Srinagar: Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has sent a strong warning to Team India stars, reminding them that another failure at World Cup would be costly.
As injuries threaten to derail India’s World Cup chances, Sunil Gavaskar feels that resting players for important series and chopping and changing the team will also hamper their World Cup chances.
“In a World Cup year any match missed means preparation gets hampered as the balance of the team gets affected. Another failure to win a World Cup will have repercussions that could possibly end a few international careers and that should be a red flag for those talking burnout and missing games for India.” Gavaskar recently wrote in his column for Mid-Day.
“I honestly feel that the BCCI needs to look into this concept of rest. All the Grade A cricketers have received very good contracts. They receive payment for every match. Tell me if there is any company whose CEO, or MDs get so much time off? I feel that if Indian cricket is to become more professional, a line needs to be drawn. If you want to be rested, you need to reduce your guarantees. Then you take rest, because you don’t want to play. But how can anyone say that I don’t want to play for the Indian team. Which is why I do not agree to the concept,” Gavaskar has previously stated.
