Gautam Gambhir’s injury stirs a new Club versus Country debate
After losing last night’s IPL thriller, the Indian batting rock-star, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, has also lost the chance to lead his national team through the upcoming West Indies tour.
Following his shoulder injury, that he picked up while fielding against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 in the last game of the league phase, the doctors have recommended him four to six-weeks complete rest.
This incident has generated a new club versus country debate, as some other senior Indian players are also not available for the tour owing to their IPL commitments.
In place of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, who is to be on rest after IPL tournament, Gambhir was set to lead the Men in Blue in the limited-over games against West Indies.
On the other hand, the opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachin-Ramesh-Tendulkar-c87800, has declared his unavailability for the series.
Thus Team India is deprived of their three top batsmen that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 cripple their batting department.
Gambhir went through a MRI scan yesterday and the report was quite socking for him as the injury, that he was taking lightly, had aggravated to a great extent.
In the absence of Gambhir, the Indian all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, is likely to lead Team India.
Cashing in on the opportunity, critics have lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for its irresponsibility towards International commitments.
The critics argue that if Sehwag can play the IPL-4 with injury, why can he not play the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760?
The board is also perplexed since it is unable to put pressure on the players who have just won the World Cup Trophy for India and are http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 respected all over the country.
Along with its success, the IPL-4 has disturbed International cricket events to a large extent. The row of the Sri Lankan players with their national cricket board for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 tour and Chris Gayle’s dispute with his national team managers are just a
few examples. In both these cases, the players preferred IPL to their national commitments.
Now, Gambhir’s unfitness has unleashed another hot debate in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Analysts believe that all these issues are likely to reduce the worth and value of IPL in the future.
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