Legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar has come hard of the veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma for his poor shot selection on Day 2 of the ongoing fourth Test at the Gabba on Saturday. Rohit gave his wicket n a silver platter to Nathan Lyon when he tried to smack the Australian spinner, who is playing in the 100th Test out of the ground but only managed to find a fielder waiting in the deep for a mistimed shot.

Rohit Sharma was beaten in flight by Lyon and ended up giving a simple catch to Mitchell Starc. After his dismissal, Gavaskar, on air for Channel 7 Cricket, questioned the “irresponsible shot” from a “senior” Indian cricketer. 

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While on air on Day 2 of the gabba Test, Sunil Gavaskar was heard saying, “Why? Why? Why? That’s an unbelievable shot. That’s an irresponsible shot. There’s a fielder there at long on, there is a fielder there at square leg.”

He further added, “You’ve just hit a boundary a couple of deliveries earlier, why would you play that shot? You’re a senior player, there’s no excuse, absolutely no excuse for this shot. An unnecessary wicket, an unnecessary wicket gifted away. Totally unnecessary.”

Earlier in the day, India managed to restrict Australia for a score of 369 runs in their first innings. Debutants T Natarajan and Washington Sundar picked up three wickets each. Shardul Thakur also accounted for three wickets while Mohammed Siraj picked up the wicket of David Warner. India lost the wickets of Shubman Gill and Rohit before the Tea interval.

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However, the play on Day 2 was cut short as the huge downpour came at the Gabba and the umpires had to abandon the day owing to the wet outfield.