{"id":416855,"date":"2026-02-09T22:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416855\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:12:52","slug":"sunil-gavaskar-targets-nasser-hussain-uses-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-to-explain-bullying-not-what-jaundiced-people-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416855\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunil Gavaskar targets Nasser Hussain, uses Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to explain \u2018bullying\u2019: \u2018Not what jaundiced people see\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunil Gavaskar<\/a> has drawn a sharp line between dominance and manufactured outrage. Reflecting on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi\u2019s magnificent century in the Under-19 World Cup final against England last week, the former India captain said it was the \u201creal bullying\u201d, and not the kind that \u201cjaundiced people\u201d imagine. Gavaskar\u2019s remark was a pointed response to former England captain Nasser Hussain<\/a>, who recently questioned the ICC <\/a>and India amid the ongoing chaos over Pakistan\u2019s threat to boycott the marquee T20 World Cup<\/a> clash.<\/p>\n

\"SunilSunil Gavaskar took a dig at Nasser Hussain for his recent comments on the ICC-PCB row<\/p>\n

Sooryavanshi, just 14, smashed a blistering 175 off 80 balls, the highest individual score in a U19 World Cup final, as India piled up 411 and went on to reclaim the title with a commanding 100-run win. England responded with 311 in reply, but the contest had effectively been decided by the young Indian\u2019s breathtaking assault.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could be closer than ever to an India senior team debut: March 27, 2026 is when it all changes<\/a><\/p>\n

Writing in his column for Sportstar, Gavaskar lavished praise on Sooryavanshi\u2019s knock, calling it a performance that single-handedly took the game away from England. \u201cIn the just-concluded final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed 175 off only 80 balls against England and single-handedly took the game away from his opponents. To England\u2019s credit, they responded well and also got to 311 in reply to the Indian colts\u2019 411,\u201d Gavaskar wrote.<\/p>\n

But in a column that largely addressed the growing criticism of the ICC amid the ICC\u2013PCB impasse, where former Pakistan cricketers, ex-board officials and overseas voices have questioned the governing body\u2019s decisions, Gavaskar could not resist taking a subtle dig at the critics while referencing Sooryavanshi\u2019s innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, what young Sooryavanshi did is bullying, and not the imaginary kind that some jaundiced people see,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier last week, a clip of Nasser Hussain went viral in which he questioned the ICC\u2019s decision to remove Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup after the Bangladesh Cricket Board refused to send its team to India for the tournament, citing security concerns. The ICC declined to accommodate the request and replaced Bangladesh with Scotland just over a fortnight before the event began.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf India, a month before a tournament, said, \u2018Our government does not want us to play in a country for a World Cup,\u2019 would the ICC have been so firm and said, \u2018You know the rules, bad luck, we\u2019re knocking you out?\u2019\u201d Hussain asked on the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing all sides ask for is consistency. Bangladesh, Pakistan and India must be treated the same. Yes, India fans may say, \u2018Cry more, we have the money!\u2019 But with power comes responsibility,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The comments did not sit well with Gavaskar, who referenced Hussain without naming him directly in his column.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some others, especially from the old powers, for whom India replacing them as the power centre of world cricket has never gone down well. They were quick to join the noise and ask whether, if India had decided not to play in a country, the ICC would have accepted their position or thrown them out of the tournament,\u201d Gavaskar wrote.<\/p>\n

The batting great went a step further by invoking the 2003 World Cup, when England refused to play Zimbabwe, not because of security concerns but because of political differences. Calling it a \u201csilly excuse,\u201d Gavaskar noted that the ICC accepted England\u2019s stance at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the 2003 World Cup, England refused to play in Zimbabwe, perhaps because they did not like the face of the then-President Robert Mugabe announcing his policies. There was no security threat, yet they forfeited their points. Did the ICC do anything? No, because at that stage, the English and Australian boards ruled the roost, and the others did not want to upset them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunil Gavaskar has drawn a sharp line between dominance and manufactured outrage. Reflecting on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi\u2019s magnificent century…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,6518,107038,10225,101,24063,8051,56,54,55,108942],"class_list":{"0":"post-416855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-icc","10":"tag-nasser-hussain","11":"tag-pcb","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sunil-gavaskar","14":"tag-t20-world-cup","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom","18":"tag-vaibhav-sooryavanshi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}