Sunil Gavaskar has raised the issue that the Indian team has different rules for different players, citing the example of how new father T Natarajan was asked to stay in Australia as a net thrower while captain Virat Kohli was granted paternity leave after the first test. .
T Natarajan impressed in his debut series with the India team, scoring the most wickets in the T20Is vs Australia (AFP Photo)
HIGHLIGHT
- T Natarajan came to Australia direct from IPL 2020 for the T20I series
- Natarajan was asked to stay in Australia as a net pitcher even after the T20I series
- Natarajan will be able to see her first child after the tests, while Kohli was granted paternity leave after the first match.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar has harshly criticized the Indian team management for having “different rules for different players”, citing the example of newcomer T Natarajan and skipper Virat Kohli.
Natarajan came to Australia directly from the 2020 IPL in the United Arab Emirates as a replacement for the injured Varun Chakravarthy.
He missed the birth of his first child last month while practicing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the cash-rich league and was then asked to board the flight to Australia for the T20I.
Natarajan was then asked by team management to remain in Australia as a net thrower for the test team, meaning that he will be able to return home and see his daughter for the first time only after the four-game series is over. January 19.
India’s captain Virat Kohli, on the other hand, received paternity leave so that he could be with his wife Anushka Sharma during the birth of their first child, who will be born in January next year.
Kohli left Australia on December 22 after playing the first Test in which his team suffered a humiliating 8-wicket loss at the Adelaide Pink Ball Test to give the Australians a 1-0 lead.
Gavaskar raised this point in his last column for Sportstar.
“(T Natarajan) had become a father for the first time even as the IPL playoffs unfolded. He was asked to remain in the test series (Australia), but not as part of the team, but as a net thrower. Imagine that. A match winner, albeit in another format, is asked to be a net thrower.
Therefore, he will return home only after the series ends in the third week of January and he will be able to see his daughter for the first time. child, ”Gavaskar wrote.
Vice Captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the remaining three events in Kohli’s absence. The second test is scheduled in Melbourne from December 26, followed by matches in Sydney and Brisbane.
