Not way back, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar was essential of Shreyas Iyer following the India batter’s stop-start present on the ICC World Cup 2023. After offering a blunt tackle Iyer, the legendary cricketer had overtly praised the middle-order batter because the Mumbaikar overcame his preliminary struggles to return to scoring methods on the 50-Over spectacle in India.
Sunil Gavaskar revealed why he was unable to ask Shreyas Iyer a single query(HT-ANI-Reuters)
Batting icon Gavaskar admitted there have been query marks over Iyer’s kind as a result of the batter wasted his begins along with his unimpressive aerial strokeplay. However, Gavaskar additionally lauded the India batter for enjoying an important hand in opposition to Sri Lanka as India punched its tickets for the semi-final stage of the World Cup. On Sunday, Iyer additional enhanced his common (48.83) within the World Cup 2023 along with his sensible knock in opposition to South Africa on the well-known Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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In a match the place former India skipper Virat Kohli slammed a record-equalling forty ninth century, Iyer cemented his place by smashing 77 off 87 balls. The essential third-wicket partnership between the milestone man and Iyer powered India to a match-winning complete of 326/5 in 50 overs. In reply, second-placed South Africa folded for simply 83 in 27.1 overs to lose the match by a large margin of 243 runs at Kolkata. After India hammered the Proteas to go to the highest of the World Cup standings, many anticipated Gavaskar to ask Iyer a number of questions when the batter was roped in for a short chat on Star Sports.
‘Wanted to ask Iyer but got distracted by a company name on Indian flag’: Gavaskar
While former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri discussed India’s impressive win with Iyer, batting legend Gavaskar didn’t fire a single question during the entire interaction. Following Iyer’s departure, Gavaskar revealed why he was unable to quiz Iyer on air. “Yeah, I wanted to ask him something, but I got a bit distracted because there was an Indian flag with a company’s name on it. And you know, that is really not allowed. The India flag cannot be defaced by anything,” Gavaskar revealed.
‘I know Ravi wanted me to ask Shreyas…’
“They (the flag-bearers) have gone now. In fact, I believe the police, next time they see something like that, should not only confiscate the flag but also warn those people not to put any advertising or whatever it is, whether a company or their product, on the India flag. That is completely not all. I am sorry, I got a bit distracted. I know Ravi (Shastri) wanted me to ask Shreyas a question, but I was just looking at those guys, and trying to signal them,” Gavaskar added.
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India thrashed South Africa on November 5 to increase its unbeaten run to eight matches on the 2023 World Cup. On the identical date again in 1987, Gavaskar performed his final white-ball match for India. Gavaskar recorded his closing limited-overs look in opposition to England within the second semi-final of the ICC World Cup 1987 at Wankhede Stadium. Gavaskar scored 4 off 7 balls in his World Cup swansong as England defeated India by 35 runs to enter the ultimate.
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