Gavaskar: Would like the lads to win WTC, ODI World Cup

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that the chance to brush shoulders with elite athletes has lifted the requirements of Indian sportspersons prior to now decade.

“It is the availability of watching top stars in the world, to also be able to participate in competitions with them, learn their training methods and how they sustain their championship mode that has helped the Indian athletes elevate themselves,” stated Gavaskar, the chairman of the jury for the Sportstar Aces Awards.

The need

“When you see a champion being felicitated, you also want to be one. And when your athletes are improving their personal bests, that is when you know everything is on the right track,” stated Gavaskar.

The yr passed by was a rocky one for Indian males’s cricket with underwhelming campaigns on the Asia Cup and ICC T20 World Cup.

Gavaskar hoped issues will change this yr. “There are two titles that I’d like the Indian men’s team to win — one is the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup is the other.

“There is, of course, the Asia Cup in between these two. If that comes back to India, nothing quite like it,” he stated.

With the ladies’s workforce all set to face Australia within the semifinal of the T20 World Cup on Thursday, Gavaskar anticipated a constructive outcome from Harmanpreet Kaur’s aspect.

Stumbling block

“Australia has been a stumbling block for quite a while. The women’s team will need that one big win like the men’s squad in 2018-19 in Australia.

“If the Indian women manage to get past the Aussies and go on to win the World Cup, it will be a big boost,” stated the legendary Indian opener.

The Sportstar Aces Awards, in its fifth version this yr, seeks to honour the most effective performances throughout the spectrum of Indian sports activities.

The occasion is powered by IDFC First Bank and supported by Indian Oil, India Cements, United India, Ramaiah University, Experimenta Science Center GD Naidu Charity, Finolex Pipes, LIC, BPCL, Samsonite, Big Basket, Nippon Paint, CRICHQ and Casagrand.

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