“…if Ashwin doesn’t take heaps of wickets in one game he is invariably sidelined for the next one. That does not happen to established batsmen though. Even if they fail in one game they get another chance and another and another but for Ashwin the rules seem to be different,” Gavaskar stated in a strongly-worded write-up.
Another player who will wonder about the guidelines, Gavaskar wrote, is newcomer Natarajan had turn out to be a father for the 1st time even as the IPL playoffs had been going on.
“He was taken to Australia directly from UAE and then looking at his brilliant performances, he was asked to stay on for the Test series but not as a part of the team but as a net bowler. Imagine that. A match winner, albeit in another format, being asked to be a net bowler,” Gavaskar stated.
“He will thus return home only after the series ends in the third week of January and get to see his daughter for the first time then. And there is the captain going back after the first Test for the birth of his first child,” he added.
“That’s Indian cricket. Different rules for different people. If you don’t believe me ask Ravi Ashwin and T. Natarajan,” he concluded.
Skipper Kohli headed residence on Tuesday for the birth of his 1st kid subsequent month with actor wife Anushka Sharma. The subsequent Test is in Melbourne from December 26.