Former Team India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has slammed Michael Hussey for his recent comments where he said that ‘India is unsafe to host T20 World Cup.’ Incidentally, Hussey was recently in India for his commitments with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The former Aussie cricketer contracted COVID19 during his stay in India. In the wake of a couple of cricketers and other stakeholders contracting the virus, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to postpone the tournament.
After recovering and reaching Australia safely, the veteran made a big statement saying that it won’t be safe to host T20 World Cup in the Asian country. Michael Hussey is of the view that the T20 Championship should be conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“I think it’s going to be very difficult in my view to play T20 World Cup in India. We’re talking about eight teams in the IPL. I think there are probably a similar number, maybe more teams coming in from overseas for the T20 World Cup, there’d be more venues. As I said earlier, if they’re playing in different cities, that is when the risk goes up,” Hussey had said.
Sunil Gavaskar takes a dig at Michael Hussey
Meanwhile, the comments didn’t go well with Sunil Gavaskar and he came down hard on the former Australian cricketer. Gavaskar asserted that none of the Australian players had any problems when India toured Australia for three ODI, three T20Is, and four Test matches.
The former skipper added that nobody raised their voice when India played in Australia despite an upsurge in the Covid-19 cases.
“The Aussies had no compunction in going ahead with the money-spinning India tour even in cities where they had active Covid cases and again, whether it’s a few hundred compared to hundred thousand cases, the fact is nobody in Australia suggested that the India tour be called off.
“So, all that is asked for is a similar sympathetic consideration from all those who are trying to take it away from India. If the situation does not improve by August end then by all means take it to the UAE, the standby location for the event, but please don’t jump the gun now,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
