Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar. Credits - Getty

Sunil Gavaskar has slammed Wisden for excluding Rohit Sharma from their list of five cricketers of the year. It is notable that no Indian features in the list of five cricketers of the year named in the 2020 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which was published on April 8. Virat Kohli was the lone Indian in the last edition. The newly-released list contained as many as three players from Australia, one from England and one from South Africa.

Rohit Sharma had a wonderful 2019. The Mumbaikar smashed 5 centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and carried India to the semi-finals on his shoulders. He now holds the record for the most tons (5) in a single World Cup tournament and is tied with Sachin Tendulkar (6) for the most centuries ever in World Cups. Even after such a remarkable effort, Wisden didn’t include him in the list.

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli with Rohit Sharma. (Credits – Getty)

 

However, former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar believes that it will make no difference to Rohit Sharma and Gavaskar isn’t pleased with Wisden.

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Sunil Gavaskar Slams Wisden For Excluding Rohit Sharma

“One may argue that Steve Smith was chosen as Cricketer of the Year in an earlier year. This once again confirms that the second best or lower performances get the nod. Remember also that a player could get thousands of runs and hundreds of wickets but if that has not happened in England then he still won’t be in the list of five since only performances in England are taken into account,” Gavaskar wrote in his column Straight Drive in the daily Mid-Day.

Sunil Gavaskar, India A, BCCI
Sunil Gavaskar. Twitter

“Since that has been the case for so long, why should anyone give the list and the publication any importance since it rates only what happens in England,” Gavaskar further wrote.

Rohit Is Not Going To Lose His Sleep Over His Exclusion: Sunil Gavaskar

He also mentioned that Rohit Sharma will not be bothered by this as he is part of a group that only wants to win matches for the country and the biggest appreciation for them comes from teammates.

“Firstly, let’s get one thing clear: Rohit is not going to lose sleep over his exclusion. All that he and the others in the Indian team are concerned about is winning games for the country and getting those delightful thumps on the back and hair ruffled by teammates in appreciation of their effort. That’s the sweetest and only compliment that any cricketer wants,” Gavaskar wrote.

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma. Credits: BCCI Twitter

“So, make no mistake it won’t matter to Rohit. He knows he gave his everything to the Indian team in their pursuit of the World Cup,” Gavaskar wrote.

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