They are in love with London, they should have left for 3rd Test location on Sunday, an angry Gavaskar slammed Indian team in England on Tuesday.
They are in love with London, they should have left for 3rd Test location on Sunday, an angry Gavaskar slammed Indian team in England on Tuesday.
England thrashed Virat Kohli’s Team India by an innings and 159 runs in the second Test, which ended on Sunday.
With the second Test ending inside four days, India has got an extra day to practice before the third Test goes underway on Saturday.
However, Kohli and Co did not travel to Nottingham, the location of the next match, on Monday and former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar cannot understand the reason behind it.
“I can understand they have taken the day off today. They are still licking the wounds of the defeat at Lord's but they should have been planning to leave for Nottingham after today which would have been the last day of the Lord's Test and practice from tomorrow.
But clearly, as we have seen from the start of the ODI series, they are in love with London. You cannot get practice facilities in London as easily as you would in Nottingham - I hope they practice from Tuesday. And there should be no optional practice. Everybody needs to get down to practice There's no such thing as optional practice when you are 0-2 down," he said.
"You don't just need net practice but practice matches also. One should strive for practice games between third and fourth Test as well when there is space. There may possibly be some new players coming in after the third Test and they need some practice time as well. These things have to be thought about. I have been saying this since January when the South Africa tour was lost. But perhaps we are old-fashioned, who don't understand modern day cricket,” any angry Gavaskar added.
Mocking the other Indian batsmen, Gavaskar suggested that Virat Kohli has to assess his injury himself and he thinks Kohli should play unless he can’t bend or walk.
“Kohli has to assess his injury and whether to take the risk or not. But if I were the captain, I would want Kohli to play even if he's 50 percent fit. He's such a crucial element. He has to play unless he can't bend or walk. At the end of the day, he has to decide how much pain he can bear. For me Virat has to play,” Gavaskar added.
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