{"id":45509,"date":"2025-08-05T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/45509\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:05:14","slug":"sunil-gavaskar-hits-back-at-workload-management-issue-do-you-think-the-jawans-complain-about-the-cold-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/45509\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunil Gavaskar hits back at workload management issue: ‘Do you think the jawans complain about the cold?’ | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SunilLONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 03: Media member and former Indian cpatain, Sunil Gavaskar speaks during day four of the Fifth Test Match between England and India at The Kia Oval on August 03, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images) Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar<\/a> has hit back at the idea of “workload management,” citing the example of Indian Army<\/a> jawans who patrol the borders in the harshest conditions.\u201cIf you’re going to succumb to people talking about workload, then you\u2019ll never have your best players on the field,” Gavaskar told India Today.<\/p>\n

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“You\u2019ve got to get them to a situation where you say, ‘Hello, you are playing for your country, and when you’re playing for your country, you have to forget the aches and pains in your muscles. That\u2019s what happens on the border.'”Do you think the jawans complain about the cold or the conditions? They are out there, ready to give their lives for the country. You must give your very best for the nation.”Don\u2019t worry about minor aches and pains. What did Rishabh Pant<\/a> show you? He came out to bat with a fracture. That\u2019s the kind of spirit you want to see from your team.”That\u2019s what is expected. Don\u2019t be held back by small injuries. It is an honour, given to you among 140 crore people, to represent India. You are incredibly lucky, and you should not take that lightly.”And we\u2019ve seen this attitude in Siraj\u2014five Test matches, bowling non-stop,” he said.<\/p>\n

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England, set a target of 374 to win, lost a nail-biting encounter by just six runs, with Siraj returning innings figures of 5\/104 as India ended a rollercoaster campaign level at 2-2.The hosts resumed Monday\u2019s final day on 339\/6, needing just 35 more runs for a win that would have secured a 3-1 series victory.But they had no answer to the enduring skill of fast bowler Mohammed Siraj<\/a>, who featured in all five Tests.He dismantled England with a brilliant burst of 3\/9 in 25 balls, ending the match in style by knocking over Gus Atkinson\u2019s off-stump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 03: Media member and former Indian cpatain, Sunil Gavaskar speaks during day four of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,25782,16780,25781,8052,23758,7676,101,24063,56,54,55,25780],"class_list":{"0":"post-45509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-cricket-injuries","10":"tag-india-vs-england-test-series","11":"tag-indian-army","12":"tag-indian-cricketer","13":"tag-mohammed-siraj","14":"tag-rishabh-pant","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sunil-gavaskar","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-workload-management"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45509","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=45509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}