Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar expressed his frustration on foreign ex-cricketers commenting on India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad. While debates in India over certain selections like Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal are expected, Gavaskar believes that outsiders have no right to interfere. He has also taken a dig at them, saying that Indian retired players never comment on the selection of other countries’ squads.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar expressed his frustration on foreign ex-cricketers commenting on India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad. While debates in India over certain selections like Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal are expected, Gavaskar believes that outsiders have no right to interfere. He has also taken a dig at them, saying that Indian retired players never comment on the selection of other countries’ squads.
“What is baffling is foreigners who have zero stake in Indian cricket, and much less knowledge about it, wading into the debate and adding fuel to the fire. However great they may be as players and however many times they may have been to India, the selection of the Indian team is strictly none of their business. They should focus on their country’s cricket and let us Indians worry about our cricket. Amazingly, when their country’s teams are selected, there’s hardly anything, if ever, heard from them about the selection,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.