Sunil Gavaskar defends Sarfaraz Khan, says selectors can go to fashion show if they want slim player
Mumbai: Former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar slammed the All India Selection Committee for ignoring batsman Sarfaraz Khan, who is going through a purple patch in domestic cricket.
Gavaskar stressed that the selectors should pick cricketers on the basis of their form with the bat or bowl rather than physical shape and size. He also said that if selectors wanted to select only slim and trim guys, they should go to a fashion show, reports India Today.
Sarfaraz Khan, who scored an overwhelming 2441 runs in the last three seasons, has not yet found a place in the Test team. Several current and former cricketers expressed their displeasure that he was not selected for the four-test series against Australia.
Khan’s physical fitness is said to be the reason for his not being selected so far, while the batsman said that he has always worked hard at keeping himself fit and would continue to do so.
"He is not staying off the field when he is scoring hundreds, he is back on the field again. All that tells you that the man is fit for cricket. If you are looking for only slim and trim guys, then you might as well go to a fashion show and pick some models and then give them a bat and ball in their hand and then include them. You have cricketers in all shapes and sizes. Don't go by the size, but go by the runs and the wickets," Gavaskar said.
"At the end of the day, if you are unfit, you are not going to score hundreds. So cricket fitness is most important. I don't have a problem with you wanting to do the Yo-Yo test or whatever it is, but the Yo-Yo test cannot be the only criterion. You got to make sure that the man is fit for cricket as well. And if the person, whoever it is, is fit for cricket, then I don't think it should really matter," Sunil Gavaskar added.
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
