Sunil Gavaskar slams Yuzvendra Chahal for lacking "Professionalism"

Indian bowlers and no balls at crucial moments remain a better love story than we all know what. The latest edition of this tale emerged when Yuzvendra Chahal unacceptably stepped over the line when he got rid of David Miller. Well, this didn’t go down well with former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, who believes that the young spinner lacked professionalism when it matters the most.

After remaining inches away from a historic series win, India served the game on a platter and surrendered in the worst possible way. It was a day where fortune favoured no one but the ones wearing the Pink jerseys and eventually, South Africa‘s unbeaten run in the Pink ODIs remained intact thanks to a brilliant partnership between Heinrich Klassen and David Miller proved to be the game changer.

“For me, it was that no-ball, where David Miller was clean bowled and the way he recovered from it. That, for me, was the turning point,” Gavaskar said during a post-match analysis show on Sony Ten 1 on Saturday.

Gavaskar also said India were in the driver’s seat when Chahal was bamboozling Miller and said no bowler should be bowling no balls in this contemporary world.

“I will be perfectly honest. In modern-day cricket, with all the technology available, nobody should be bowling no-balls. One can understand bowling a wide, down the leg side because that [wide rule] is a very strict interpretation. There should ideally bowl no wides on the offside also. Fast bowlers can sometimes overstep. However, because it’s 50-over cricket because there is a free hit after the no-ball, I don’t think fast-bowlers should also be bowling no-balls,” he added.

Miller was brilliant, Klassen outstanding!

After lambasting Chahal’s lack of professionalism, Gavaskar also heaped praises on Miller and Klassen. The wicketkeeper-batsman remained just short of his maiden ODI fifty, but eventually earned the player of the match award for his exceptional rendition under severe pressure. This win has kept South Africa in the hunt to draw level blood on the whole.

“So clearly, I think there’s little bit of lack of professionalism there. Maybe a little bit of relaxation after the 3-0 situation and the South Africans took full advantage of it. They batted brilliantly after that, Miller batted brilliantly, [Heinrich] Klaassen was outstanding, [Andile] Phehlukwayo came in and smashed it,” the 68-year-old added.

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