Sunil Gavaskar blasts the Indian duo, saying, “Throw their wickets away against toothless attack.”
The unbeaten century from Virat Kohli guided team India towards their fourth victory in the World Cup 2023 campaign as the hosts defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets on Thursday, with the star batsman closing in on Sachin Tendulkar's record for ODI hundreds. Kohli reached his century and ended the match in style with a six against spinner Nasum Ahmed when he needed three runs to complete his century and India two more runs to reach a target of 257. While Kohli shone with the bat, captain Rohit Sharma (48) and Shubman Gill (52) also contributed to the chase for India. Meanwhile, number 4 batter Shreyas Iyer fell for 19 runs.
The dismissal of both Shubhman Gill and Shreyas Iyer was poor, as they threw their wickets away against Bangladesh. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was unhappy with the intent of the batters.
Gavaskar said, “Shreyas Iyer lost his patience. He was batting on 19 and threw his wicket away. Shubman Gill was batting on fifty and threw his wicket away.”
He also said, "Kohli never does that. Kohli will seldom ever throw his wicket away. He makes you earn his wicket. And that is exactly what you need. When he got to 70-80, he realized that he had an opportunity to get to 100, and why not? Hundreds don't come every day.”
Gavaskar emphasized, “You need to know how to get to a hundred and it's important for Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill. Shubman Gillis is at least getting hundreds; Shreyas Iyer is not getting hundreds. He is getting his opportunities to bat at number 4 on pitches as good as these and attacks as toothless as this and he is throwing away the opportunity.”