear playing on any surface. This is a major assertion from this Indian cricket crew. Also, for Britain, assuming you need to win a series in India, begin delivering quality spinners.”
“It isn’t so much that that they have always lost in India, however during those series, they have some top notch spinners. A decent batsman or bowler should perform at any surface,” says Gavaskar.
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Going into the third Test at Headingley, India drives the series 1-0 kindness of their notable success at Master’s by 151 pursues the main Test at Trent Extension finished in an attract because of diligent downpour on the definitive fifth day, with India requiring 157 runs with nine wickets in hands.
In a furious challenge that followed at Master’s, India guaranteed to set up their A-game to take an essential lead, wrapping up Britain for only 120 runs in the subsequent innings in the wake of having set them a solid 272-run focus in the last two meetings of the Test.
Naming the success an uncommon one, Ravi Shastri took to Twitter to concede that it was a unique success. “To succeed at @HomeOfCricket as a player and mentor is something extremely uncommon. Much appreciated a ton folks for getting it going. Partake in the second #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 #ENGvIND,” his tweet from August 17 read.
