The feud between cricket batting legends Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border was a display of pent-up anger dating back to the 1979 Bedi vs Bob Simpson series, which India nearly won despite unfavorable (read highly biased) arbitrations. of Australians:

1. Gavaskar – Quoting the David Hookes incident:

This is perhaps the only incorrect reference / comment in the entire episode.

David Hookes or anyone else, the quote was out of context and Gavaskar lost track of his argument from here, allowing the Australians to defend themselves. Thumbs down.

2. Defend the sled by referring to it as a cultural difference:

Sure there are cultural differences and India and the West Indies are at one end of the cultural spectrum and Australia and England at the other end (England has lately moved to the center of the spectrum). This end of the spectrum is red (blood), and they sure play hard, and would go to any style to win, indeed. winning is everything. Remember how Bob Simpson was never made known in the 1977-78 series directed by Bishan Singh Bedi where the The Australians could not stand up to the Indian spinners, so only their The partisan referee saved their day.. I don’t know how many remember the Trevor Chappell secret delivery? New Zealanders surely do, and they would never forget it. Or, more recently, Ponting sledding with the minnow nations, well, he should go to the soccer world cup and take a position there first. Similary, England turned to Bodyline, Vaseline (John Lever in India) and even by racial means that they later abandoned (discrimination in MCC, etc.). On the West Indian and Indian end of the cultural spectrum (which is white as if at peace) we have always known that the game must be played fairly and even manipulating the opponent’s psychology is not fair. Now this is another matter, whether manipulating psychology is fair or not, but it is part of the tactics of the game. Thumbs down.

3. Ponting – on Gavaskar Chauhan’s strike:

Well, that incident is a blemish on Gavaskar’s flawless career (aside from Kapil Dev’s crash in Kolkata). Still, let’s understand, they did not resort to sledding and their decision did not hurt anyone but their own team and Chauhan in particular (he lost what in hindsight was probably his last chance to score a 100 on the test). He is still much better than the Australians cheating to keep Murali out through various unfair means.. It is a well-known fact that only the actions of cricketers from the subcontinent have been found to be wrong. Ricky Ponting, what do you say to that? Thumbs down.

4. Ponting – on Adam Gilchrist get out without being delivered:Bearing in mind that Ricky Ponting didn’t take it lightly and that he didn’t like the way Adam Gilchrist walked says a lot about how Australians play cricket, which is to say, not in the best sportsmanship spirit. Thumbs down. The bottom line is that some teams want fair results and others just want to win. And recently, since they’ve been winning, they haven’t been found to be Champions, they’re just winners. The West Indies were champions. Champions are winners whatever the results. thumbs up.

5. Border – on how Gavaskar played his cricket:

Well, surely Gavaskar played better than Border, who went on and on until he was able to cross Gavaskar in the number of runs he scored, and by what average? If Border wants to refer to Gavaskar’s career in ODI, well, it’s about India taking the time to adapt to the new style of cricket game and Gavaskar’s 36 races in the world cup, it was last place. From then on, Gavaskar adapted well and had a good performance score. Finally, it is a fact that India and the West Indies took the cup long before Australia could stand up and be counted. Even Sri Lanka took it before them. Thumbs down.

6. Border – Quoting the David Hookes incident:

This is perhaps the only incorrect reference / comment in the entire episode.

David Hookes or anyone else, the quote was out of context and Gavaskar lost track of his argument from here, allowing the Australians to defend themselves. Thumbs down.

7. Darren Lehmann – adding to the controversy:

Darren who? Well, what is Darren’s need now to get into the controversy? Thumbs down.