Sunil Gavaskar has responded to Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun’s recent statement. In which he emphasized the importance of the toss in India’s disastrous T20 World Cup 2021 campaign. Gavaskar said that India’s defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand were due to their superb bowling, not the toss.
Bharat Arun told the press on Sunday that the toss provided the teams who called it right and decided to chase first in the UAE a “undue advantage.”
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar was asked his thoughts on the matter in an interview with Sports Today. He responded that the bowlers from Pakistan and New Zealand just did not allow India. To score enough runs to compensate for the dew disadvantage. That the teams fielding second had experienced thus far in the tournament.
“No, the major reason has been the splendid bowling from Pakistan and from New Zealand which didn’t allow our batting to flourish. If our batting had flourished as it did against Afghanistan. When they scored 200 then the dew factor doesn’t come into play at all because the bowlers have a cushion of 30-40 runs already. So even if they were taken for a few extra runs with the wet ball. Those 40 extra runs would make the difference. What happened against Pakistan and New Zealand was that their bowlers bowled brilliantly and they didn’t allow our accomplished batsmen to get going. India just didn’t have enough runs for their bowlers to defend with the wet ball.” said Gavaskar
Bharat Arun further mentioned how a break between the IPL 2021 and the T20 World Cup would have been excellent for the Indian players’ physical and mental wellbeing. As they had been living in bio-bubbles over the previous six months.
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