“Some jaundiced people…”- Sunil Gavaskar targets Nasser Hussain with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s example

The former Indian opening batter and captain, Sunil Gavaskar, has taken a dig at renowned commentator Nasir Hussain, reflecting on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s magnificent century from the Under-19 World Cup final against England last week, where he claimed that the innings was called the real bullying and not the kind that ‘jaundiced people’ would imagine.

Notably, Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed a fine knock of 175 runs in 80 deliveries against England in the final, which is now the highest individual score in a U-19 World Cup final as India piled a 411 and went on to reclaim the title with a commanding 100-run victory after England responded with 311.

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“In the just-concluded final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed 175 off only 80 balls against England and single-handedly took the game away from his opponents. To England’s credit, they responded well and also got to 311 in reply to the Indian score of 411. Now, what young Sooryavanshi did is bullying, and not the imaginary kind that some jaundiced people see.” Gavaskar has penned down in his column.

Sunil Gavaskar takes dig at Nasser Hussain’s old comments

In his column, Gavaskar lavished praise on the Indian opening batter. He also reminded the England side that they didn’t have the trip to Zimbabwe for the 2003 World Cup for the same reason as the politics.

“Here are some others, especially from the old powers, for whom India replacing them as the power centre of world cricket has never gone down well. They were quick to join the noise and ask whether, if India had decided not to play in a country, the ICC would have accepted their position or thrown them out of the tournament.” Gavaskar addressed.

“In the 2003 World Cup, England refused to play in Zimbabwe, perhaps because they did not like the face of the then-President Robert Mugabe announcing his policies. There was no security threat, yet they forfeited their points. Did the ICC do anything? No, because at that stage, the English and Australian boards ruled the roost, and the others did not want to upset them.” The former Indian captain noted.