Now Reading: Gavaskar says players can fail as role models
-
01
Gavaskar says players can fail as role models
Sunil Gavaskar said every cricketer tries to become a role model while rising through the ranks, but players can fall short because they are human. Speaking at the launch of Midwicket Stories…
The Story in Brief
Sunil Gavaskar said every cricketer tries to become a role model while rising through the ranks, but players can fall short because they are human. Speaking at the launch of Midwicket Stories in Mumbai, he said social media carries incidents and messages to the public much faster than before. Gavaskar did not refer to any specific incident from this year’s Indian Premier League.
He said players can lose control in the heat of the moment and recalled a tradition from his playing days. After a day’s Test cricket, players from both teams would meet in the opposition dressing room for about 20 minutes, share drinks and discuss the day’s play. Gavaskar compared that interaction with post-match exchanges in the IPL.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy reading is that one mistake proves a cricketer is a bad role model, while the opposite claim excuses all conduct as harmless emotion. Gavaskar’s point is narrower and more useful: public scrutiny arrives faster, but accountability should not disappear. Cricket can still create space for players to cool off and talk after matches. The real test is whether teams make such exchanges routine, rather than relying on apologies after the next viral incident.
Source: millenniumpost.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
