“An Australian match referee had no objection to that. So I don’t see why there is so much of noise about it.”
Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar finds nothing wrong in Yuzvendra Chahal coming on as a “concussion substitute” for Ravindra Jadeja but doesn’t like the concept of teams being provided cushion for a batsman’s inability to face bouncers.
Chahal replaced Jadeja, who got hit on the head, in the first T20 International and did a star turn with figures of 3 for 25 in the team’s 11-run victory in Canberra.
“First and foremost let me say that match referee is a former Australian cricketer David Boon. He was okay with Chahal substituting for Jadeja. They normally say like-for-like and Chahal is not an all-rounder but if he goes out with the bat whether it’s one run or 100 run, he is an all-rounder,” Gavaskar told India Today.
“An Australian match referee had no objection to that. So I don’t see why there is so much of noise about it.”
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