Sunil Gavaskar gives befitting reply to Michael Vaughan over statement on Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root

Former Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has called out Michael Vaughan over his latest comments. The former England skipper had made scathing remarks after Joe Root scored his 34th Test century during the Lord’s Test vs Sri Lanka. Root is now just under 3900 runs away from becoming the highest run scorer in Test cricket.  

Vaughan had said " If Joe Root goes past Sachin Tendulkar, it could be the best thing to happen to test cricket. Because there is no way Jay Shah and the team at BCCI will want an English player at the top of that list.". Currently, Sachin Tendulkar heads the list with 15921 runs from 200 matches. 

Gavaskar who is known to not mince his words wasn’t impressed with the recent comments made by Vaughan. The former batting legend who wrote on Sportstar gave a befitting reply to Vaughan and asked “Please tell us what's wrong with Test cricket presently when Tendulkar owns the record “

Sunil Gavaskar slams Michael Vaughan over his comments 

Former Indian batting legend and commentator Sunil Gavaskar while writing in Sportstar addressed Vaughan’s comments. “Recently, I heard someone saying it would be good for Test cricket if Joe Root overtook Sachin Tendulkar's record for most runs and centuries in Test match cricket. Please tell us what's wrong with Test cricket presently when Tendulkar owns the record and how will Test cricket be better if (and that's a huge if) an Englishman goes on to hold it. In what way will it be better? Kindly enlighten us,”

Gavaskar also wrote “That's a ridiculous notion, as India play more than half a dozen Test matches every season, be it at home or away. Just because the IPL is massively successful doesn't mean BCCI is not interested in promoting Test cricket, but that's the narrative that's being peddled by the overseas media."

During the course of his article, Sunil Gavaskar also took a dig at the Englishman and wrote “Now that England is winning more Test matches in this period and there's a good chance that they may get to the final, we are being told the final will be at Lord's. Let's wait and see. As the old Indian saying goes, DILLI (Lord's) abhi bhi door hai. This business of India bashing has to be countered with aggression because that's the only language they understand”