India drops Gavaskar
NZPA-Reuter Bangalore The master batsman, Sunil Gavaskar, has been dropped from the Indian cricket squad announced for the first two one-clay internationals against Australia. The selectors’ announcement was their most sensational since December, 1984, when Kapil Dev was dropped from a side facing England in the Calcutta test, sparking outrage and reports of clashes between the two stars of Indian cricket.
Gavaskar then led India, a position which was reversed the year after when he stepped down for Dev to regain captaincy; a post which has swung between them in the last two years. The short, stocky batsman known to millions of fans in India as the “Little Master" will not play matches at Jaipur on September 7 and at Srinagar on September 9 after playing 81 internationals since his debut in, international cricket in 1971.'
The selection committee chairman, Mr Chandu Borde, said Gavaskar, aged 37, was not considered for the two matches to give youngsters a chance and help India rebuild a side to retain the World Cup to be jointly staged by India and Pakistan next year. Mr Borde said that there was no question of dropping Gavaskar. “He is only being preserved,” he said.
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