The ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy has seen plenty of outside chatter regarding the pitch. Apart from the pitch, the ex-cricketers have been extremely critical of the current side on several occasions.
However, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar feels that instead of pointing fingers at the players, the ex-cricketers should question the Australia selectors.
“While the ex-Australian players on the various media platforms are having a real go at their players, the ones who should be the real targets are the Australian selectors. How can they pick three players (Hazlewood, Starc, and Cameron Green) who they knew would not be available for selection for the first two Test matches? That is, for half the series, the team management had only 13 players to pick from.
“Then they fly in a newcomer (Matthew Kuhnemann) when they had a similar player already in the team. If they didn’t think the player in the team was good enough, why did they pick him in the first place? That meant the team management was picking their 11 from 12 players. Ridiculous. If they have any sense of responsibility the selectors should resign even if Australia make a stunning comeback and win the next two Tests and level the series,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
Team India will be facing Australia in the final encounter of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting from 9 March. Team India will get direct qualification to the World Test Championship (WTC) Final if they manage to win the last match.