India vs Pakistan: “Arrogant, reckless” – Sunil Gavaskar attacks Rohit Sharma and co after batting collapse

Indian cricket team’s legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar criticized Rohit Sharma and company after they were bowled out for 119 during the T20 World Cup 2024 match against Pakistan on Sunday. It was a disappointing show for the Indian batsmen as they lost the last 7 wickets for just 30 runs. Pakistan kept taking wickets at regular intervals and except Rishabh Pant, no Indian batsman was able to score more than 20. During the intervening show on Star Sports, Gavaskar called the Indian batsmen “arrogant and reckless” for throwing away their wickets and not adapting adequately to game conditions.

“The performance was disappointing. I think they were arrogant and reckless. There was an arrogance in the way they started as they tried to hit every ball. This is not an Ireland attack. This is not an ordinary attack and I don’t mean that. no disrespect to Ireland when I say this but this is a very experienced attack and there should have been just a bit of respect when the ball is moving a bit they are probably not in the right mindset. that could have made a difference,” he said.

Coming into the match, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took three wickets each while Mohammad Amir took two to rock the Indian batting attack. Pant was the top scorer with 42 off 31 deliveries.

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir.