India’s cricket team began their Australia tour in November to play four Tests, three one-day internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 matches. India lost the first Test by eight wickets. The team left for Australia on 11 November, a day after the IPL 2020 final that was played in UAE. It will play in Australia until the third week of January.
Hinting at a possible ‘divide’ in the Indian cricket team, former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has said that treatment meted out to bowler Thangarasu Natarajan is biased as “there are different rules for different players”.
He cited the fact that the captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli, has been given permission to leave the tour of Australia to attend the birth of his first child with actor-wife Anushka Sharma, whereas Natarajan, who became father during the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs, has yet to see his daughter.
“He was taken to Australia directly from the UAE and then thanks to his brilliant performance, was asked to stay on for the Test series but not as part of the team but as net bowler. Imagine that,” he added.
Not long ago, Gavaskar got caught in a spot of bother for commenting on Kohli’s performance, and received a telling off from Anushka for his so-called “distasteful” remark about her. While having a dig at Kohli, Gavaskar explained his slightly disappointing performance by writing: “He has only faced Anushka’s bowling during the lockdown. That’s what we saw in the video.”
Gavaskar was part of the commentary team as Kohli led the Royal Challengers Bangalore to lose against Kings XI Punjab.
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