Sunil Gavaskar has been bashed on social media after he called Shane Warne ‘pretty ordinary’ for his performances in India.
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The cricketing world is in shock after legendary Australia spinner Shane Warne’s unexpected death. Warne, 52, had passed away on March 4 after suffering a suspected heart attack in Thailand.
Warne is arguably one of the greatest players to have played the game. He was the first bowler in the world to claim 700 test wickets. He ended his career with 708 test wickets, whereas he has 293 ODI wickets under his belt. Warne also bowled the “Ball of the Century” in the 1993 Ashes.
Warne made his Test debut against India and he is just one of the two bowlers to have more than 1,000 international wickets. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (800) took more wickets than Warne in international cricket. After his demise, the whole cricketing fraternity has given their tributes to him.
Sunil Gavaskar bashed for his comments on Shane Warne
Legendary India player Sunil Gavaskar has brought himself in a bit of trouble after his recent comments on Warne. In a recent television show, Gavaskar was asked whether Warne was the greatest spinner. Gavaskar, who is an illustrious commentator said that Muralitharan along with the Indian spinners were better than Shane Warne.
“No, I wouldn’t say that. For me, the Indian spinners and Muttiah Muralitharan were better than Shane Warne,” Sunil Gavaskar said on India Today.
Gavaskar said that Shane Warne struggled in the Indian condition despite having assistance from the pitch. Warne just had one-fifer in the Indian conditions, and he generally struggled against India.
“Look at Shane Warne’s record against India, It was pretty ordinary,” Gavaskar said. “Muttiah Muralitharan with a greater success he had against India, I would rank him over Warne in my book.”
However, people on Twitter disagreed with Sunil Gavaskar, and they bashed him on Twitter.
Dear Sunil Gavaskar sir,
Late Shane Warne had Glen McGrath, Damien Fleming, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee with more than 1000 test wickets in his team and yet he had 708 test wickets.if you are saying he is not the best spinner ever played then you are smoking something really bad.
— siddharth barjatya (@sidbarjatya) March 5, 2022
Sunil Gavaskar on national television talking about Warne’s poor bowling record in India and also insinuating that his heart couldn’t keep up with his lifestyle.
How is it possible to be so bereft of class and basic humanness?
— Shubi Arun (@loudspeaker19) March 4, 2022
Sunil Gavaskar, the most overrated cricketer. He must feel this pain and so he utter this insensitivity in his speeches. He is rated way above his pay grade due to paid media. He is no great & people will always remember him for being a selfish person. Shane Warne was great pic.twitter.com/dDxN8Mdsde
— (@ankit_kashyap7) March 5, 2022
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