Arindam: - Hello Viewers, today, we have with us in this episode, the Bollywood Badshah Mr. Shahrukh Khan and one of the best Indian batsmen, Mr. Sunil Gavaskar. Thanks to both of you, for coming to our show “Wine with Arindam” of “SatyaMahindra TV Channel”. We have specially invited both of you in this show, regarding the recent battle of words, which you people had regarding the Kolkata Knight Riders Team.
Shahrukh: - Ya, we had some battle of words, as Mr. Gavaskar criticized the strategy of 4 strategic players, who will act as captains for the team. But, later I also apologized about what I said to him.
Arindam: - Well, Mr. Shahrukh, yesterday only, your team Kolkata Knight Riders was just white-washed by the Deccan Chargers. What to say about that? Why Dada was not given the captaincy this time? What is the reason that despite investing lots of money on the Bangladeshi all rounder Mostafe Mortaza, he has not played the match against the Hyderabad Team.
Shahrukh: - The entire decision is of John Buchanan. I don’t interfere in the team selection or who will be the captain? Maybe, Dada has been removed from captaincy, to ease the pressure on him, so that he can bat freely now.
Gavaskar: - I really don’t understand, why you people are so interested in Australian coaches. Only Australian cricketers are good, but not the coaches. Always they try to do experiment with our good players. They come up with new theories.
Arindam: - Where is the problem? The more they implement new strategies, more is the chance for an Indian cricket team to win a match. If Australia is so successful in cricket, then it is due to the implementation of their new strategies.
Gavaskar: - I agree to a certain extent, but you are not looking into the other aspect of it. If you look at the system of Australian Cricket Academy, then you will find that, the players play cricket as a professional job, but here in India, people play cricket out of emotions and sentiment. If you ask Sachin Tendulkar, the question, that do you regard Cricket as your job or occupation, he will say no. He will say, I play cricket, because I love to play it. But an Australian will say, it is my job and duty to play cricket, so there you can easily implement rules of hire and fire, extreme competitiveness, as if they are your robots.
Shahrukh: - but, here also, Cricketers will regard it as their job.
Gavaskar: - No, they can’t. In Australia, a retired cricketer gets pension from their cricket board. But, here, cricketers have to take up the role of either commentator or umpire to earn money. I also regard cricket as my passion rather than like job or duty. The passion, spirit and the sentimental support of our Indian supporters, motivates us to play cricket. We don’t play for the money or job security, which Australian cricketers do.
Arindam: - That is the reason, why, you criticized Shahrukh. Do you think that, Buchanan can repeat the same history like Greg Chappell did?
Gavaskar:- Not too that extent, if Shahrukh can interfere in it to resolve certain big issues of proper balanced team selection, otherwise, I think, Kolkata Knight Riders Team requires 11 captains to win a match, and maybe, Shahrukh will be the 12th Captain, sitting at the pavilion, with a sad face , after each match.
Arindam: - Ha ha ha …Shahrukh, please don’t mind, but, surely, there is a huge problem in your team management. Please take care. Again, thanks to both of you, for coming to this show. As a Kolkatan, let me wish Best of Luck to Kolkata Knight Riders, for their next matches. Viewers, here we will end our show “Wine with Arindam”. Good night.
Shahrukh: - Ya, we had some battle of words, as Mr. Gavaskar criticized the strategy of 4 strategic players, who will act as captains for the team. But, later I also apologized about what I said to him.
Arindam: - Well, Mr. Shahrukh, yesterday only, your team Kolkata Knight Riders was just white-washed by the Deccan Chargers. What to say about that? Why Dada was not given the captaincy this time? What is the reason that despite investing lots of money on the Bangladeshi all rounder Mostafe Mortaza, he has not played the match against the Hyderabad Team.
Shahrukh: - The entire decision is of John Buchanan. I don’t interfere in the team selection or who will be the captain? Maybe, Dada has been removed from captaincy, to ease the pressure on him, so that he can bat freely now.
Gavaskar: - I really don’t understand, why you people are so interested in Australian coaches. Only Australian cricketers are good, but not the coaches. Always they try to do experiment with our good players. They come up with new theories.
Arindam: - Where is the problem? The more they implement new strategies, more is the chance for an Indian cricket team to win a match. If Australia is so successful in cricket, then it is due to the implementation of their new strategies.
Gavaskar: - I agree to a certain extent, but you are not looking into the other aspect of it. If you look at the system of Australian Cricket Academy, then you will find that, the players play cricket as a professional job, but here in India, people play cricket out of emotions and sentiment. If you ask Sachin Tendulkar, the question, that do you regard Cricket as your job or occupation, he will say no. He will say, I play cricket, because I love to play it. But an Australian will say, it is my job and duty to play cricket, so there you can easily implement rules of hire and fire, extreme competitiveness, as if they are your robots.
Shahrukh: - but, here also, Cricketers will regard it as their job.
Gavaskar: - No, they can’t. In Australia, a retired cricketer gets pension from their cricket board. But, here, cricketers have to take up the role of either commentator or umpire to earn money. I also regard cricket as my passion rather than like job or duty. The passion, spirit and the sentimental support of our Indian supporters, motivates us to play cricket. We don’t play for the money or job security, which Australian cricketers do.
Arindam: - That is the reason, why, you criticized Shahrukh. Do you think that, Buchanan can repeat the same history like Greg Chappell did?
Gavaskar:- Not too that extent, if Shahrukh can interfere in it to resolve certain big issues of proper balanced team selection, otherwise, I think, Kolkata Knight Riders Team requires 11 captains to win a match, and maybe, Shahrukh will be the 12th Captain, sitting at the pavilion, with a sad face , after each match.
Arindam: - Ha ha ha …Shahrukh, please don’t mind, but, surely, there is a huge problem in your team management. Please take care. Again, thanks to both of you, for coming to this show. As a Kolkatan, let me wish Best of Luck to Kolkata Knight Riders, for their next matches. Viewers, here we will end our show “Wine with Arindam”. Good night.
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