Sunil Gavaskar Hits Back At Ravi Shastri, Reminds Recent Wins Were Against Sri Lanka, West Indies’
- 06-Sep-2018
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New Delhi: A day after Ravi Shastri claimed that the current Indian team is the best touring squad in the last 15-20 years, former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday said that most of the victories in the recent years have come in Sri Lanka and not in England or South Africa.
Ravi Shastri while addressing the media on Wednesday .
Responding to the statement, Gavaskar said teams in 1980s had won matches in England and West Indies. In Sri Lanka, not too many Indian captains and teams have won. West Indies, England and South Africa, previous teams have won matches in the last 15-20 years. I think this was his view and perhaps only he can speak about it. What I can say is teams in 1980s have won in England and West Indies,” Gavaskar said on Thursday.
Gavaskar also said that despite giving India its first victory over South Africa, a series win over West Indies in 2005 and winning Test matches on English soil in 2007, Rahul Dravid gets very little credit for his leadership and his team’s performance. Continuing the attack on Shastri, the former Indian captain said, “I will not discount wins in Sri Lanka because they are tough to beat at home but when we talk of wins, it is in England, South Africa and Australia and India have won in England before but have never won a series in South Africa and Australia.”
