{"id":463512,"date":"2026-03-08T01:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/463512\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:27:15","slug":"sunil-gavaskar-goes-hard-at-t20-world-cup-organisers-for-refusing-to-learn-from-earlier-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/463512\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunil Gavaskar goes hard at T20 World Cup organisers for refusing to learn from earlier mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunil Gavaskar<\/a> was once again left miffed with what he felt was an amateurish act from the organisers of the T20 World Cup<\/a>. The former India captain was not a fan of the DJ screaming \u2018BOOM-BOOM Bumrah\u2019 in the middle of the over during the second semi-final between India and England at Mumbai\u2019s Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Jasprit Bumrah<\/a> was in the middle of his third over \u2013 the 16th of the innings \u2013 when England\u2019s Jacob Bethell threatened to run away with the match. After the third ball, as Bumrah was walking back to his run-up, the DJ was in full flow, trying to get the crowd behind him. However, Gavaskar wasn\u2019t pleased one bit and felt it wasn\u2019t necessary in the middle of the over.<\/p>\n

\"SunilSunil Gavaskar wasn’t impressed (AFP)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DJ systems are encouraging the spectators to say Boom Boom Bumrah in between deliveries. Not really sure it\u2019s a good thing for the game. Between overs, yes, but not between deliveries. This is a World Cup,\u201d he said on commentary.<\/p>\n

Also Read: Jasprit Bumrah holds the door to stop Jacob Bethell in India\u2019s game of thrones against England<\/a><\/p>\n

Gavaskar\u2019s criticism comes days after he expressed his displeasure with the laser show<\/a> during the middle of the India vs West Indies Super 8 match, saying the sharp rays could affect players’ eyesight. India, in chase of 196, were 53\/2 at the end of the Powerplay, when the Eden Gardens was treated to a laser show. It went on for three whole minutes before facing Gavaskar\u2019s ire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe laser show during the two-and-a-half or three minutes of the drinks break\u2026 it\u2019s not easy on the batters, or anybody for that matter. To get your eyes used to the light, to get the bright lights again, you have darkness around you,\u201d Gavaskar said.<\/p>\n

Also Read: Sanju Samson or Jasprit Bumrah: Who was the true Player of the Match, the difference between elimination and title shot?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a laser thing going on. This is the World Cup. And for two and a half minutes, do you need this kind of entertainment? In the Indian Premier League, it\u2019s fine in the middle of the IPL. Not in the knockouts, but in the middle of the IPL, that is fine. But at the moment here, in the World Cup, do we need these laser shows in the middle of the drinks break, at the drinks interval?\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to cricket, Gavaskar is as old school as one can get. Nothing upsets him more than not following the basics, such as failure to convert ones into twos whenever the opportunity presents itself and keeping the bat on the ground while running between wicket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunil Gavaskar was once again left miffed with what he felt was an amateurish act from the organisers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,166339,7052,12511,101,24063,8051,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-463512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-gavaskar","tag-ind-vs-eng","tag-india-vs-england","tag-sports","tag-sunil-gavaskar","tag-t20-world-cup","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463512","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=463512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}