‘Rohit bhai kb se goat ho gaye’ – Fans react as Sunil Gavaskar picks his greatest of IPL players of all time
Indian Premier League 2023 is heading towards its business end. Ahead of the playoffs former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar picked his three all-time greatest players of the Indian Premier League. He picked […]
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May 19, 2023 5:42 pm
Sunil Gavaskar (Source: Twitter)
Indian Premier League 2023 is heading towards its business end. Ahead of the playoffs former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar picked his three all-time greatest players of the Indian Premier League. He picked CSK skipper MS Dhoni, former India skipper Virat Kohli and MI skipper Rohit Sharma.
His decision to pick Rohit has created a buzz on social media as fans trolled Gavaskar for picking him up as a goat player. Notably, Rohit has been inconsistent in the last few years in the cash-rich league. He last scored 500+ runs in 2015. However, fans also pointed out that the little master left players like AB de Villiers, David Warner and Chris Gayle who have more impact in the league.
Notably, Gavaskar also slammed England pacer Jofra Archer and said that Mumbai Indians should not pay him a single penny. Notably, the English pacer returned home after suffering an injury. He had a poor season with the bowl as he clinched just two wickets in five games and missed six games before going back home.
“No point paying even one rupee”, Says Sunil Gavaskar
Speaking about Archer’s injury and his performance Gavaskar said that team management persisted with him but he didn’t deliver. In a newspaper column, he wrote, “What has been Mumbai Indians’ experience of Jofra Archer? They took a punt on him, knowing that he was injured and would be available only from this season. They paid big money for him, and what has he given in return? He didn’t seem 100 per cent fit, and he should have informed the franchise about it.”
“They only realised when he turned up and found that he could barely bowl at his usual pace. In between the tournament, he went abroad for treatment which is what his country’s cricket board said. So he was never fully fit but still came over. If he was committed to the franchise, which probably pays him more than the ECB does, he should have stayed right till the end even if he wasn’t going to play and show his commitment towards the franchise. Instead, he has opted to fly off back to the UK,” Gavaskar further added.
Here is how fans react to Gavaskar’s pick for IPL GOATs:
Unless question was about naming greatest 3 Indians feat in IPL I think David Warner should be in that list instead of VK as he has a better average, strike rate, no of orange caps won and even won the ipl title as captain!
Rohit Sharma in IPL, as a player, is not a great. After 2015 his IPL records have been very cold and hardly 2-3 impact knocks since last 8 seasons. Dhoni has won matches to his team and so has Kohli.
Despite opening for more than a decade, Rohit only had 1 IPL century, not only that he had hardly played 4-5 impactful inning in last 6 years, keeping his trophies aside, he is an average player in IPL, Rohit is good but he is still far from being greatest
