Sunil Gavaskar Lashes at Michael Vaughan regarding Joe Root breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s Record

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar vented at former England captain Michael Vaughan for his recent remark about Joe Root breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Root’s batting form has brought him close to become the highest run-scorer in history of Test cricket.

Sachin has held his spot at the top place since 2008, where he took over Brian Lara and finished his career with 15,921 stunning runs in 200 Test matches. Tendulkar is also the only player to hit 50 Test centuries.

Joe Root is coming close to both the records set by Sachin, as he currently has 12,402 runs in 146 Tests and 34 centuries. Recently, Vaughan said that it would be better if Root hold both the records in Test cricket.

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“Even if he goes on, I still think he will carry on. If Joe goes past Sachin, it will be the best thing that ever happens to cricket, because there’s no way BCCI would want an England player at the top of the list. They’ll want an Indian at the top so that will secure Test match cricket because it’ll take forever for someone to get past him,” said Vaughan.

Gavaskar also hit back at Vaughan and questioned the reason for his claim. He further asked how Tendulkar owning the record makes Test cricket any worse if the Englishman does it.

“This business of India bashing has to be countered with aggression because that’s the only language they understand. Recently, I heard someone saying it would be good for Test cricket if Joe Root overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most runs and centuries in Test match cricket.”

“Please tell us what’s wrong with Test cricket presently when Tendulkar is owning the record and how will Test cricket be better if (and that’s a huge if) an Englishman goes on to hold it. In what way will it be better? Kindly enlighten us. For some strange reason, there’s a perception overseas that BCCI does not like Test cricket,” Gavaskar wrote in a column for Sportstar.

“That’s a ridiculous notion, as India play more than half a dozen Test matches every season, be it at home or away. Just because the IPL is massively successful doesn’t mean BCCI is not interested in promoting Test cricket, but that’s the narrative that’s being peddled by the overseas media,” Gavaskar added.