During the second Test match between India and New Zealand, Sunil Gavaskar made a comment on air which started a debate on social media. Sunil pressed Rohit Sharma’s fielding setup, specially during the first session of the match.
Team India had big changes for their Playing XI for the 2nd Test against New Zealand as they brought in Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Akash Deep. Even though New Zealand chose to bat first, fielding strategies from India came under investigation.
During the 19th over, Rohit decided to spread the field with long-on and long-off, which raised a lot of questions. Sunil Gavaskar was quick to make comments on this decision, which quickly gained popularity on social media.
“If you had fielders like that long-on and long-off for the spinners before a lofted shot had been played, the captain would’ve been called a defensive captain. He’s a defensive captain, he’s a negative captain. Here now you try and block the boundaries,” Gavaskar said while doing commentary during India versus New Zealand second Test.
“(After changed fielding) This is a good field in the sense that there is a fielder at long-on for – with the turn. The mid-off is inside, which is how it should be,” Gavaskar added.
