Crediting Gambhir for Kanpur Test win is foot-licking of highest quality: Gavaskar

[MK55]

What a moronic and immature statement to make. You don’t say that to a coach when his side has just won regardless of who or what exactly (can never be found out anyways)  got you the win.

[Chaos]

2 hours ago, Tillu said:

 

Where is the match thread for today.

Honors for my telugu bidda tillu to do it

[Sgattick10]

Sunny the patriarch of mumbai lobby

[Manucrick]

Old man gone mad that's it

[diga]

works both ways .. isnt it ?

[rkt.india]

Both tests were lost due to poor captaincy. Fast bowlers conceded 98 runs for zero wicket when there was no need to give them so many overs 

[Chakdephatte]

6 hours ago, diga said:

works both ways .. isnt it ?

Yes. But that does not justify Gavaskar here. 

 

The only thing he was searching here was Mumbai connection. If Gambo was from Mumbai, his statement would have been different. 

[Austin 3:!6]

'Waist Size Doesn't Define Cricket Fitness': Sunil Gavaskar Defends Prithvi Shaw

 

Reacting to the reports of Shaw losing place in the side, former India captain and legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar, in his latest column for Mid-Day, defended Shaw and said that waist size isn’t the only indicator of cricketing fitness.

 

“There have been mixed reports about his omission from the Ranji team. If it’s about his attitude, approach, and discipline, then it’s understandable, but hopefully it is nothing to do with his weight, as one report seems to have suggested,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.

 

“That report suggested that he had 35 percent more body fat. We have seen in the previous Test in Bengaluru how another player, Sarfaraz Khan, whose weight and shape have also been discussed in the public domain, played a scintillating innings of 150, showing that it is not the shape or the size of your waist that determines cricket fitness,” Gavaskar added.

 

 

“It’s whether you can score 150 plus runs and that too bat for a whole day or bowl 20 plus overs in a day. That should be the only criteria of a player’s fitness. By the way, how many players with zero percent or minimal body fat have scored 379 like Prithvi Shaw? I rest my case about fitness,” Gavaskar remarked.

 

Shaw, who struggled to score big runs in the first two matches of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 for Mumbai against Baroda and Maharashtra, hammered 379 runs for the most successful team in Ranji history during the 2022-23 season match against Assam.

 

'Waist Size Doesn't Define Cricket Fitness': Sunil Gavaskar Defends Prithvi Shaw - News18

 

 

[Suhaan]

2 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

'Waist Size Doesn't Define Cricket Fitness': Sunil Gavaskar Defends Prithvi Shaw

 

Reacting to the reports of Shaw losing place in the side, former India captain and legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar, in his latest column for Mid-Day, defended Shaw and said that waist size isn’t the only indicator of cricketing fitness.

 

“There have been mixed reports about his omission from the Ranji team. If it’s about his attitude, approach, and discipline, then it’s understandable, but hopefully it is nothing to do with his weight, as one report seems to have suggested,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.

 

“That report suggested that he had 35 percent more body fat. We have seen in the previous Test in Bengaluru how another player, Sarfaraz Khan, whose weight and shape have also been discussed in the public domain, played a scintillating innings of 150, showing that it is not the shape or the size of your waist that determines cricket fitness,” Gavaskar added.

 

 

“It’s whether you can score 150 plus runs and that too bat for a whole day or bowl 20 plus overs in a day. That should be the only criteria of a player’s fitness. By the way, how many players with zero percent or minimal body fat have scored 379 like Prithvi Shaw? I rest my case about fitness,” Gavaskar remarked.

 

Shaw, who struggled to score big runs in the first two matches of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 for Mumbai against Baroda and Maharashtra, hammered 379 runs for the most successful team in Ranji history during the 2022-23 season match against Assam.

 

'Waist Size Doesn't Define Cricket Fitness': Sunil Gavaskar Defends Prithvi Shaw - News18

 

 

Gavaskar must consider full time psychiatrist

[Lord]

3 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

'Waist Size Doesn't Define Cricket Fitness': Sunil Gavaskar Defends Prithvi Shaw

 

Reacting to the reports of Shaw losing place in the side, former India captain and legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar, in his latest column for Mid-Day, defended Shaw and said that waist size isn’t the only indicator of cricketing fitness.

 

“There have been mixed reports about his omission from the Ranji team. If it’s about his attitude, approach, and discipline, then it’s understandable, but hopefully it is nothing to do with his weight, as one report seems to have suggested,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.

 

“That report suggested that he had 35 percent more body fat. We have seen in the previous Test in Bengaluru how another player, Sarfaraz Khan, whose weight and shape have also been discussed in the public domain, played a scintillating innings of 150, showing that it is not the shape or the size of your waist that determines cricket fitness,” Gavaskar added.

 

 

“It’s whether you can score 150 plus runs and that too bat for a whole day or bowl 20 plus overs in a day. That should be the only criteria of a player’s fitness. By the way, how many players with zero percent or minimal body fat have scored 379 like Prithvi Shaw? I rest my case about fitness,” Gavaskar remarked.

 

Shaw, who struggled to score big runs in the first two matches of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 for Mumbai against Baroda and Maharashtra, hammered 379 runs for the most successful team in Ranji history during the 2022-23 season match against Assam.

 

'Waist Size Doesn't Define Cricket Fitness': Sunil Gavaskar Defends Prithvi Shaw - News18

 

 

 

Again defending Rohit fatso

[diga]

3 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

Yes. But that does not justify Gavaskar here. 

 

The only thing he was searching here was Mumbai connection. If Gambo was from Mumbai, his statement would have been different. 

I meant the same... Gavaskar is not consistent in his views. 

 

PS: only consitency is the defence of Mumbai players

Edited October 29, 2024 by diga

[bowl_out]

If they are from Mumbai, nothing else matters.

 

If they are from elsewhere, everything matters and they don't deserve credit.

[raki05]

Gavaskar is biggest boot licker he wanted to give credit to rohit for kanpur win…. Now he should give the same credit for nz series loss. Such a senile loose this budhau.

Edited October 29, 2024 by raki05

[nevada]

6 hours ago, Suhaan said:

Gavaskar must consider full time psychiatrist

Age doesn't define wisdom!

[mani sha]

Agree with Gavaskar . Super fit players ain’t the norm in cricket . But even then u need to be fit . Given amount of money they make , it’s not hard to hire a nutritionist and invest in body . 
 

Sarfaraz khan was not selected due to selectors keeping old non performing duds like kohli . Rinku is an example of a cricketer who will miss out for the oldies