Cricket News: Sunil Gavaskar's gives stern warning to India cricketers

According to Sunil Gavaskar this will be the last chance for some Indian cricketers to win the ODI World Cup. India has not won an ICC trophy in over a decade and the Men in Blues will be eager to win the trophy on their home soil.

The former cricketer emphasised once more the importance of all players continuing to play every series. Thus, not jeopardising their preparation for the 2023 cricket World Cup tournament which will be held later this year.

Notably, the 73-year-old previously chastised Virat Kohli for missing three Test matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy's 2020-21.While he recently chastised Indian captain Rohit Sharma for missing the first ODI against Australia owing to family obligations.

"In a World Cup year any match missed means preparation gets hampered as the balance of the team gets affected. Another failure to win a World Cup will have repercussions that could possibly end a few international careers and that should be a red flag for those talking burnout and missing games for India,"

Wrote Gavaskar in his column for Mid-day.

The 1983 World Cup winner also requested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) investigate player workload management.

Gavaskar believes that players are missing fixtures too frequently, which is impeding the progress of Indian cricket. He urged the players to be more professional and questioned why they were satisfied to miss India games.

"I honestly feel that the BCCI needs to look into this concept of rest. All the Grade A cricketers have received very good contracts. They receive payment for every match. Tell me if there is any company whose CEO, or MDs get so much time off? I feel that if Indian cricket is to become more professional, a line needs to be drawn. If you want to be rested, you need to reduce your guarantees. Then you take rest, because you don't want to play. But how can anyone say that I don't want to play for the Indian team. Which is why I do not agree to the concept,"

Gavaskar added.

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