Why is Gavaskar annoyed with Pakistani Miandad?
Pakistani cricket legend Javed
Miandad says he considers former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar a great player
and salutes him.
In a video released by the Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday, Javed Miandad said that former Indian captain
Sunil Gavaskar faced all the great bowlers in the world, including Dennis Lilly
and Jeff Thompson.
He advised the current cricketers to
"do your cricket well and follow the [good] cricketers."
Highlighting his relationship with
Sunil Gavaskar, Javed Miandad said that the former Indian captain used to play
very attentively and he used to try to divert his attention from the game.
The former Pakistan captain said,
"I remember I used to tease him [Gavaskar] a lot. Kept talking, kept
talking I used to say that the catch would come to me and he would listen. '
According to Miandad, Gavaskar often
got angry after being out and called him bad.
"How many times did he get out,
poor thing?"
According to Miandad, after Gavaskar
was out, he used to say, "He keeps talking, keeps talking, does not keep
quiet."
Gavaskar played Test and ODI cricket
for India from 1971 to 1987. He scored 10,122 runs in 125 Tests at an average
of 51.12 with the help of 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries.
The former Indian captain represented
India in 108 ODIs and scored 3,092 runs with the help of one century and 27
half-centuries.
Miandad, on the other hand,
represented the Pakistani cricket team from 1976 to 1993 and scored 8,832 runs
in 124 Test matches with the help of 23 centuries and 43 half-centuries.
The former Pakistani cricketer has
played 233 ODIs for Pakistan in which he scored 7,381 runs at an average of
41.70. He has scored eight centuries and 50 half-centuries in ODIs.
