Club cricket is best form of cricket: Sunil Gavaskar
Bhubaneswar: Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar said it teaches players the way to carry weaker member of a team.
“Club cricket is the best form of cricket. It teaches one to be friends with your rivals even as you compete hard with them on the ground,” Gavaskar said at a function organised by a local cricket club to felicitate him.
“Similarly, if you go on to play international cricket, your aim should be to beat top teams like England and Australia 4-0 or 5-0 on their home turf,” he said.
He also advised the young cricketers to make sure they wear the right shoes. “If your shoes are not right, it would affect every aspect of your cricket – batting, bowling and fielding,” he said.
Gavaskar, appointed interim BCCI president for the duration of the IPL this season by the Supreme Court, commended IPL Chairman Ranjib Biswal for the excellent job that he had done. Biswal hails from Odisha.
Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, chief guest on the occasion, said he wished Gavaskar was appointed full time head of BCCI. Sports and Youth Affairs secretary Saswat Mishra, City police Commissioner R P Sharma and legendary coach Kishor Mania were also present on the occasion.
