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Legendary Indian cricket workforce captain Sunil Gavaskar unleased a fiery rant on the English media for continually criticising the Indian pitches forward of a Take a look at collection. Whereas doing commentary on Day 1 of the second Take a look at match between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur, Gavaskar used the instance of Ravichandran Ashwin and labelled a piece of the English media ‘moaners’ and ‘crybabies’. Gavaskar cited Ashwin’s gritty century in opposition to Bangladesh within the first Take a look at and mentioned that though the English media had declared the Chepauk pitch unplayable, Ashwin confirmed that he may play fairly properly on the floor.
“He (Ashwin) really mentioned within the press convention that you may get 100 when you apply your self. So he walked the discuss when the moaners had been happening saying ‘you possibly can’t bat right here’. Saying and doing all of the issues like crybabies, typical English media stuff, the place they solely discuss Indian pitches,” he mentioned.
Coming to the match, pacer Akash Deep was spectacular in a probing opening spell whereas Ravichandran Ashwin eliminated the damaging Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto earlier than rain halted India’s progress within the second Take a look at on the opening day.
Given the forecast, it was anticipated to be a weather-hit contest from the start. Solely 35 overs may very well be bowled after Rohit Sharma invited Bangladesh to bat in overcast situations as guests struggled to 107 for 3 after a short resistance by means of Shanto (31).
Mominul Haque (40 batting) and veteran Mushfiqur Rahim (6) had been on the crease when heavens opened up.
In a single day rain had delayed the beginning of the match by an hour. Heavy overcast situations influenced India’s workforce choice because the hosts stored all three pacers from the Chennai Take a look at, which meant that native boy Kuldeep Yadav missed out on one other Take a look at match. Akash (2/14 in 10 overs), who bowled around the wicket to the left-handers, constantly hit the nice size areas and acquired the ball to both form away or are available in with the angle.
Shanto (57 balls, 4×6), although, batted with constructive intent, if not combative, to make sure Bangladesh do not lose method from the beginning.
(With PTI inputs)
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