Quite honestly, I always believed that Gavaskar was a little touched in the head even during his playing days. It would be very hard to attribute some of his on-field antics (not to mention off-filed ones) to a sane man. He has an ego as big as Mt Everest and he should be the last person to comment on Ponting or any other player in the world. The only reason that he got away with as much as he did was because of his 'batting superstar' position for India and even that was beginning to get shaky towards the end of his career. No matter what his batting record is, he does not deserve to be considered on the same level as gentlemen like Tendulkar and Dravid. I don't have the slightest respect for him; on the contrary, he is one of the game's worst representatives.