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Coming to two incidents mentioned by some members about Gavaskar, it must be remembered that Gavaskar led Chauhan off the field not because he was once again given out erroneously, but because he heard Lillie making some rude comment when Gavaskar was returning to the pavillion.
Secondly, Gavaskar played left hand for some time in a Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka when he felt that the left arm spinner Raghuram BHat was unplayable because of the pitch conditions. It was a stroke of genius which saved the day for Mumbai.
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Listen Naavi, I'm Indian too and followed Gavaskar's career from 1971-85 first hand, and so know exactly what the discerning public and the media really thought of him, even at 'home'. Nobody, not even the Indian media at the time, belived that story about a 'rude comment' made by Lillee, which was a complete fabrication by Gavaskar to avoid facing a disciplinary action for his stupid walk-off. Most reports say that all that Lillee said after pointing to Gavaskar's pad was "That's where it hit you, mate". And those two quoted incidents were just one of several that plainly illustrated that the "Little Monster" was not all there.
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Even the reaction of Ponting is too harsh and unwarranted for an innocuous comment made by Gavaskar. It vindicates Gavaskar's views.
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Innocuous? Gavaskar could not be innocuous if he tried a million years. No civilised sportsman would have made the sort of comments that Gavaskar did about the late Hookes. No matter what his batting achievements were, Gavaskar is a complete disgrace to sportsmanship.