Recently Sunil Gavaskar has shared a video on his Instagram.
new Delhi, Australian great Shane Warne died of a heart attack on 4 March. Everyone in the cricket world is sad after the death of Shane Warne. Meanwhile, great batsman Sunil Gavaskar is in trouble due to one of his statements. Gavaskar believes that the late Shane Warne has bowled magically in his career but he is not the greatest spinner of all time. Because Shane Warne’s performance in India was ‘average’.
After this statement of Gavaskar, the Australian media has condemned him a lot. After which Sunil Gavaskar has now clarified about his statement. Recently Sunil Gavaskar has shared a video on his Instagram.
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He said in the video, “Anchor on TV asked me if Warne was the greatest spinner of all time and I gave my personal, honest opinion, I would like to say that that question should not have been asked nor answered. Was Needed. That was not the time for any comparisons or critical evaluations.”
Gavaskar further said, “Shane Warne was one of the greatest cricketers who ever graced the game, Rodney Marsh was also one of the greatest wicketkeepers of the game, may his soul rest in peace.”
Warne has taken 708 wickets in 145 Tests for Australia since his international debut in 1992. He took 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. Asked whether he considers Warne to be the greatest spinner of all time, Gavaskar said he would place the Indian spinners and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan above Warne. He told ‘India Today’, “I would not say that. In my view, the Indian spinner and Muttiah Muralitharan are better than him.