I am not beholden to the BCCI, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863 – Cricket News Update
Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain, who is currently working as a contracted commentator by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has rubbished the allegations of biasness, levelled by some cricket experts against him, by saying that he is not
bound to toe the BCCI’s line and feels free in his actions and words.
Gavaskar, who receives heavy amounts and lucrative incentives from the cash-rich Indian board to commentate on Team India’s important international matches, is termed by many analysts as partial for his pro-http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 comments.
During his continual presence in the commentary boxes of Lord’s and Trent Bridge, where the Men in Blue played and lost the 1st and 2nd npower Test matches against Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Gavaskar was much criticised for allegedly backing his
former team.
The cricketers turned commentator was irked by what he terms ‘ baseless blames’ and came up to contradict this ferocious propaganda.
Talking to the media, he said, “I would advise to all who are saying that there is a conflict of interest to actually see my work, listen to what I say, and then judge me.”
He further told, “In my columns, I speak strongly against BCCI policies. I'm not beholden to the BCCI. My contract has nothing to do with the views I express as a columnist and commentator."
The BCCI has also supported Gavaskar and termed the allegations against him to be “"trivial and frivolous".
Though Gavaskar is under fire for being biased but his media comments during last week paint a different picture. Following Team India’s disgraceful failure in the 2nd Test, Gavaskar has lambasted the team badly.
In one statement, he has termed the Indians to be passionless and passive and in another, he has regarded them as a team of schoolboys for their lackluster and poor performances against the mighty Poms.
Gavaskar has also censured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, the incumbent Indian skipper, by saying that he may lose respect if he fails to lead his side to win in 3rd and 4th Test matches of the series.
Making his Test debut in 1971, Gavaskar played 125 Test games for his national team before retiring in 1987.
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