After Team India’s humiliating exit from the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, former Indian captain and legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar heavily criticised Indian superstars for missing India games due to workload management but making themselves available for all matches in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.
The Men in Blue suffered a shambolic 10-wicket defeat in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Thursday (November 10) against the English team, which chased down the target of 169 runs in just 16 overs. Post India’s exit from the global event, the players are facing a lot of criticism from all quarters as they once again fail to fire when it matters the most. And according to Gavaskar, there will be few changes in the Indian team after yet another exit from an ICC event, as he calls for the need to move on from the concept of workload management.
“Changes will be there. Jab aap World Cup me jeet nahi sakte, changes honge. Humne vo dekha hai ki jo New Zealand ke liye team jaa rahi hai, usme changes hue hain. Ye jo ‘workload-workload’ ki baatein chalti hai, Kirti aur Madan ne sahi kaha ki workload sirf Bharat ke liye khelne ke liye kyun hota hai? (When you can’t win World Cup, there will be changes. The team for New Zealand has changes. But every time we talk about this ‘workload’, why does it only happen when they play for India?),” Gavaskar said on Aaj Tak.
“Aap IPL khelte hain, poora season khelte hain, vahan aap travelling karte hain… sirf pichla IPL 4 centres me hua tha, baaki sab jagah aap idhar-udhar daudte rehte hain. Vahan par aapko thakaan nahi hoti? Vahan workload nahi hota? Sirf jab Bharat ke liye khelna hota hai, vo bhi tab jab aap non-glamorous countries me jaate hain, tab aapka workload banta hai? Ye baat galat hai. (You play in whole season of IPL, travel from one place to other. You don’t get tired there? Is there no workload? Only when you play for India, especially when you have to tour a non-glamorous country, you remember workload. This is wrong),” Gavaskar added.
