‘Dropped or omitted, it’s the same’: Sunil Gavaskar questions Rohit Sharma’s clarification on Shubman Gill’s exclusion. Cricket News – Newz9

NEW DELHI: Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s clarification that Shubman Gill was not dropped for the Boxing Day Test in opposition to Australia didn’t sit properly with legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who asserted that the choice might solely be described as a drop.
The choice to drop Gill and accommodate all-rounder Washington Sundar, aimed toward strengthening the decrease center-order batting depth, drew criticism. However, Rohit clarified that the selection was not made solely by him.

“Look, I had a chat with him. There’s no way when you’re leaving someone out, for whatever reason it is, you will have a chat. And the chat with him was clear that he was not dropped. We just wanted to Have that extra bit of cushion in the bowling,” Rohit stated.

“Hence, we opted for an all-rounder, which shouldn’t weaken our batting line-up. Compromising a batter for a bowler was not something that I wanted to do.
Gavaskar did mince his words when he was asked for his opinion during a discussion on Star Sports on Rohit’s statement during the post-match press conference.
“How a lot bowling did you give to Washington Sundar? What cushion are you speaking about? The requirement of the workforce is completely tremendous. You must take selections primarily based on that, however you left him (Gill) out of the workforce, you may solely name it dropped in whichever language you would possibly communicate,” Gavaskar said.

“You can say you omitted or dropped him, each are the similar. Omit seems totally different, drop seems totally different, and not noted seems totally different. I’m speaking about English however in the finish, that man was sitting in the dugout and was not on the floor,” he added.
Sundar bowled simply 19 overs in the match, taking one wicket throughout two innings. With the bat, he contributed a accountable 50-run knock in India’s first innings and remained unbeaten on 5 in the second.
Chasing a goal of 340 on the ultimate day of the fourth Test, the Indian batters struggled as soon as once more, with solely Yashasvi Jaiswal (84) standing out. The workforce fell brief by 184 runs, leading to a defeat and trailing 1-2 in the 5-match collection.