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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Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi supressed, says Aaditya Thackeray; demands UT status
Pune, Dec 9: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday alleged that injustice was being meted out to Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi in Karnataka, demanding that the region be declared a Union Territory.
Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Thackeray said while celebrations are underway over the formation of the new government in Maharashtra, the situation was deteriorating in Belagavi in the neighbouring state.
As the winter session of the Karnataka assembly begins on Monday, members of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti are opposing it. The outfit organised a congregation in Belagavi, but the Karnataka government allegedly prohibited the gathering and banned leaders from Maharashtra from entering the state.
"Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi are being suppressed. Since yesterday, the situation has been deteriorating in the region. Our party workers are being detained. The previous 'unconstitutional' chief minister had promised that they would give extra funds to the Marathi-speaking people living in the disputed territory. What happened to that assurance?" the MLA asked.
He questioned whether the BJP-led government in the Centre was willing to declare Belgavi as a Union Territory.
"Our demand was and is that Belagavi should be declared a Union Territory," he added.
