Srinagar: Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar has slammed superstar batter Virat Kohli for playing a bad shot as India slump to a 209 run defeat against Australia in the World Test Championship final at Oval on Sunday.
Soon after the natch, Gavaskar minced no words as he slammed Virat Kohli for playing a bad shot.
“It was a bad shot, I mean you should ask Virat Kohli, what shot he played because that was shot outside the off-stump. We talk so much about the fact you know when you are going to win a match, you need a long inning, a century plus innings to win, but how will you get to a century plus innings if you play shots so far outside the off-stumps,” Sunil Gavaskar said after the match when asked about the Virat Kohli dismissal.
Sunil Gavaskar also slammed Rohit Sharma for keeping spinner Ravichandran Ashwin out of the WTC 2023 Final match despite him being the number 1 Test bowler.
“India missed a trick by not playing Ravi Ashwin. He’s the No. 1 Ranked bowler. You don’t look at the pitch for players like him. You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don’t pick the number one bowler in Test cricket. This decision from Team India is beyond my understanding. I would have picked him in place of Umesh Yadav, who was out of action and looks out of rhythm,” Sunil Gavaskar said.