Cricket News: Sunil Gavaskar is counted among the best cricketers of India. It is natural for this to happen, he is the first cricketer in the world to score 10,000 runs in test cricket. Gavaskar, known among fans as Sunny Paaji, is known for his lively heart. Let us today tell you about an incident related to India’s tour of England, in which Gavaskar had embarrassed his own fellow batsman Chris Srikkanth. This was the period when England’s great batsman Ian Botham was thrown out of the team by the England Cricket Board. There was a lot of opposition to this in England.
The Indian team went on a tour of England in the year 1986. Then the English fans created a lot of ruckus during the match due to Ian Botham not being selected in the team. In countries like England and Australia, the practice of stickers entering the field during the match is common. These are those people, who reach near the pitch naked. The Indian team was batting. Gavaskar was playing at one end of the pitch and Kris Srikkanth was playing at the other end. Meanwhile, when this woman reached the field running, Sunil Gavaskar signaled her with his hand to stop, so that she does not spoil the pitch with her heels.
Srikanth was not able to score runs
Both Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth were present during The Kapil Sharma Show. Then he told that the woman reached the pitch naked with a poster in her hand, protesting against bringing back Ian Botham in the team. Later the security personnel took the woman away from there. Gavaskar told that Srikanth was struggling a lot in batting till the arrival of the woman. He was not even able to connect the ball with the bat. As soon as the woman left, he started hitting sixes after sixes.
Gavaskar caught Srikanth’s secret!
Sunil Gavaskar jokingly said that Srikanth is a Tamil Brahmin, he had never seen anything in his life. I pointed to Chris and asked, Cheeka (nickname of Chris Srikanth), did you see anything? He replied ‘Don’t worry…don’t worry’. Earlier the ball was not connecting with him. Later he scored a lot of runs. I said- Son, this is your secret. Srikanth, who was present in the show, said in a light-hearted manner – You are also a man, you can also see a little there, right?
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 15, 2024, 12:16 IST