Crediting Gambhir for Kanpur Test win is foot-licking of highest quality: Gavaskar
New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar has asserted that the credit for India's recent Test victory against Bangladesh in Kanpur should be attributed to captain Rohit Sharma, rather than newly appointed coach Gautam Gambhir. Gavaskar remarked that under Sharma's leadership, the Indian team has adopted an aggressive style of cricket, suggesting the term "Gohit" to describe this bold approach.
In a column for Sportstar, Gavaskar expressed his disappointment about Gambhir receiving recognition for the team’s strategic changes in the Kanpur Test, calling it “foot-licking of the highest order.”
"While the England batting approach changed completely under the new regime of Ben Stokes and McCullum, we have seen over the last couple of years that Rohit has been batting like this and encouraging his team to do so as well. Gambhir has only been coaching for a couple of months, so attributing this approach to him is foot-licking of the highest quality. Gambhir himself hardly ever batted in this fashion like McCullum used to do. If any credit is due, it is solely to Rohit and nobody else," Gavaskar wrote.
Additionally, the 75-year-old also praised the refreshing nature of the Indian team's approach, crediting the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the introduction of the World Test Championship. He suggested that without the incentive of points on offer, the team may have not have batted in the same manner. “The much-maligned ICC deserves every bit of applause for changing the perception towards every Test match by creating the World Test Championship," he mentioned.
He further expressed admiration for Rohit’s fearless strategy during the match, proposing that the term "Gohit" should replace traditional descriptors to better capture this innovative style. He wrote: “Instead of using the words this-ball or that-ball, I would suggest using the skipper’s first name, Rohit, and term it the “Gohit” approach. Hopefully, brainier people will come up with a trendier name for this rather than the lazy option of calling it after “Bazball.”
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Software engineer dies after car plunges into water-filled pit in Greater Noida
Noida (PTI): A 27-year-old software engineer died after his car went out of control and fell into a 20-feet-deep water-filled pit that was dug for the basement of an under-construction building in Sector 150 of Greater Noida, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, following which a search operation was launched. The body was recovered later in the morning with the help of teams from the fire department, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the local police.
Police at the Knowledge Park police station said they received information at around 12.15 am that a car had plunged into a pit near Sector 150.
The deceased was identified as Yuvraj Mehta, a resident of Tata Eureka Park society in Sector 150. He was working as a software engineer with a reputed company in Gurugram and was returning home from work at the time of the incident, police said.
"The search operation was carried out with the help of the NDRF, SDRF, fire department and local police. The body was recovered at around 4 am on Saturday," Additional Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Hemant Upadhyay told PTI.
He said preliminary investigation suggested that fog and overspeeding may have led to the accident, following which the car crossed a drain and fell into the pit.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and further investigation is underway, police said.
Local residents staged a protest against the Noida Authority, alleging negligence. They claimed that similar accidents had occurred in the past and that authorities had been repeatedly informed about the need for proper barricading and reflectors near the drain.
"Residents had requested the Noida Authority to install barricades and reflectors, but no action was taken," a protester alleged.
