Just a couple of days after Shane Warne바카라s tragic death in Thailand바카라s Koh Samui Island, Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar is of the view that the late Australian spinner wasn바카라t the greatest of all time as his performance in India wasn바카라t up to the mark.
The 52-year-year was found unresponsive in his villa in Thailand on Friday where he was vacating. Despite best efforts from the medical personnel in the area, the Australian spin legend never woke up and was pronounced dead of a suspected heart attack.
Warne, with 708 Test wickets, sits just a place below former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (800) in the all-time wicket-takers list in the longest format of the game. When asked if he rates Warne as the greatest bowler of all time, Gavaskar placed the Muralitharan and Indian spinners above the Australian.
바카라No, I wouldn바카라t say that no. For me, the Indian spinners and Muttiah Muralitharan were certainly better than Shane Warne,바카라 Gavaskar was quoted as saying in a television channel. 바카라Because look at Shane Warne바카라s record against India. It was pretty ordinary.
바카라In India, he got five wickets only once in Nagpur, and that too because Zaheer Khan swung wildly against him to give him a fifer,바카라 added Gavaskar. In India, Warne played nine Test matches taking 34 wickets. Comparatively, Muralitharan has 40 victims from 11 games.
바카라Because he did not have much success against Indian players who were very good players of spin, I don바카라t think I would call him the greatest,바카라 Gavaskar said. 바카라Muttiah Muralitharan with a greater success he had against India, I would rank him over Warne in my book,바카라 he added.
The Indian batting great was lavish in his praise for Warne. 바카라He mastered a craft which is so difficult to master, which is wrist spin. To pick 700-plus wickets like he did in Test cricket plus hundreds more in one-day cricket just tells you how good a bowler he was,바카라 Gavaskar said.
바카라Finger spin is a lot easier, you have a lot more control over what you want to bowl, but leg spin or wrist spin is very, very tough.
바카라For him to have bowled the way he did, the way he seemed to create magic, the way he seemed to be able to deliver magic deliveries at will was the reason why he was revered all over the world,바카라 he added.
However, Gavaskar faced criticism from some sections of Warne바카라s fans in India and the Australian media who stated that the 72-year-old바카라s comments were timed at all. The news of Warne바카라s death came within 24 hours of passing away of another Australian great Rodney Marsh at the age of 74.
Warne, since making his debut in 1992, played 145 Tests for Australia and 194 ODIs. In the 50-over format, Warne snared 293 scalps.
