Rajiv Shukla asks Shoaib Akhtar to apologise to Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar – Cricket News Update
Rajiv Shukla, a senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has demanded an apology from the former Pakistani speedstar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080, who recently made disrespectful
comments against the Indian batting duo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229.
In his just-released autobiography, `Controversially Yours’, Akhtar wrote that Tendulkar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 are the best in the business but lack match-winning abilities.
Referring to the careers of both veteran batsmen, Shoaib insisted that the two batting maestros are not good for finishing off contests on a winning note.
Dravid, who recently took retirement from limited-over cricket, has collected 12775 Test runs so far. On the other hand, Tendulkar is the highest run-getter in both 5-day and 50-over versions
of the game with 14965 and 18111 runs respectively.
Lashing out at Akhtar for making such disparaging statement against India’s batting stalwarts, Shukla said that Tendulkar does not need a certificate from the Pakistani fast bowler, as the
Mumbai-born batsman is widely considered as one of the greatest cricketers ever.
"He (Tendulkar) is still touching new heights and as far as Dravid is concerned, he is continuing to play some great knocks, which shows his commitment to the team. A player such as Tendulkar
does not need any certificate from Shoaib as he got that from Australian legend Sir Don Bradman.He must apologise to both Tendulkar and Dravid," said Shukla who is the current chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Talking about India’s recent debacle against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s disastrous performance on the tour
was the absence of key players due to fitness problems.
He meanwhile, dismissed the notion that the injuries of the Indians players were aggravated due their participation in the fourth season of the lucrative IPL.
“When a player gets injured or want to take rest due to fatigue, he informs and we replace him. Nobody now can say that the schedule of the Indian team is tight,” shared the IPL chief.
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