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ENG vs IND: You Can Show Commitment Without Yelling After Each Fall Of Wicket Says Sunil Gavaskar

Skipper Virat Kohli may have been able to unnerve his English opponents in the second Test but it seems to have backfired at Headingley as a charged-up England, after losing composure against Indian p

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IANS News
By IANS News
Aug 26, 2021 • 07:44 PM

"When you say previous generations were bull'ed, I don't t'ink so. I'd be very upset if my generation was being talked about as being bullied. If you have a look at the record, in 1971 we won, that was my first tour in England. 1974, we had internal problems so we lost 3-0. 1979, we lost 1-0, it could have been 1-1 if we chased down 438 at the Oval. 1982 we again lost 1-0. In 1986 we won 2-0, we could have won it 3-0," Gavakskar recalled on air.

IANS News
By IANS News
August 26, 2021 • 07:44 PM

"I don't think aggression means you have always got to be at the face of the opposition. You can show passion, you can show your commitment towards your team without yelling after each fall of wicket," added Gavaskar.

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The obvious reference was to the way Kohli has behaved on the field. Gavaskar though did agree that Kohli brings energy to the team and supported Hussain on that.

"ussain had said: "I for one, quite like the way Kohli lea's this side. That's what I wanted to say. That team talk in 'hich he said 'let's unleash fire on this English side' and you could see the fire th"t they unleashed."

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Gavaskar said he doesn't disagree with that. "There is no argument in that. The question is saying that the previous generations were bullied. I don't think this is right," said the 72-year-old.

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