IND vs ENG 4th Test: Sunil Gavaskar lambasts Team India’s leadership – ‘Difficult for me to get my head round’ | Cricket News – Times of India

India coach Gautam Gambhir talks with captain Shubman Gill of India (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar didn’t mince his phrases as he reacted to India’s dismal efficiency within the fourth Test in opposition to England at Old Trafford. Speaking on Sony Sports, the previous India captain questioned the choice-making setup throughout the crew, firmly inserting duty on skipper Shubman Gill.

Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Look, I mean we didn’t have coaches, we just had, you know, former players as managers or assistant managers of the team… they were not coaches but the kind of people you actually went up to and talked… they would give you some advice at lunchtime or at the end of the day’s play or on the eve of the game. So it’s difficult, you know, for me to get my head around the captains and the coaches combination,” Gavaskar mentioned.The former captain famous that in his enjoying days, selections rested with the skipper, not a crew of analysts or coaches. “When I was captain we had nobody who was a former player to be honest. I had Commander Durrani once and I had Raj Singh Dungarpur. The only time was Irapalli Prasanna and he was brilliant.”His remarks come at a time when Team India is struggling to comprise England’s dominance within the Test collection. England, led by Ben Stokes’ stellar century and 5-wicket haul, posted a mammoth 669 of their first innings. India, in reply, collapsed early within the second innings, dropping openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan for geese, each dismissed by Chris Woakes throughout the first over.Drawing consideration to crew picks, Gavaskar made a pointed comment: “You can’t say that he didn’t want somebody like, you know, maybe in Shardul Thakur’s case or Kuldeep Yadav’s case… maybe Shubman didn’t want Shardul in the team and wanted Kuldeep in the team. He should have had them in the team. He is the captain.”Gavaskar didn’t cease there. “He’s going to be… I mean people are going to talk about him and his captaincy out there so it’s got to be his call really. And I know for the sake of showing everything is hunky dory that these things might not come out. Fact is that the captain is the one who is responsible for the team. He’s the one who’s going to be leading those 11 players. Simple as that.”